tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post397584389122208449..comments2024-03-11T06:27:38.308-07:00Comments on AND SEW IT GOES: Telling storiesTerry Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16650965451863656517noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-91857061246195562962013-10-13T17:22:49.086-07:002013-10-13T17:22:49.086-07:00My grandparents didn't tell us many stories bu...My grandparents didn't tell us many stories but I remember all the ones they did tell. The boat trip from Europe, how my grandfather got his name, Balthazar. I would tell the story of being left in charge of the fishing lines on Lake Erie when my dad took my brother to the restroom. Hilarious story. I will share it someday soon. Because, dear Terry, you may not have the "numbers" but you have so very many friends. And we'll be with you--well, for as long as you tell us stories.Joanne Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623855664379207620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-91541550539189509922013-10-13T14:47:24.490-07:002013-10-13T14:47:24.490-07:00We were lucky to grow up in a rural area by the se...We were lucky to grow up in a rural area by the sea, surrounded by a large extended family of farmers and townspeople, with many storytellers - we knew the characters and many of the places because the family had settled in one place for a long time. My Dad was a great raconteur, as was an uncle of Irish descent - when they got together, there were always stories, many very funny, although they might all have been true. Dad told us stories about his time in the navy during WW II that were more about the exotic places he visited around the Indian and Pacific oceans than the very real danger they were in, and there lots of stories of life on the farm where he grew up, and adventures all through his life. Mum told great stories about how they managed at home during the war, when she was a teenager, and her mother was a great source of stories from 'the olden days'. My mother is now in her eighties, still lives in the small town here she was born and has lived all her life - she works twice a week as a volunteer in the family history centre, where she is often called upon to help visitors with details of times past, local families and events, and changes in the town. Turns out she is a gifted historian - another way of telling stories. I too will follow up your reference to Malcolm Gladwell - he sounds like my kind of storyteller too. Jill (Sydney)Blog editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726677763448697938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-36657395615622185352013-10-13T14:27:10.820-07:002013-10-13T14:27:10.820-07:00Anyone who can tell a story about storytelling is ...Anyone who can tell a story about storytelling is a master of the art. And you are. Thanks for blogging and being an over-the-miles friend. Love, DelDelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433487427679233617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-31532856246487374332013-10-13T10:51:12.602-07:002013-10-13T10:51:12.602-07:00I grew up on stories, just like you described. Not...I grew up on stories, just like you described. Not didactic ones, but ones that stuck with me and shaped my life and my ethics. Too many to begin to recount. Some stories made traumatic events tolerable, because they were turned into things people could laugh at instead of brood over. Others just clarified for everyone what morality looked like (my father's oft confession that he took some washers from his workplace and had to take them back; his question to us about whether we paid our student loans and our aghast response that "Of course we did -- we aren't welchers." Both my sisters are better story-tellers than I am, and laughter is the biggest ingredient, along with a lot of self-deprecation, or unveiling of how good other people are in unexpected ways. Oh, you can tell, I love stories.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325386238844997236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-38969027293285563792013-10-13T08:57:41.020-07:002013-10-13T08:57:41.020-07:00Terry, you are one of the best story tellers I kno...Terry, you are one of the best story tellers I know. It is always fun to sit an listen to you tell a tale from your life - some I have heard more than once, but they are always worth listening to. I envy that skill you have.Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06292762162661584206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-44557960392370999822013-10-13T08:56:57.149-07:002013-10-13T08:56:57.149-07:00Terry, you are one of the best story tellers I kno...Terry, you are one of the best story tellers I know. It is always fun to sit an listen to you tell a tale from your life - some I have heard more than once, but they are always worth listening to. I envy that skill you have.Gerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06292762162661584206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-80715115405351288882013-10-13T07:26:20.668-07:002013-10-13T07:26:20.668-07:00So true! Nothing better than a tale told by someo...So true! Nothing better than a tale told by someone who enjoys the telling. Been reading your blog for years...maybe it's because it's so personable. I tend to stop reading info-only blogs. They put me to sleep.<br /><br />Oh, and I love the pictures too. They add a lot!Suzanne Kistlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397419255208702184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16634800.post-48255339833000552512013-10-13T05:52:51.611-07:002013-10-13T05:52:51.611-07:00Thank you for the introduction to Malcolm Gladwell...Thank you for the introduction to Malcolm Gladwell ... and your beautiful photos. My grandfather was the story teller in my family. I'm only sorry that I lived most of my life far away from him and that I didn't have a tape recorder when I was close to him. He was a wonderful and interesting man and he told stories of covered wagons, indians, community shared copper cooking pots, and so many other things that my faulty memory does not allow me to recall.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283575512727062312noreply@blogger.com