tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19262486938242491682024-03-05T11:35:10.807-08:00The StoryTellerStorytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-47579034824909539502013-10-16T05:18:00.001-07:002013-10-16T05:19:04.399-07:00Zero Hunger Challenge <span style="font-size: large;">Will you take up the challenge, I have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hunger can be eliminated in our lifetimes</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="gmw_"><span class="gmw_"> This requires comprehensive efforts to ensure that every man, woman and child enjoy their Right to Adequate Food; women are empowered; priority is given to family farming</span><span class="gmw_"><span class="gm_ gm_1b968fb2-57c0-d859-c57c-4d97d26a02cf gm-spell gm_tiny">;</span></span><span class="gmw_"> and food systems everywhere are sustainable and resilient.</span></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The challenge of Zero Hunger means: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">100% access to adequate food all year round </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Zero stunted children less than 2 years</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">All food systems are sustainable</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">100% increase in smallholder productivity and income</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Zero loss or waste of food </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.un.org/en/zerohunger/challenge.shtml">Zero Hunger Challenge</a></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-83862577686199298682013-07-28T08:18:00.001-07:002013-07-28T08:19:19.197-07:0039 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist, by Leo Babauta <span style="font-size: large;">Read this and enjoy. I especially like: "<b>Slow down</b>. Life moves along at such a rapid pace these days. It's not healthy, and it's not conducive to living. Practice doing everything slowly -- everything, from eating to walking to driving to working to reading. Enjoy what you do. Learn to move at a snail's pace."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.dailygood.org/story/487/39-ways-to-live-and-not-merely-exist-leo-babauta/">39 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist, by Leo Babauta</a></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-9320857409414963582010-06-08T15:34:00.000-07:002010-06-08T16:24:44.446-07:00Fellowship, stories and self<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-MTvFWv4_tKEEvG0zxCQB_iZeDZd0W8eevH_M2g9PsHtYdYqCJ2kHuOLt5KtASkIBg1GavFgBB8xtmKW9eRiWR5C3iXVsF6E9nc2Rb3lSBtwB1WXq1q4cLVQ_55vfs5NkdngnoGl-MrG/s1600/Tree.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 91px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-MTvFWv4_tKEEvG0zxCQB_iZeDZd0W8eevH_M2g9PsHtYdYqCJ2kHuOLt5KtASkIBg1GavFgBB8xtmKW9eRiWR5C3iXVsF6E9nc2Rb3lSBtwB1WXq1q4cLVQ_55vfs5NkdngnoGl-MrG/s320/Tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480546588871946898" border="0" /></a>Net_efekt<br /></div>Rotary International <a href="http://www.ridist7810.org/">District 7810</a> came together last weekend in Saint John NB. Fellowship, stories and self; these were just some of the many aspects of Rotary's conference.<br /><br />Discussing the future you want for yourself, your loved ones and the world created an environment charged with hope, action and planning. As I watched and listened it became evident that the group was moving in one direction but in diverse ways. Every group is unique, every projects reflects commitment, involvement and a sense of responsibility from everyone of us.<br /><br />Around our table were people from many walks of life. As a librarian I appreciated the way in which those gathered made room for the new comers. Some of those honored at this event have given a great deal of their time, energy and inner strength. One recipient stated she did it for herself, since those who benefited were her family, her community and her club.<br /><br />Stories were the rallying cry. We heard from those who have served in many communities in many countries in Africa. Members told us how they started in Rotary and when they discovered they were Rotarians. Avalanche moments for me. A recognition of the power we have when we stand together.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Reading <a href="http://www.rotary.org">the website</a> I was moved by the fact that Rotary contributed in part to the Charter of the United Nations. "In 1945, 49 Rotary club members served in 29 delegations to the UN Charter Conference. Rotary still actively participates in UN conferences by sending observers to major meetings and covering the United Nations in its publications."<br /><br />Service above self is Rotary's moto and encapsulates the vital need for development. And most important that each of us can make a difference.<br /><br />Be the teller,<br /></div>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-85169955313147645892010-05-24T08:28:00.000-07:002010-05-24T09:06:50.239-07:00Yesterday's titles are today's treasures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDDqdiP13eHo8XwjUZvRnGHV_LA5bV4A7Dc-TmgJ9R2eVc1eioxC4-qyfQ-GwbfohLZAowB48r7yXxhK4NwpJwv5G4ybcMCI-3O0ZMtD-TQoT03duSPJO5WflsrYHROVNhNOtc2NR53im/s1600/j0438678.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDDqdiP13eHo8XwjUZvRnGHV_LA5bV4A7Dc-TmgJ9R2eVc1eioxC4-qyfQ-GwbfohLZAowB48r7yXxhK4NwpJwv5G4ybcMCI-3O0ZMtD-TQoT03duSPJO5WflsrYHROVNhNOtc2NR53im/s320/j0438678.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474867845043361570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">"It's spring sir"</span></span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">said Klinger to Colonel Blake. Not a reference most born after 1960 would have heard in the original but thanks to reruns many of us may be familiar with MASH. <br />So what does this have to do with our topic, much.<br /><br />Cleaning out the basement we found books and other resources that have been collecting dust for many years. To us these titles have served us well. We either read them once, used them in our research or just scanned them for their content. Either way they are no longer required. What to do? We turned to community.