Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor e Telling Fall 2008

I
Hare and Tortoise
by
Milo Winter, 1919
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; it is always a pleasure to hear from you.

 
FALL 2008

This column normally contains story sites. However, with the difficult economic times I thought I would share some links to help make your travelling tales easier and more economical.  

Our work requires us to do a lot of driving and gas prices continue to rise. These two sites will help you tame the gas guzzling monster.

AAA Fuel Cost Calculator
Calculate the cost of your trip if you are traveling by car. Select your destination, year, make and model of car and it will estimate the cost based on the regional average of cost per gallon.
http://www.fuelcostcalculator.com/

Gas Buddy.com
Locate cheap gas prices in the USA and Canada. Also includes tips for conserving gas and links to other resources.

The skies are not so friendly anymore. Here are some sites to help you find your way without breaking the bank.

Airfarewatchdog.com
Register at this site and let them notify you when airfares drop. The site also offers a number of other useful tools such as flight routes and information on hidden airline fees. Planning on hosting a festival or conference? Make it easy for folks to find their way to you is their “Fares Widget.” On your organizations website you can configure the widget to display the best fares from anywhere in the country to your city. 
http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/

Kayak.com
Booking a flight and checking each airline website separate for the best airfare can be daunting and time consuming. Why not utilize some sites that will conduct multiple searches at one? This will help you navigate your way through those cyber airports.
www.kayak.com

Many airlines are now charging additional fees for baggage, snacks, seating choice and more. This chart will help you calculate the additional costs according to the individual airlines. http://www.kayak.com/airline-fees

Trip Advisor
I offered this site in 2006 but it is worth repeating. Before you hit the wide open road check out your accommodations before you arrive. The site offers ratings and opinions of hotels, motels and attractions around the world from unbiased customers.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/

 
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

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

 

 

 

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor e Telling Summer 2008

Hare and Tortoise
by
Milo Winters, 1919
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.

 
SUMMER 2008

Summer wouldn’t be complete without stories about the sun!

Solar Folklore - I shared this in 2002 but it bears repeated. 
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/folklore/

Sun Folklore - Activities, lesson plans and stories.
http://tinyurl.com/34blrj

Windows to the Universe - A site as vast as the galaxies beyond.
http://tinyurl.com/4b5cb5

In Hawaii, people share stories while others add to it as it is being told; this is called “talk story.” Here are tales from their culture so you can talk story too!

Hawaiian Legends
http://tinyurl.com/5fb7dt

Hawaiian Legends of Old Honolulu
http://tinyurl.com/3nmcc8

Traditions of O'ahu: Stories of an Ancient Island
http://apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu/oahu/

Lights! Camera! Action! Interested in taking stories to the screen? Here are some links to help you digitalize your tales.

DigiTales - Information and resources, everything you need to help students craft a digital story.
http://www.digitales.us/

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling - Examples, tools, evaluations and more.
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/

Lesson Plans for Digital Storytelling -A step by step guide, rubrics and additional resources.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli08167b.pdf

Robert Clow Elementary School - Storyteller Sue Black and librarian Bev Frett offer resources and digital stories created by their students.
http://tinyurl.com/6bjk6z

Miscellaneous sites

Google Scholar - Type key word(s) in the search box and scholarly articles are at your fingertips; a helpful tool to locate research materials to support your work.
http://tinyurl.com/6bthe3

Manybooks.net - What better way to spend part of your summer than by downloading free books for your PDA, IPod or EBook Reader.
http://manybooks.net/

Russian Fairy Tales - The site shares twenty-one fairytales. Most offer both a short and long version, for those who want more details.
http://tinyurl.com/6blpls

Voice Thread - This tool allows you to collect the voices of an entire group on a single page"; it truly is easy, fun, can be password protected and has many of educational uses!
http://voicethread.com/

We are just into the sizzling days of summer but September will be quickly upon us.  Here are some sites that will help you kick start the new school year with stories!

Folktales of Cooperation for your Kindergarten – Grade 3 - From Education world, a curriculum guide that includes stories, related activities, discussion questions and additional resources.
http://tinyurl.com/47m4t6

Dramatizing Folktales, Myths and Legends - This lesson guide celebrates the Native American culture offering suggestions, resources and links them to the national standards.
http://tinyurl.com/5zh6n3

Fairy Tale Writing Unit – Elementary Level - From Teachers.net a two to three week unit offering suggestions for whole, small and independent work.
http://tinyurl.com/6duz6v

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

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

 

 

 

Monday, August 19, 2013

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: May June 2008

Hare and Tortoise
by
Milo Winter, 1919
 
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.
  
 
MAY JUNE 2008
 
May 1 is Mother Goose Day. These delightful rhymes can be traced back to London in 1605 migrating to France then America. We may never know if Mother Goose was real or fictitious but as in all things wonderful, she has stood the test of time. I offer you some links to help celebrate the day.

