Category Archives: Living Love Through The Practice of Story
How The Story Ends
I just finished listening to, The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop. I am a ‘Gilmore Girls’ fan. I have watched the series more times than I can count – with each of my daughters together and separately over and … Continue reading
The Story We Tell Ourselves
The close of one year and the opening of a new one are natural points for reflection. Perhaps you spend your energy on tomorrow and visions of what is to come. Maybe you feel more drawn to review what happened … Continue reading
Into the Unknown
It’s about 2:45 am, and I have been awake unnaturally late. On nights like this, sometimes music soothes enough to lull me to sleep eventually. But if I am not careful, I find music videos on YouTube that actually inspire … Continue reading
How Does A Story Begin?
Our daughter and her husband recently had a ‘staycation’ weekend in a lovely hotel in DC. She posted on social media about this fabulous book in their room entitled, “Roar!” by Ashley Longshore. It is a tribute to some fifty … Continue reading
To Tell A Story
Characters. Action. Movement. Trouble. Surprise. Change. I taught a “foreign language” for 32 years to teenagers. The language was the ancient “dead” language of Latin. For the latter half of my career, our Latin program became very popular and one … Continue reading
Storytelling
The act of telling stories gives us the chance to share and explore adventures with others. It can also be a way of solving problems, and without question can be a way of interacting with other people. Storytelling is among … Continue reading
Your Life Is A Rich Story
Ernest Hemingway was a masterful writer, celebrated for his simplistic and direct writing style. The Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author is most famous for his novels and short stories. However, he is also widely associated with the apocryphal six-word story: … Continue reading