Another note:  Celeste and I are returning to Jabez in July ... the 27th through the 2nd of August, to be precise ... . 

And Happy Feet will be doing what Happy Feet does best.


One ... Two ... Three


One more note:  Celeste and I have been invited to Fairmont, WV in May -- the 15th -- to participate in a state-wide Conference of the West Virginia Christian Home Schooler's Association ... .  Some stories ... a craft or ...
Two tellers telling together the same story is tandem telling ... which is an art form all its own ... .

It demands careful and precise memorization of the story told -- you have, at least, to know the cues and key phrases and prompts to trigger the practiced response.  You have to practice, practice, practice!
Or you have to know your partner  . ... that's how Number Two Son, Christopher Demian, and I work.  Not the careful and precise memorization (or, really, the practice) part ... but ... we know each other; we each know how the other works ... .

We both know the story and one talks until he stops ... then the other starts, and stops when the other starts ... then stops and the other starts, and stops, then starts ... .  Sometimes one of us will say a particular line; the next time, the other one of us will --
Three web sites I've set up ... or am.
They highlight different aspects of our Storytelling enterprise:
  • Tell Tale Heartlander
    focuses on Happy Feet which is our 'family' business -- Celeste's and mine ... and sons one and two.  We have a newsletter -- Happy Feet, and monthly column Number One Son, Joshua Martin, writes -- Mythic Heritage ... and the additional feature or three, or four
  • Tale-Teller
    you're reading.  It's about Storytelling.  Okay ... it's personal hype about Gene Gryniewicz, Storyteller.  Tale-Teller.  A little bit about who, a bit on where, and when and what ... perhaps, a splash of how
  • Indigo Frog
    will feature stories ... some crafts ... some questions and the answers that go along with them.  And a coloring page ... and the colored pages we get back