The Official Home of the Mother Goose Society
Information about Mother Goose and her transformation through the ages, along with fingerplays, rhymes and more links.
http://tinyurl.com/2dtz4p

Mother Goose in Prose by L. Frank Baum
A collection of tales inspired by Mother Goose rhymes.
http://tinyurl.com/33yuk2

Mother Goose Express
Fun activities, craft projects, coloring sheets and more for teachers and storytellers to keep the wee ones engaged and entertained.
http://tinyurl.com/22rr4t

Timber! June 28 is Paul Bunyan Day so I offer some Tall Tales associated with the famous lumberjack and lesson plans to help us celebrate BIG!

American Folklore
Read the story of Paul Bunyan’s birth, watch him dig Lake Michigan and follow him down to the Whistling River. Six stories that will make him step right off of the page!
http://tinyurl.com/35htdo

Education World.com
Lesson plans on Ten Characters from American Folkore. “Students learn about Pecos Bill, Daniel Boone, Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and five other characters from America's folk history.”
http://tinyurl.com/3xovo9

About.com
Lots of fun printables for your students or clients to complement your Paul Bunyan/Tall Tales program: Word Searches, Crossword Puzzles, Coloring Pages, Bookmarks and more.
http://tinyurl.com/284xol

The business end of things…

flauntR
Do you have some photographs you would love to use in your promotional material but the background or colors are off? flauntR is a professional photo editing tool that is easy and free. Say “cheese!”
http://www.devicedriven.com/products.html

Specialty Insurance
Many clients now require that performers carry General Liability Insurance. This company offers insurance for clowns, jugglers, face painters, storytellers, magicians, street performers and others for a reasonable fee.
http://tinyurl.com/2vxsuw

Using Technology to Tell Stories
Create your own digital storytelling project. The site includes a step by step guide, examples of digital storytelling, rubrics assessment, lesson plans and additional web links. In no time at all you will be saying, “It’s a wrap!”
http://techstories.edublogs.org/

 
Other sites of interest…
 
Folktales From Many Lands              
From 1910 a fascinating book of twenty-three folktales from around the world. Feast your eyes not only on the words but the exquisite illustrations that complement each tale.
http://tinyurl.com/2janra

Georgian Folktales
A short collection of folktales from the nation of Georgia by Marjory Wardrop offered by Sacred Texts.
http://tinyurl.com/2rzm5h

Speak Bird, Speak Again
A book of Palestinian Arab Folktales from Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana.
http://tinyurl.com/2lcqn7

Storytelling Cue Cards
Through the generosity of Brian Strum you can view and print a wide variety of story cue cards, 127 stories in all, which will easily help you understand the bones of a story. He has organized each tale clearly and concisely by: 

·         Bibliographic Information
·         Ethnic
·         Origin
·         Running Time
·         Power Center(s)
·         Characters
·         Scenes
·         Synopsis
·         Rhymes Special Phrases
·         Audience
·         Bibliographic Information on Other Versions/Variants
·         Brief Comparison of Versions/Variants
http://tinyurl.com/3ypt5s
 
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

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©
This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

 

 

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor e Telling March April 2008

Hare and Tortoise
by
Milo Winter, 1919
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. I love hearing from you!

 
MARCH APRIL 2008

The business end of things…

Download Free Pictures.com - Little Red Riding Hood, our old friend Jack, and other famous fairytale folks can be found here. To the right you will also find links to other free clip art photos in a number of categories, including holiday, animal and nature photos.
http://download-free-pictures.com/fiction/fables-fairy-tales.html

Google Book Search - A boon to storytellers around the world; many books are in the public domain and can be downloaded in their entirety for free. Copyrighted material can be reviewed; however, not all of the pages will be viewable. 
http://books.google.com/

Publicity Hound.com - Publicity expert Joan Stewart shows you how to use free publicity to establish your credibility, offering resources, free articles and a free e-zine.
http://www.publicityhound.com/

Tinyurl.com - Have you ever tried to paste an incredibly long URL into your browser, only to have it break? Well this new tool is sheer genius! Copy and paste a long URL into the “Make tiny URL” box and reduces it cuts to manageable size. Brilliant!
http://www.tinyurl.com

The link below was not part of the original article but I decided to include it here since it speaks to the tools we use as performance artists.

The Tools of the Trade
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/09/tools-of-trade.html

It will soon be time for the wearin o’ the green! Here are four sites to help you dish the blarney with the best of them! These four sites are books spanning from 1893 to 1920. They are in the public domain and may be downloaded for free.

Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland
From 1902 a wonderful antique book full of tales and information by Lady Wilde, mother of Oscar Wilde.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ali/

The Celtic Twilight - Offered by William Butler Yeats and published in 1893, he writes in the forward, “I have invented nothing but my own comments and one or two deceitful sentences that may keep some poor storytellers discourse with the devils and the angels….”
http://tinyurl.com/2bngdk

Irish Fairy Tales - Brought to you by James Stephens all the way from 1920; beginning with The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill and ending with Mongan’s Frenzy.
http://tinyurl.com/2y5kcd

Irish Fairy Tales, Folklore and Legend - Illustrated by Geoffrey Strahan and published in 1904 this book offers a variety of English, Scottish and Irish folk-lore.
http://tinyurl.com/lc2rgo2

Yes, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day but I thought I should offer some other story sites as well.