<br /><br />Look around, check out your local version of Friends of the Library, orsee if the local second hand book store can add these to their inventory. In this way the books gain value, create a resource as well as revenue for the local economy. Used Books Etc in Campbellton offers just this service. Everyone wins. The Public Library adds titles to its booksale, and the local usedbooks store make available titles all year round.<br /><br />Think globally act locally,<br /><br />Be the teller, </span> </span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-39535271465274065542010-05-17T11:06:00.000-07:002010-05-17T11:25:47.444-07:00Everything old is new again!<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0LGOrWE1Iap1GSZqoq5HCblxXHQQv9y_m1391GSOInjFiAYuanzPjk_qMmmgyBRa6ToK0dQKtfWjSFZB7o0ApSf11SzQyWwFZT8h7kl7QZQw9KepvpbJzCk648jR5nVy-jAhNby0q4Rf/s1600/sjmarket.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0LGOrWE1Iap1GSZqoq5HCblxXHQQv9y_m1391GSOInjFiAYuanzPjk_qMmmgyBRa6ToK0dQKtfWjSFZB7o0ApSf11SzQyWwFZT8h7kl7QZQw9KepvpbJzCk648jR5nVy-jAhNby0q4Rf/s320/sjmarket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472304248839866258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aIMAgxtpE4Z_OeZL7CPkqk2PGyMVqVrFykUSEEfy2Tq3AGXuAyY2-9T363p6MewHLds6Hf4MK8t6qawr11A6STCUFLFZuHKuzqO1IaBw_Lrz_B-v24dAsdETkRSEsAPrv_bLmchjkryv/s1600/sjharb.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aIMAgxtpE4Z_OeZL7CPkqk2PGyMVqVrFykUSEEfy2Tq3AGXuAyY2-9T363p6MewHLds6Hf4MK8t6qawr11A6STCUFLFZuHKuzqO1IaBw_Lrz_B-v24dAsdETkRSEsAPrv_bLmchjkryv/s320/sjharb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472303527271071314" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">I just returned from attending the Atlantic Provinces Libraries Association's conference in Saint John and I did feel like I was visiting home. Having been in this historical city only 11 months a few years back it seeped into my skin, into my very consciousness.<br /><br />It could be said to be the moisture, the rain, the dampness but the place became one with me. Could it be the way people hold the doors in public places for each other, or maybe the way folks smile and say hello to total strangers. Not sure of the origin of this common behavior, but I am certain of the food.<br /><br />The Saint John Market helps walk into the past feeling decades of stress, tension, feelings of isolation leave you as you go from kiosk to kiosk. Whether you are looking for fruit, nuts, meats or cheese this wonderfully well stocked venue provides the purchaser will find a fine variety and great quality.<br /><br />People given the opportunity will share stories about their activities, their hopes, their dreams and plans on how to achieve their goals. Listen and you may be enlightened, entertained and overwhelmed at the diversity that is storytelling.<br /><br />Photos by Bob Ewing.<br /><br />Be the teller, <br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-20383177048443576852010-05-10T08:28:00.000-07:002010-05-10T11:58:31.333-07:00Stories, Sharing and Storing<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Stories, sharing and storing. Life is just that. Moments where we are larger than ourselves. It might be time to bring to the table the expertise that you have accumulated over a lifetime. Your experiences have value, they hold a wealth of knowledge. You have been storing these over a lifetime. That could be 20, 40, 65 years or more but you are the holder of the knowledge.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwv3h9hQwQV0GbVuyNMrC7NPli9BzTlQR9DG8v98Jlsg76hp8Slsh4n-rPYjjyjUYsb3HUl7RZMfTejT15XOw0_Cn6nUUON18kmYBYrpYRIR2fwM9EapxtTvdVmS2fBmCmM_9cZvwO9eH/s1600/plily.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwv3h9hQwQV0GbVuyNMrC7NPli9BzTlQR9DG8v98Jlsg76hp8Slsh4n-rPYjjyjUYsb3HUl7RZMfTejT15XOw0_Cn6nUUON18kmYBYrpYRIR2fwM9EapxtTvdVmS2fBmCmM_9cZvwO9eH/s320/plily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469717594051800962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sharing ones understanding of a particular subject enriches you, your community and moves the bar in the field in which your topics lives.</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br />Bring it to the table, write a paper, an article, do a presentation, get the information out there. It will help.<br /><br />Be the teller,<br /><br /></span></span></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-39892402655929092272010-05-03T15:31:00.000-07:002010-05-03T15:55:20.647-07:00The best is yet to come!<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XD4fRwlJcitGsOPj7L__cvpWkLfjic_vGsZE5nGlsLpEq8JPX9LvEuaOetRJr4fEaA6K0stz3-fSAkgc6LnsDIG4ImfiDClEis6sLMItb2bCb1mGBnCCIi9EUg-D8wieBfBL13RNMVbv/s1600/Flowers+013.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XD4fRwlJcitGsOPj7L__cvpWkLfjic_vGsZE5nGlsLpEq8JPX9LvEuaOetRJr4fEaA6K0stz3-fSAkgc6LnsDIG4ImfiDClEis6sLMItb2bCb1mGBnCCIi9EUg-D8wieBfBL13RNMVbv/s320/Flowers+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467180514805011058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thirty years, and who knew you could share a life with someone and not notice that three scores have marked the passage. We feel the same, we share the same way but lately it has been different. Something has changed.<br /><br />Anniversaries have been a marginalized event with us. It happened every year so we did not put much stock into it. But here we are today and we are asking where the time has gone.<br /><br />Whether we feel deeper about things or maybe its just the fact that we cannot be impressed by the comings and goings of fads.<br /><br />News events pull together the backdrop of our lives. Good, bad or indifferent what impacts on the environment impacts on us. We listen, we watch, we contribute and we keep informed.<br /><br />What do we say about a life, the best is yet to come!<br /><br />Be the teller,</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-65646440521811155972010-04-26T17:19:00.000-07:002010-04-26T17:45:27.434-07:00Take charge!<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Think back, way back when you believed </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">we had a true path, a stra</span></span></span></span><a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHJpESCkp0-8uHYH12CXnfux7gFIcCXF0km3E_ps3tKrSBr7FVHFkEiOuytnvfAgqcTPne8z-gcfqabiy4MXY0L-9CCnIGZlh-26z8j9eHIKmWYgMfsr2177a9jz-Sb_kXGlhhMXGUHQ8/s1600/3278906043_aeeede1cd9.