Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor e Telling November December 2009

Tortoise and Hare
Jean Grandville, 19th Centuy

I have penned the Stor E Telling column since January of 2002 and the articles from 2002-2006 are the publications page of my website found here http://www.storybug.net/stor-e-telling.html. I will be adding the columns from 2007 to 2012 to that page as well. However, I am in the process of checking what link URL's have changed or are now defunct. It is a time consuming process so I am taking the “slow and steady” approach via Aesop and will post the individual columns on my blog for now.

I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network.

Please feel free to comment on the blog and let me know if you find this useful.

P.S. I know many of you are probably tired of reading the above message, which I use in all of my Slow and Steady articles. However, I continue to use if for those new readers who might not know the reasoning behind these blog posts, and of course, to make them aware of the NSN. There is always a method to my madness. Thanks for playing along.

 

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009

This issue addresses Story and Transformation so I offer some sites to assist you in transforming your own story work.

Moral Dynamics of Storytelling: Inviting Transformation

“Telling our story expresses the person we are. It forms the person we are becoming….” An article that discusses storytelling and how it relates to Christian ethics.
http://tinyurl.com/mh9ol6

The National Storytelling Network offers an array of SIG’S (special interest groups) to support you.

Healing Story Alliance (HSA)

HSA’s purpose is to “to promote the use of storytelling in healing…using stories to inform, inspire, nurture and heal.”
http://healingstory.org/

Producers and Organizers (PRO)

PRO “encourages cooperation, networking and support among organizers within the NSN….”
https://storynet.org/groups/pro/producers-and-organizers-pro/ 

Storytelling in Organizations (SIO)

SIO “brings these narrative insights onto the contemporary business scene….” 
https://storynet.org/groups/sio/storytelling-in-organizations-sio/ 

Youth, Educators and Storytelling (YES)

YES “promotes youth storytelling and encourages educators and other adults to use storytelling as an educational tool in classrooms and in other settings…”
https://storynet.org/groups/yes/yes/ 

November is Aviation Month so why not fly the friendly skies with stories!

History.com – Two Brothers and a Dream

Interesting information on these two famous brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, including a video with one of the museum curators.
https://www.loc.gov/item/myloc24/ 

The Flying Canoe

https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/the_flying_canoe.html 

The Flying Turtle

http://tinyurl.com/r9foae

They Myth of Daedalus & Icarus

http://tinyurl.com/obg8eq

 

November 11 is Veterans’ Day. I offer some sites to honor our men and women who have served our country.

Heroes and Heroic Deeds of the Great War – True stories of valor during WW I by Donald A Mackenzie.
http://archive.org/details/heroesheroicdeed00mackiala

Oral History: Veterans Remember

Collection of oral histories from veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
https://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/learn/scholars-researchers/research-divisions/oral-history/collection/veterans-remember/collection

War Letters

From PBS.org eyewitness accounts of famous battles, moving letters penned just before the writer was killed and heartbreaking 'Dear John' letters." Site features timeline of U.S. military actions, letter excerpts, and more.  
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/search/?q=war+letter 

Legends of Tuskegee: American Visionaries
This site highlights the achievements of the highly respected African-American pilots who served during WW II.

https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/intro.htm 

Women at War

From the Veterans History Project, this selection spans four wars including nurses’ tales, a story of a code breaker, a welder, a flight surgeon, the first woman general in the Air Force and the first woman to command a U.S. Navy ship.
http://tinyurl.com/rbf9od

Winter begins on December 21, 2009, Let’s welcome it with tales to warm your storytelling spirit.

American Folklore - Holiday stories and winter tales come from all over the United States and Canada.
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2011/01/winter_tales.html

The Sparrow’s Holiday

https://www.4to40.com/folktales-for-kids/folktales-in-english/sparrows-holiday/ 

The Long Winter

https://storiestogrowby.org/story/long-winter/

Norwegian Folk Tales
I offered this at the beginning of 2003 so it’s time for a re-visit!
http://oaks.nvg.org/norwegian-folktales.html

Myths and Legends of Alaska – Download this book from 1911 and the Land of the Midnight Sun!

http://tinyurl.com/lpowsy

And if you missed any of the pervious “Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the series so far.

2007

January February 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.html
May June 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
July August 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html
September October 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html
November December 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html

2008

January February 2008

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html
May June 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-may-june-2008.html
Summer 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_25.html
Fall 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

2009

January February 2009

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_10.html
May June 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_14.html
July August 2009
https://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_21.html 
September October 2009 
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

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