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Once Upon A Time There Was A Monster

Once upon a time, there was you and me. We used to sit around the campfire and tell our stories. And they were marvelous stories too. Of course, there were those of us who could tell stories and keep us on the edge of our seats. And there were those of us who needed to be encouraged to tell their stories with questions, supportive declarations, and our eyes full on. But when they finished telling their stories, everyone clapped because the stories were great to hear.

All of us loved sitting around the campfire hearing our stories. One day, a monster came to the campfire and smashed the fire out with his big stomping ass feet. He was a mean monster, and he was angry that we told these fantastic stories. He wanted to Read More

Beyond

Grant and I made it a point to take in my birthday, my sixtieth year with joy. We took the ferry over from Edmonds to Kingston the same time I took it when I worked at Poulsbo Elementary.

We drove to Hansville, to Point No Point Lighthouse and watched the fishermen trying to catch salmon. We walked the beach and saw Seattle from a distance in the fog. We didn’t look too closely at the large city in the mist. It was irrelevant for today. We stopped at Hansgrill Hansville Grocery for a sit. I had a latte and Grant had Mexican coke and a fudgsicle. It was only te Read More

More Than Satisfying

I felt a breeze, an energetic, imaginative breeze and know I am getting my birthday wish. I know that my company is going to grow way beyond me so that there will be storytelling hubs around the world where people talk and a write heart memory practitioner listens to them in complete attention and a hand-crafted experience of their stories will be in a book. I feel it in my bones. This visionary breeze is manifesting, and it is more than satisfying to know that I listened to my heart and soul and what I am supposed to do.

I launched my Indiegogo campaign yesterday. It’s a crowd Read More

Vulnerability

I called Barbara expecting to hear her tape-recorded message from her late husband that, “ No one is home, please leave a message.” It’s old telephone technology but it comforting for her to have Fred’s voice on the phone. Fred passed in his late 40’s from cancer. Barbara has been living alone ever since. She is remarkable at age 83 because she is blind. I am collecting stories from this person who didn’t think she had any legacy for anyone because she has no children as she said to me at the beginning of our relationship, “Why would anyone want to read her stories?” And my response to that question is, “Are you kidding me? Her vignettes are fabulous and people need to read them in her personal storybook.” I have grown to love this Read More

Are You Suffering?

Most of us are, but we can’t admit it to ourselves. Suffering takes many forms, and for most of us it involves a world where change is constant, and the loss of people, treasured values, and a complex world is omnipresent. We don't like to admit this to our consciousness, that our hearts are hurting so we keep ourselves busy, get involved in perpetual motion and search for that physician, the nurse, the shaman or healer that is going to take this aching loneliness out of our bones.

Suffering happens with transitions to change. Since change is a constant, this suffering is painful to stabilize. Remember how long it took you to get over a loved one’s death? Or think of the first time you lost a loved one and reali Read More