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHJpESCkp0-8uHYH12CXnfux7gFIcCXF0km3E_ps3tKrSBr7FVHFkEiOuytnvfAgqcTPne8z-gcfqabiy4MXY0L-9CCnIGZlh-26z8j9eHIKmWYgMfsr2177a9jz-Sb_kXGlhhMXGUHQ8/s320/3278906043_aeeede1cd9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464609364516866546" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ight route,<br />a yellow brick road if you will. <br /><br /> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">(Courtesy - flickr - temario9</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">) </span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Knowing where your n</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ext step will take you is comforting, soothing even mesmerizing. Always being in control, always feeling you know just what to say, where to stand and what to believe. There's that word again.<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Believing comes in many colours, sizes, flavours and preferences. We trust in what we see. It may be time to trust in what we </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">believe. Take charge of your own rudder. </span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Point the way you wish to go and go there. Imagine the stories, the images even the tales you might hear, share and commit to memory for the next generation. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Be the teller, </span><br /></span></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-23059938097806991182010-04-19T17:57:00.000-07:002010-04-20T05:59:58.995-07:00Discovery within<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Never underestimate what can be done. Whether we plan every minute of our day, whether we have lists upon lists to guide us through our daily lives there is always the unexpected.<br /><br />Today it was seeing the daffodils planted by my partner. He had selected these last year and we had been watching for them the past several weeks. </span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU8ByFIDI3YcWdwhtuk90huoDXVmhFu8QDEK2oTILmENYOqlrOiM-R-43oVVt9dMz73M6tPjTsmeMh1TeG_dEvX80BeZF4zwtD2zZz8RwCWTW0FL4KVvC_gQqZis9J1VwLGn_mXiVCltQ/s1600/Flowers+014.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU8ByFIDI3YcWdwhtuk90huoDXVmhFu8QDEK2oTILmENYOqlrOiM-R-43oVVt9dMz73M6tPjTsmeMh1TeG_dEvX80BeZF4zwtD2zZz8RwCWTW0FL4KVvC_gQqZis9J1VwLGn_mXiVCltQ/s320/Flowers+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462203567010178146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />But today they stood up and reminded me how important it was to say how much I enjoyed these flowers.<br /><br />Over the last few years I have forged a renewed interest in the Tudor Period. The people, their lives, the social, cultural and economic forces that came together at this time fascinate me. May 1st is our 30<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> anniversary and those unspoken words can have great meaning. My partner found a book to complement my reading on the topic and add to my collection.<br /><br />Let people know what you like, it's surprising what can happen,<br /><br />Be the teller,<br /></span></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-26199441405881736732010-04-12T12:41:00.000-07:002010-04-13T05:11:15.893-07:00Leonardo and Big Think<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJT7kBowRfSf7XvseDpoY94Z9Qh9HSdkl5v07OGxrXcZNMNfgpv0hdknBdB5wCvPAeMdJ74PQYah_rY8h1zNJWqW_iIicHOV1bUMfpa8o3sWSAe3ziuKNwEHRQhEsbnzTRB19ZQvBCPVJz/s1600/aerial+screw.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 443px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJT7kBowRfSf7XvseDpoY94Z9Qh9HSdkl5v07OGxrXcZNMNfgpv0hdknBdB5wCvPAeMdJ74PQYah_rY8h1zNJWqW_iIicHOV1bUMfpa8o3sWSAe3ziuKNwEHRQhEsbnzTRB19ZQvBCPVJz/s320/aerial+screw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459343471918356626" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Manuscript B, folio 83 v.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 64);font-family:Arial;" ><br />Aerial screw (1483 and 1486) (</span></strong></span><span class="articletext" style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.museoscienza.org/english/Leonardo/vite.asp">http://www.museoscienza.org/english/Leonardo/vite.asp</a>)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />There are times when we are nowhere. (Sam to Leo in West Wing)<span style=""> </span><br /><br />We spin our wheels looking for a way towards or away from something, from someone, from someplace.<span style=""> </span>And yet we remain in place. There are other times when links, connections and Ureka moments leave us feeling that there is order in the world. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >One of Leonardo DaVinci’s best known invention tells us that time is not linear.<span style=""> </span>It is unlikely that the machine could have lifted of the ground but the idea remained all due to this small drawing.<span style=""> </span>But be assured, from that point on it existed. <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span> <p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;" wrapcoords="-86 0 -86 21466 21600 21466 21600 0 -86 0"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\JOCELY~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.png" title=""> <w:wrap type="tight"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >The Aerial Screw by many is accepted as being the ancestor of the helicopter.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >“The only drawing accompanying Leonardo's note is the sketch of an aerial screw with a diameter of 5 meters, made of reed, linen cloth and wire, operated presumably by four men who might have stood on the central platform and exerted pressure on the bars in front of them with their hands, so as to make the shaft turn”. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >What we leave behind is as important as what we do today.<span style=""> </span>Sharing those big dreams, small ideas and generally keeping people in the know may lead to great discovery, stronger communications, even enlightenment. Maybe not, but we can and do affect the way in which people see the world around them by our own interactions with them,</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >Be the teller, </span></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" style="margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5"><tbody><tr style=""><td style="padding: 0in;" valign="bottom"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:Georgia;font-size:130%;" ><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-63106249074340721212010-04-05T11:12:00.000-07:002010-04-05T13:49:19.646-07:00Hometown stories<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3r0pPFHfVbS0mSSqQUE1UiQaoe4F5TnHxkZWIvu4EPwvqzzrwAsyDFAX5b86p2jgtvTFNziq2QHZa2Ei7fFfoBagLYVe3Zs_6MsfViT0PnDCt1QANxbALWQ58W73OWdM26a7rrwfWJ8/s1600/super.