Soaring Stories

I’ve decided to include some of my writing for you to read.  This first story is from my performance piece “Me, Moses and the Dog”  It is the first of four stories in this piece and yes, it’s true.     The Piano          I’m one of them Carpenter kids. Rat and Jo’s kids; they [...]

I performed this show at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August this year.  I had never done a fringe festival before and it was a total trip!  I traveled to Minneapolis on the advice of my dear friend and mentor, Loren Niemi.  Loren has been so encouraging and demanding as I have developed new work. [...]

I performed my parent’s love story, Love is War,  at the National Storytelling Conference this August in Gatlinburg, Tn.  This was quite a thrill.  I had been chosen through a lottery process.  I love the way lotteries work- anyone can throw their name into a hat and if you get chosen, you get to perform. [...]

Since my last post, I completed a week long performance residency in Utica, New York, presented my workshop “Promoting Emergent Literacy through Storytelling” at the International Reading Conference in Atlanta, Ga and finished teaching my college course “Children and the Arts at Tompkins County Community College in Dryden, New York.  I feel like I’ve been [...]

I have returned from the Sharing the Fire storytelling conference in Nashua, New Hampshire where I reconnected with many wonderful storytellers and teachers from this area of the country.  I found myself particularly moved by a workshop by Fran Yardley and Lani Peterson on storytelling and healing.  This workshop exemplified the power of stories to [...]

Today I continue work I began in my early twenties; breath based movement and connectedness.  Last summer I began teaching water yoga at a local spa and I love it!  There is so much about being in the water that is delightful and like life.  The water surrounds and caresses you but if you are [...]