"It's the most wonderful time of the year There’ll be much mistletoeing, ...

These two words set the tone for my post today. Ever since the torrential downpour persisted yesterday morning here in Chennai, and with...

Talking about ‘freedom’ through a story of peanut butter may seem incredulous.  However, Matt Haig’s short story “The Invention of Peanut...

A review of a gem of a book. Read if you want to write, read if you are a teller of stories, read just because.

In April 2019, my sister Mary-Lou and I, undertook a pilgrimage called the Camino Santiago to Compostela Del Santiago in Galicia, Spain....

In 2019, I was leaving Barcelona for Cordoba, when I heard about the most wonderful tradition that was to take place the next day, April...

I love the traditions attached to festivals because they offer opportunities to share stories. . The stories in some homes may be...

“Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution -- more so than opposable thumbs. Opposable thumbs let us hang on; story told us...

One of the joys of childhood is an uninhibitied imagination. But how long are we able to hold on to this? How quickly we get jaded, often...

Taking on from my previous post about food and families, when I think of families sitting around a table, I think about them sharing food...

"Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau...

Give me a book about stories and I’m happy. Give me a book about stories and family connections...and I’m thrilled! Give me a book about...

While I’ve been posting about all kinds of books, our Indian Folk Tale theme has been continuing at the school library. Last week we were...

The joy of spring cleaning. ....notes from the first storytelling workshop I attended. 24 August, 2002 with the most wonderful...

25th March 2021 My students thoroughly enjoy participatory activities in the school library. With online fatigue rather strong, the fun...

As an old Irish saying goes.... "Three apples fell from the tree. One for he who tells the story, one for he who reads/listens to the...