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3r0pPFHfVbS0mSSqQUE1UiQaoe4F5TnHxkZWIvu4EPwvqzzrwAsyDFAX5b86p2jgtvTFNziq2QHZa2Ei7fFfoBagLYVe3Zs_6MsfViT0PnDCt1QANxbALWQ58W73OWdM26a7rrwfWJ8/s320/super.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456719432207290626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35nOvPt-Cdxu_RunWKGj5c98XBM3y9mXRzxqGq6bo3osn34EgXvbKZP28h-u8_RAUpAf9R_E_HLzvhp90Qz_A6gM6Bti-jiMN0AyXSYuJxIZYh-AnNNy_NGYXptHIWuocMdQibilCnH5S/s1600/bstore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35nOvPt-Cdxu_RunWKGj5c98XBM3y9mXRzxqGq6bo3osn34EgXvbKZP28h-u8_RAUpAf9R_E_HLzvhp90Qz_A6gM6Bti-jiMN0AyXSYuJxIZYh-AnNNy_NGYXptHIWuocMdQibilCnH5S/s320/bstore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456718282287557602" border="0" /></a>This is the first in a series that looks at where I live. Being a member of a community means that<br />you are part of the story that is that community.<br /><br /><br /><br />One of my favourite places in Campbellton, NB is a very well kept secret, a reader's joy, a collector's dream, Used Books Etc, 88 Roseberry St, owned and operated by Micheline.<br />You can talk books and benefit from decades of experience in the business.<br /><br /><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here you can find collectors' graphic novels, rare, even out of print titles. Right now you can buy a copy of Beethoven's Bicentennial Edition collection including a beautifully illustrated book with the 4 box set vinyl (5 lps in each box) in mint to near mint condition for $60.00<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Another treasure is the 50th Anniversary book of THE HOBBIT, by Tolkien with coloured plates.<br /><br /></span></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >You can find thousands of books to browse through, from the classics: Dumas,Fielding, Shakespeare etc... to the bestsellers, Stephen King, Tom Clancy, James Patterson etc...<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> And just in case you still haven't found something you might like there are cd's, dvd's, games (Playstation, XBox) and tons of vhs at very low prices.</span><br /><br /></span>Be the teller,<br /><br /><br /></span></div>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-23890631752272554692010-03-22T05:54:00.000-07:002010-03-22T06:02:49.145-07:00Its been a little over a year<span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br />I am back!<br /><br />Suffering an injury in March 2009 many things I love to do fell to the wayside.<br />As of April 1st I will be back on my weekly schedule, sharing stories, books, tellings on topics that touch my community and how we are connected with it.<br /><br />Be the teller,<br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-60679942447319628882009-03-22T13:50:00.000-07:002009-03-22T14:40:43.391-07:00Paint your canvas : Stories about art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cyM-RiO6PCfWgB-IHyrV5xRpD02Ltb-8N-kY4WlpC1gHvAz6_yDUSlLk7xAm0iD15X24D-rgBPwOt0E8h0_a3-wdrjJurL4oB5ku3_ndqYF9K9pYqBDYNtEVO7u3d6gHSx5hAb49olKm/s1600-h/pearl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5cyM-RiO6PCfWgB-IHyrV5xRpD02Ltb-8N-kY4WlpC1gHvAz6_yDUSlLk7xAm0iD15X24D-rgBPwOt0E8h0_a3-wdrjJurL4oB5ku3_ndqYF9K9pYqBDYNtEVO7u3d6gHSx5hAb49olKm/s320/pearl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316127854518478226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPcVgzhKvDBpveYPsKMHo0KcT8PwpmOYZFhoO5h72VThmuZ_5aOdhqQOaj2NmRtttRn4DMH_VpEKS5I8XRKttyVNdZrcFXUB9xUSCC-1PC9GlH-4pWMM2gBpS7hUQf9FrCwWwPbQJNIIb/s1600-h/KLIMT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPcVgzhKvDBpveYPsKMHo0KcT8PwpmOYZFhoO5h72VThmuZ_5aOdhqQOaj2NmRtttRn4DMH_VpEKS5I8XRKttyVNdZrcFXUB9xUSCC-1PC9GlH-4pWMM2gBpS7hUQf9FrCwWwPbQJNIIb/s320/KLIMT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316127508683189186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil85ItyR3Q1ahP3MRtGtReo6d1XSYfkuUomim2lj6Qo-8M_ES1azEkScwSvavvZdzACpXxaU0vyloUwUz3lvA7jGPnGIDscMi8zPl66TAgXmtlf1Bm0kxEVx1CCJ6Bd1NL9DX1Bmo8Yku2/s1600-h/Modi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil85ItyR3Q1ahP3MRtGtReo6d1XSYfkuUomim2lj6Qo-8M_ES1azEkScwSvavvZdzACpXxaU0vyloUwUz3lvA7jGPnGIDscMi8zPl66TAgXmtlf1Bm0kxEVx1CCJ6Bd1NL9DX1Bmo8Yku2/s320/Modi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316127279740704322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pJ-F6TEQoWxPvVx8VOcz1sYrgvICiIDbOXM-Z4M7xKx2Ikb5KcfmlXiD9Xm6ounW7xiwo9rQoVdW2phAPo21Ci6mIltNRi4v71Zk6h7CvmIP5T-oU8Cs0eEbdI7NreQjSXN8WU7WpSRX/s1600-h/FRIDA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 77px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pJ-F6TEQoWxPvVx8VOcz1sYrgvICiIDbOXM-Z4M7xKx2Ikb5KcfmlXiD9Xm6ounW7xiwo9rQoVdW2phAPo21Ci6mIltNRi4v71Zk6h7CvmIP5T-oU8Cs0eEbdI7NreQjSXN8WU7WpSRX/s320/FRIDA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316126677608396738" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Opening conversations or any exchange between people can be challenging. If you can get a hello or how are you from a young adult and you have really accomplished something. They are described as having a language of their own. So how do we begin?<br /><br />Why not try art? I recently visited the Lord Beaverbrook Gallery collection which was celebrating their 50th anniversary. Fifty lithographs including Andy Warhol and Alex Coville and before I knew it I was back in Ottawa.<br /><br />Growing up there I visited the National Art Gallery as a matter of course. For years I would visit the gallery and discover everything I could take in. The sightt and smell of the middle ages, the textures and colours of the Group of Seven, the stories of life in countries around the world. It took a few years but I finally spoke to every piece. <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> </span>Now what that says about me is material for another time.<br /><br />When asked how we reach out to the young adult today I truly believe it is in an ordinary conversation about art.