Folklife in Louisiana - This site offers a wide range of information on collecting local, folklore, exploring communities and traditions, adaptable lesson plans, and stories!
http://www.louisianafolklife.org/index.html

Virtual Chad - Five stories from the country of Chad along with additional information links on the culture, language, animals and literature of the country.
http://www.tchad.org/research/folktales.html

Let’s not forget that March is also Women’s History Month.

History.com - The history of Women’s Suffrage, achievements, Hall of Fame, timeline and additional resources.
http://www.history.com/minisites/womenhist

The Library of Congress: Women’s History Month - Features biographies, audio clips, images, classroom materials, and links to relevant collections and exhibits.
http://www.loc.gov/topics/womenshistory/

Women in American Folklore -Heroines, strong women, witches, ghosts and curious girls are ready to welcome you.
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/10/women_in_american_folklore.html

The link below was not part of the original article but I offer it here now. The blog post is dedicated to Women’s History Month and offers a number of additional resources.

Celebrate Women's History Month - Women in "Her"story! http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2010/03/women-in-herstory.html

 
Silver white winters that melt into spring these are a few of my favorite things…The flowers will soon be in bloom and that calls for some stories about spring and the sun!

How the Sun Was Rescued
Saving Spring
The Spring Beauty
Why Cats Sit on the Doorstep in the Sun


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

 

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

 

 

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor E Telling January February 2008

Hare and Tortoise
by
Milo Winter, 1919
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, but 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.
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY 2008

Merging the past with the present….

The Art of the Storyteller
In 1915 Marie Shedlock wrote as part of the forward for this book, “One of the surest signs of a belief in the educational power of the story is its introduction into the curriculum…It is just at the time when the imagination is most keen, the mind being unhampered by accumulation of facts, that stories appeal most vividly and are retained for all time.” The book, now in public domain, is available online from a woman who was truly ahead of her time.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/shedlock/story/story.html
Thanks to Meryl Arbing for passing this site along.

Oral Tradition Journal
A fabulous resource you will return to again and again. The Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri has generously placed twenty-two years of their journal online. The site contains nearly 500 articles and 10,000 pages with the contents downloadable as pdf files. The site is also searchable by keyword or author name.
http://journal.oraltradition.org
Thanks to Jo Radner for passing this site along.

Storytelling In Schools
Are you continually frustrated when school administrators and potential funders ask you for specific research to demonstrate the value of using storytelling in traditional classrooms? Well look no further! After months of detailed research Jackie Baldwin and Kate Dudding have organized an amazing, downloadable booklet and brochure that will help you meet that question head on. Quantitative studies, innovative projects books, journals, articles and web sites are all at your fingertips, but the best part is that the project is not complete; it is an ongoing process that will be continually updated as new studies surface.
http://www.storynet-advocacy.org/edu/how-to/index.shtml

Storytelling With Children
Storyteller Eric Wolf began the The Art of Storytelling with Children in 2007 and each week he offers interviews with a wide variety of storytellers from around the globe covering a different aspect of storytelling with children. You can participate online via iTunes or your own podcasting software, ask questions or just sit back and listen. Can’t make the day and time of the call? No worries; Eric has archived all of the podcast for your listening and learning pleasure. Subscribe and receive alerts for upcoming podcasts and listen to archived shows at www.storytellingwithchildren.com

 
Many school systems celebrate the 100th day of school, which falls about mid-February with fun activities. What better way to fly into February than with lesson plans filled with  fairytales, folktales and fun!

A to Z Teacher Stuff
Find a folktale unit ideas for grades K-12 at this link http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/315.shtml then take a cyber-leap over to http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/4042.shtml for several more lessons plans centered on specific folktales.

Crayola.com       
Go “Around the World with Storytellers” using this springboard to literacy and diversity. http://www.crayola.com/educators/lesson_plans/detail.cfm?id=1000&dropdown1=2&dropdown2=1&dropdown3=13&dropdown4=0

Teacher Planet
The Fairy Tale Resource page is full of lessons and units, worksheets, Web Quests and more.
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/fairytales.php

Teacher Vision
Activities for African folktales K-5.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/folk-tales/activity/3721.html

 February 26 is “Tell a Fairy Tale Day” and what better way to celebrate than by telling      fairytales!        

Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales
Be whisked away to the magical land of Turkey, courtesy of the amazing Sacred-Texts site.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/ftft/index.htm

Two of the original links to fairy tales I offered in this column are now defunct. I offer you these two blog links below in their place.
 
Celebrate with Tell a Fairy Tale Day
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2012/01/celebrate-with-tell-fairy-tale-day.html

Wisdom, Wit and Wonder: Fabulous Fairytales

And if you missed any of the pervious “Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the  2007 series.

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

 
 
Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.