The first word that comes to mind is “watermelons.” Then “powerful mamas,” “sprigs of mint,” “sophisticated haircuts,” and “women...

On Friday, Jun 3, 2022 my wife received news that her mother had gone into the hospital. She had been given the same room in which my...

This is the third part of the series of blogs I am doing on cultural appropriation and storytelling. As I mentioned in the first two,...

As part of my ongoing research for the third volume of the Live to Tell series, which is focusing on cultural appropriation and the...

I spoke today via Zoom with storyteller, podcaster, and educator, Carolina Quiroga-Stultz, who currently resides in Eastern Georgia. My...

On Thursday, July 22, six members of the SAC board presented one of SAC's signature programs at the National Storytelling Network...

For what I believe is the fourth year (possibly the fifth) in a row, SAC contributed to the San Francisco Free Folk Festival, organized...

This past weekend, Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13, my daughter graduated with a Masters and a Bachelors degree in English. She...

On Wednesday April 28, the Humanities 3 classroom was wowed by a visit from Chicago Moth Storytelling Slam champion Nestor Gomez. Nestor...

The Humanities 3 class with Brandon was treated to a zoom visit from author and storyteller Ben Tucker, who grew up in Jim Crow South and...

As I write this, I am not quite over her presence. She just left the Zoom room, and I just ended class by telling the eleventh graders...

What a way to end the year. I thought the Six Feet Apart Productions event would be the last, but then I got a message from Sheila Arnold...

What an honor to have been part of the year-end performance of Six Feet Apart Productions. Claire Hennessey and Regina Stoops have been a...

November is Tellabration! month, and there are online events scheduled all over the nation. Tuesday, November 10 was a joint concert by...

Last Wednesday, October 21, was the inaugural performance of the Alumni Edition of Coyote Tales. Nine Sonoma Academy alumni submitted...

Claire Hennessy, in addition to running Six Feet Apart Productions, is also the host of a blog called The Bonkers Brit. Six Feet Apart...

All my life I have wanted to put together a book about the Balinese deity, Rangda. She first captured my imagination more than thirty...

Two great storytelling events went virtual: the National Storytelling Network Conference and the San Francisco Free Folk Festival on June...

Yesterday I had the honor of opening for Bil Lepp on Sunday Stories, a weekly event from Six Feet Apart Productions. Needless to say I...

I was met with good news when I learned that the Live to Tell Series (two books so far) was awarded with Honors from Storytelling World....