<br /><br />Art encompasses all that is life, the world and all that. The teen relates to that far reaching, unlimited vastness that is art.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Here are only a few suggestions for ex</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">ploring art from the perspective of the movie goer.<br />If you like adventure, romance, danger and challenging authority, share these stories.<br /><br />Be the teller,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-46212405156477131452009-03-08T09:35:00.000-07:002009-03-08T10:19:47.470-07:00Rendez-vous de la francophonie: Stories galore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHbUGgby8E3DsQlO84UKrAT0DPnfxK3N2Sb5BLrjEbt7zgTE880Tfgz5ks-7bpcGFt0htUotpbylNP9ywPAc8FNqvpU1ZKuvemCGXYQcmU9ST3prQIxtIHvibggHa5M1pLxTb0dOt2Xvq/s1600-h/nfb-onf-logo-beta1_1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHbUGgby8E3DsQlO84UKrAT0DPnfxK3N2Sb5BLrjEbt7zgTE880Tfgz5ks-7bpcGFt0htUotpbylNP9ywPAc8FNqvpU1ZKuvemCGXYQcmU9ST3prQIxtIHvibggHa5M1pLxTb0dOt2Xvq/s320/nfb-onf-logo-beta1_1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310865050829999618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Whether we speak English, French, or both, in Canada, we are aware of the connection we have with each other. Language joins us, explains our similarities and differences and draws on a shared history. Today language is more that cultural identity, it is our link with time itself. <br /><br />Tied to all aspects of life language is a force to unite, reach out and create opportunities. Social, economic and cultural tapestries are woven around this unifying source.<br /><br />Families share stories describing the influences in their daily lives. They create memories all the while living within their images of self and community.<br /><br />The National Film Board celebrates its 4th <a href="http://www3.nfb.ca/about/news.php?id=1880">Rendez-vous</a></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">.<span style="font-size:130%;"> Between March 6th and 22nd enjoy the animated shorts and films presenting the diversity and uniqueness of the Canadian tapestry.<br /><br />Be the teller, </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-36898262084792540662009-03-01T11:12:00.000-08:002009-03-01T11:42:08.625-08:00March and International Women's Day : All about stories<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_w4tsWIMfgjWpzSzRB0uls_G1q1ydX9PaLWcyubzumUIORBolFgUCqb_IQ-ZNjyVHwkYjSAxDJ19Y7zKRSr_2Zzp_mr-FDww62lI1yyDe2BQ5cQFxZVAUxI4JhB838TXfFXBlQ6lOqj9/s1600-h/women.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_w4tsWIMfgjWpzSzRB0uls_G1q1ydX9PaLWcyubzumUIORBolFgUCqb_IQ-ZNjyVHwkYjSAxDJ19Y7zKRSr_2Zzp_mr-FDww62lI1yyDe2BQ5cQFxZVAUxI4JhB838TXfFXBlQ6lOqj9/s320/women.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308304445706288162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" ><br />March sings with hope. It marks the nearing of spring.<br /><br />Birds feel it, children sense it and we can smell it in the air.<br /><br />Could it be that Reading Week for elementary school children sets it off?<br /><br />It might be so. But for whatever reason I feel the coming of warmth, dryness and clear streets without snow and ice and that makes me smile. </span><p></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">March also signals the recognition of women's contribution around the world. March 8<sup>th</sup> is <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/">International Womens' Day </a>. Though every country determines what their theme will be there are often times similarity of intention. This year the theme is Women and men united to end violence against women and girls. Governments around the world recognize the cost to and the impact on our social, economic and cultural lives violence imposes. Women and children have a right to a life safe from harm. When will it become a reality?<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Only we as a world of societies may bring about this most needed change.<br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Throughout the world stories are shared between women, men and children about what is important, what is just and how we can achieve it for ourselves, for our families and for the world.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">Visit the sites of countries around the world and join in this moment of hope and possibility.<br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;"><br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp">Australia (142 events)</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp">Bangledesh (3 events)</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp?country=37">Canada (108 events)</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp">China (4 events)</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp?country=102">Ireland (14 events)</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp?country=221">United Kingdom (215 events</a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp?country=221"><br /></a></p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Be the teller, </span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-33692263088621691342009-02-22T13:20:00.000-08:002009-02-22T19:07:13.601-08:00Hockey Day in Canada : A time for stories<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yQX4Kjou69j51tP3abzfWJLTMKKO7GZm5Hk9_IB6XPq_D5VC7inBy1_v42PiBLM3qtsM1-cfO_xAdbQ9TULu-cfw62bM5CxX-MaKceREwlAh0O3G0ZxIwNwGMFZJYlU6es5cbwZl_X9o/s1600-h/hockey-day-in-canada186x169.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yQX4Kjou69j51tP3abzfWJLTMKKO7GZm5Hk9_IB6XPq_D5VC7inBy1_v42PiBLM3qtsM1-cfO_xAdbQ9TULu-cfw62bM5CxX-MaKceREwlAh0O3G0ZxIwNwGMFZJYlU6es5cbwZl_X9o/s320/hockey-day-in-canada186x169.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305824039327070866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Campbellton New Brunswick hosted <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hockey Day in Canada.