glassteller

I am a librarian and a storyteller and a grandmother and am always involved in art projects, quilting, cardmaking, crocheting, felted sculptures, etc.

I was born about 1000 years ago. I have lived many lives; wizard, activist, teacher, gardener, mother, grandmother, librarian, and quilter. The lives come together now in my storytelling manifestation.

Story has been a central theme for me. I loved to read as a child and would get lost in a book. I remember my mom’s frustration when she would come running from three rooms away to answer the ringing telephone only to find me sitting oblivious to its ringing there on a chair beside it. I was somewhere else where telephone sounds didn’t reach.

I majored in English literature in college, immersing myself in stories from Beowulf to Frodo from Tess to Sadako. The beauty of the use of language may have defined literature but I was always hooked on the story. It was during my college years that I told stories of a small benevolent troll I had met under the log bridge on campus. My friends thought I was providing patter while they tuned their guitars between songs. I was just letting them know there was more to life than textbooks and tunes. There were stories!

After a bit of travel, I settled into a life of teaching for 22 years, though there was little that was settled in teaching. I immediately invested in a magic wand company and encouraged the research and development division to work on a new and improved reading reliability wand. The company struggled with varying degrees of success in that mission for years. I finally sold the company to a woman in England . She moved in a different direction and one of the scientific types developed the all-purpose HP wand. She is a millionaire today. I moved into storytelling to develop the listening skills of my young charges. My coffers are filled with smiles and sparkling eyes and bejeweled laughs, a rich reward also.

While enjoying life as wizard and teacher, I maintained a solid life in the world of mortals. I married Howard; we raised 3 sons and now enjoy the richest of lives with a grandson, a granddaughter and a grandpup. Our hearts are full. I changed careers from teacher to Keene Valley town librarian and am surrounded by stories. I have stories to tell and listeners who love stories ready to hear. I collect stories from around the world and offer them to listeners of all ages. I work with and listen to gatherings of story tellers and belong to the League of New England Storytellers and am a charter member of the Adirondack Storytellers’ Guild. I love to tell stories and offer workshops and encouragement and coaching to anyone interested in carrying the torch forward.

The stories are all true. The facts may have been altered because of memory lapse