</span> Families came together to join in the celebrations by meeting old friends, making new friends and handing over the gauntlet to the next generation. How many of us do not have a glimpse into what hockey has meant to our culture. Leisure or recreational the meaning was woven into the very fiber of the national tapestry. It represented a joy in being the best, the anticipation of the next contest, the next game. Author Roch Carrier shared great insight into this national icon in his book <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Hockey Sweater. </span>And whether you wore the Toronto Maple Leafs blue or the Canadians </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">red y</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">ou were in the GAME! And most of it mattered.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">As my partner and I walked around the SnowFest activities and heard hundreds of stories being shared. People were abound with exchanges about hockey, the fun of competition and the benefit of team sports. As you walked through the crowd you could hear stories about who was playing, how they had done and what they were going to do to get involved next year. Young families watched as their little ones took to the ice wielding a hockey stick smaller than some boots.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Since the Russia Canada games of the early 70s I have had a very loose connection to hockey. If its Saturday then it must be Hockey Night in Canada was the extent of my relatedness. But I also knew is was more than a sport. It was obviously much more.<br /><br />We live in cynical times. Positive forces are needed for us to grow strong, feel well and be in the moment.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Living in a community means you are listening to whats important from that perspective. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">You participate and engage in the world around you, you take your place along side your neighbor. Your friends and family know of what I speak. They too have their stories, invite them to share them with you. Be inspired by listening to <a href="http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/topics/1546-10372/">Roch </a></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">his take on our love of the sport. </span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Be the teller,</span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-4504832487228956262009-02-09T14:08:00.000-08:002009-02-09T14:53:19.794-08:00Valentine's Day : A time for the telling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83_LqkDIcKb-PUiGCxb-UGk6MsRvxMQ_vio7HV6ZL9O3ScRlDmbPMmNJBJ76kt6uf9__2kYFZXelmxeI9797xNBljTVRUT3cFh4aaVzeC3A2xpUOmXaZWGS0MSKfBK8JC18QSqz7YPidt/s1600-h/heart+graphic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83_LqkDIcKb-PUiGCxb-UGk6MsRvxMQ_vio7HV6ZL9O3ScRlDmbPMmNJBJ76kt6uf9__2kYFZXelmxeI9797xNBljTVRUT3cFh4aaVzeC3A2xpUOmXaZWGS0MSKfBK8JC18QSqz7YPidt/s320/heart+graphic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300933955446328818" border="0" /></a><br /> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br />Valentine's Day continues to intrigue, delight and tease us into believing that there is a day special enough to tell of your love, or to say what you feel to your love or even to sing the praises of your love. St. Valentine, is said to have been a priest in Ancient Roman. Picture it; Rome about 270 A.D. and you are not a supporter of the current Emperor Claudius. A christian, Valentine would be martyred for refusing to give up his faith. Centuries later Henry VIII declared February 14th as Valentine's Day. After all who would know more about courtly love.<br /><br />These and others stories will lead you to asking 'Who was your first Valentine?' 'How did you share your special day?' 'Where were you when you received your first Valentine?'. 'So wants with Cupids arrow?' <br /><br />Sure some of these questions may be invasive or they could just be fun. Our memories need cajoling at times and February 14th might just be the right day to get some insights into your surroundings by asking those you love. Will you be my Valentine?<br /><br />Be the teller,<br /></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-29001309703905994342009-02-01T11:19:00.000-08:002009-02-01T11:57:03.571-08:00Have you heard the one : Groundhog Day Canadian style<span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">If stories are learned then traditions begin with stories about every day occurances. February 2nd is Groundhog Day and is a perfect example of such stories.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Picture it, it's 1887 and you are in </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Punxsutawney, Pa.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> The story goes that if the groundhog who's name was Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow it meant the end of winter was near.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Not scientific perhaps but a fun way to predict the weather.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Seems a long time ago but as any storyteller would tell you stories live on in all of us. <br /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Now lets come forward to 1956, to Wiarton, Ontario Canada. </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Discover groundhog Wiarton Willie. He predicted and we watched, learned and of course told the story. And so the stories continue. <br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">We are a big country and have many such creatures to help us devine the weather.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Visit </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groundhogday/">Groundhog Day</a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> on the CBC site and learn more about our stories,</span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Be the teller,<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-9880641432646807082009-01-25T12:45:00.000-08:002009-01-25T13:12:37.435-08:00Tell it out loud<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQlkDZ_l600GHcuupLxa9eKpqoIFAMsDqe6aPdAjZzXYbjqJ4uEBao_h78zs33eefgLfiL9tPsTw4sA3ZglerztCAr4iAD9kH9qZ_GXfr-SE5R3a98WM8pl43VotTOaDpoZB8WQCdyGC9/s1600-h/aunt+harriet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQlkDZ_l600GHcuupLxa9eKpqoIFAMsDqe6aPdAjZzXYbjqJ4uEBao_h78zs33eefgLfiL9tPsTw4sA3ZglerztCAr4iAD9kH9qZ_GXfr-SE5R3a98WM8pl43VotTOaDpoZB8WQCdyGC9/s320/aunt+harriet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295337598127226994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Have you ever heard a story you wanted to know more about? Black History Month in Canada offers up an opportunity for us to read, hear and tell stories that are part of our history. Sharing our stories helps us to appreciate our past, embrace our future and create a present that includes all of us.<br /><br />One such story is </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> by Faith Ringgold. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Take a ride on Harriet Tubman's railroad. I</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">t tells of courage, love and community and takes you to the door step of freedom in Canada. The telling brings history to life. <br /><br />Discover the power of voice by tuning into Voice Print and hear stories about Black \history in Canada. </span></span></span><a href="http://www.voiceprintcanada.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,258/Itemid,68/">Visit Voice Print</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br />Take part in sharing this history and be stronger for it.<br /><br />Be the teller, </span></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-14580159730385298262009-01-18T10:56:00.000-08:002009-01-18T11:29:47.880-08:00New beginnings : Collecting what stories?<span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Italic" title="Italic" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 4);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Italic" class="gl_italic" border="0" /></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">New Year Resolutions, come and go and so does time. Peoples' lives are riddled with beginnings. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Familylore</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> tells the stories of those beginnings. The first time you met your husband, the first time your parents met. How are these stories told if not between family and friends. <br /><br />The why of it is not important. Its the telling that connects us to each other and the way we reach out. Remember that first day in a new job? What was going on, who were the people in the office, what were your responsibilities? Who spoke to you first and what did they ask? Unspoken these moments are but fillers in space and time. But shared, told and reflected upon they become the beginnings of stories that enrich our lives and become part of our </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Familylore</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >.<br /><br />Be the teller, </span></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-2018722835206826682009-01-04T16:46:00.000-08:002009-01-18T11:36:58.362-08:00Freedom to Read : Storytelling time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4Q_vClcKeDXgt7j3Mk-YCl2OevW1wfNxtgQpALxQCgQ7cPBxGWzqVx17eFkjnMHXUxSmt8ZJu4hlYqFYDSwtADiEvmIy9D5WPZzNNP5dNx8yUFyhwK1afLCTKwoVAF6aJh_UUDuBVavw/s1600-h/FREEDOM.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4Q_vClcKeDXgt7j3Mk-YCl2OevW1wfNxtgQpALxQCgQ7cPBxGWzqVx17eFkjnMHXUxSmt8ZJu4hlYqFYDSwtADiEvmIy9D5WPZzNNP5dNx8yUFyhwK1afLCTKwoVAF6aJh_UUDuBVavw/s320/FREEDOM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287608411426101810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Stories define themselves. They can bring you onto a landscape, introduce one to the ideas of another being. Stories are told by those who believe, believe in nature, in humanity, the universe and use this belief to tell us of their experiences.<br /><br />"Freedom to Read" Week will be celebrated February 22-28th and before it comes and goes take a moment to read about it. If rights are to be respected then it must be understood that we respect what others want to share. Not that what all writers say is true and not every word is the truth. But if we can open our hearts and minds to the OTHER we might perceive that which is yet not part of our imagining.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Talk with those you trust,<br />share your stories about stories</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> and celebrate<br /> "Freedom to Read" in your own way, </span></span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Visit <a href="http://www.freedomtoread.ca/freedom_to_read_week/kit.asp">Freedom to Read</a><br /><br />Be the teller,<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-66013955459753186942008-12-23T14:55:00.001-08:002008-12-23T14:58:57.049-08:00Season's Greetings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7SOwszM0fnVC8lCW2kOcbOwtB0Fr4PovMPntLRQguuzzIJd7iaPzoniBXIlviSiW0wnsyAbbmVAiGR3m6i9kWTCP3aucNh3MCnHZN8JaXyEjGg_khE7YYbySJZUvr6-Bel4smLJt3d_4/s1600-h/pointsetta1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7SOwszM0fnVC8lCW2kOcbOwtB0Fr4PovMPntLRQguuzzIJd7iaPzoniBXIlviSiW0wnsyAbbmVAiGR3m6i9kWTCP3aucNh3MCnHZN8JaXyEjGg_khE7YYbySJZUvr6-Bel4smLJt3d_4/s320/pointsetta1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283123255514929714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">Tis the season to share stories<br /><br />Fa la la la la la la la la<br /><br /><br />Be the teller,<br /></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-69651490224287153582008-12-14T10:49:00.001-08:002008-12-14T11:41:14.062-08:00Stories as giftgiving : Familylore begins with you<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4CX2Yldq4Q_YqYTkxBHlSBiPITT_mxXl_fWjXU-AXyOX6H4hWIw1VL31JMoMXKzuQsZcbFVGBkEtizLZCnPNHtSFkMAMYhCjBZGi7OCCy0Ew3Ex2TcA0FLoCsSzOixuDnm-XU7e0L2ys/s1600-h/poinsettia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4CX2Yldq4Q_YqYTkxBHlSBiPITT_mxXl_fWjXU-AXyOX6H4hWIw1VL31JMoMXKzuQsZcbFVGBkEtizLZCnPNHtSFkMAMYhCjBZGi7OCCy0Ew3Ex2TcA0FLoCsSzOixuDnm-XU7e0L2ys/s320/poinsettia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279729853159818226" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Received my Holiday Season gifts from my eldest sister yesterday. It arrived, a brown cardboard box, quite plain in appearance but inside years of memories converged. This treasure trove of gifts were the articulation of memories that spanned over three decades.<br /><br />Amongst the treasures, a weaver had recreated my snowy owl perched on a twig. It had attracted my sister's eye at the Ottawa Weavers and Knitters show. It told me she remembered I had regular visits from an owl very much like it at my hobby farm in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pense</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Sasktachewan</span> in 1975. I still feel the cold of the prairie, I still hear the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">deafening</span> quiet, still see the glaring white snow and the sight of this great white owl sitting majestically on the same pole everyday just outside my farm house.<br /><br />Art galleries have been my favorite sources for inspiration. But it is the gift shop that provides the item or image you can take home. My sister includes every year a wall <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">calendar</span>. It always depicts some master painter, it could be impressionists, or modern, it might even be medieval tapestries. Whatever the theme it conveys my true passions as wide as they are. And only a sister would know. This year it was Gustave <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Klimpt</span>. Along the same idea were cards, portraits by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Klimpt</span> and another set of cards portraying the same medieval tapestry from my calendar of 2007. Hidden deep in the box were humbugs by Robertson, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">chocolates</span> from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Stubbe's</span>. All my favorites, all precious, all defining a memory and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">bringing</span> it to light to be shared again.<br /><br />I wish you and yours the opportunity of sharing your stories over the next few weeks. Make giftgiving one that creates stories in your<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" > F</span>amilylore.<br /><br />Be the teller,<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-42328793474749165342008-12-07T12:04:00.000-08:002008-12-07T12:48:10.773-08:00A time to remember : Massacre atEcole Polytechnique<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >
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<br />What are stories but remembrances of events. One important element to being a collector of <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >F</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">amilylore</span> is to recognize that there are stories that may be painful to remember.
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<br />Living so close to Quebec I cannot help thinking about those who lost their daughter, sister, colleague, friend on December 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Montreal's Ecole</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Polytechnique</span>. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >In 1989 a man gunned down 14 women Montreal's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ecole</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">polytechnique</span>. He had left a letter that <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">explained</span> his reasons, they were women. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >
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<br />It is important to help others keep these stories from becoming invisible. A scan of newspapers and sites brought little to bear regarding this historical and horrible part of our history. I was especially <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">disappointed</span> with the Status of Women Canada site that had a few paragraphs and little else. There was a time when this site had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">everything</span> a community needed to mark this "National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women In Canada".
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<br /></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926248693824249168.post-57754739238399291022008-11-30T10:04:00.000-08:002008-11-30T10:43:43.536-08:00When to collect stories : Festive Season 3<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Gift giving at this time of year is always a challenge. What do we give those who have what they need or want. How can you make yours and their Festive Season even more unique? Is it possible to give a gift so special that it can enhance the holidays for your family? My answer is YES!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Consider giving </span>F</span>amilore</span></span></span></span>. <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">It is the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">quintessential</span> treasure of your family's story. When they began, where you have been and where you all are today. The Holiday Season is fast approaching and without speaking a word members of your family are remembering. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">It may be the weather, the sights, the sounds, the buzz in the Mall, what ever it is we all have thoughts of earlier Christmases or Festive Seasons.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Your aunt could be remembring her first Christmas as a parent. Little brother is reminded of the first pair of skates he was given. Grandmother still remembers the smell the cookies and pies spread throughout the house. Dad worried over finding the right tree and Mom was making sure the presents were under the tree before the children got up. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Encourage the recounting of your family's stories. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">They all have their images, their memories and these pulled together and shared become your <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">F</span>amilore. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Begin this year. Start with a few stories, a few remembrances and soon you will discover the treasure that is </span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">F</span>amilore</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">. Call a member of your family and begin to collect their stories. You can record these in many ways. Audio, video, even typed up in Word with a seasonal image watermark will help you capture the story. You can later add these to a CD and distribute copies to family members. Every year you can add to it. Old photos, maps, charts, children's drawings and cards can now be collected as never before.<br /><br />Be the teller, </span></span><br /></span>Storytellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389619220364830876noreply@blogger.com0