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Aug 7
3 min

Encore Story of the Month: Who Goes First into Heaven

As retold by Diann Joy Bank from her book, A Pot of Mitzvot: 18 Jewish Folktales The gate angel in heaven stood at the entrance holding...

Aug 7
3 min

G-d's Dilemma

A note from our President: Diann Bank was so much a part of the St. Louis storytelling world. I attended and told stories at the St....

Jul 3
3 min

Story of the Month: Who Goes First into Heaven

As retold by Diann Joy Bank from her book, A Pot of Mitzvot: 18 Jewish Folktales The gate angel in heaven stood at the entrance holding...

Joyce Slater

May 14
4 min

Story of the Month: Pig Boy

Pig Boy, or, One Hundred Kisses Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen Once upon a time, there was a Prince who decided to marry. He could...

Joyce Slater

Apr 12
2 min

Story of the Month: Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes

A Nigerian Folktale There was once an old woman who was very poor and lived in a small mud hut thatched with mats made from the leaves of...

Mar 13
2 min

The Frogs' Advice

by Fran Stallings A country boy had a girlfriend who lived on the other side of a lake that was surrounded by marsh land. Usually he...

Story of the Month: Liz Has Fun & Marilyn Saves the Day" A Personal Experience Story by Perrin Stifel from Estate Sales Stories

Perin Stifel

Feb 1
2 min

Story of the Month: Liz Has Fun & Marilyn Saves the Day" A Personal Experience Story by Perrin Stifel from Estate Sales Stories

(I have conducted estate sales since 1976. My company, Mansion Sales, helps a family sell the contents of their home when someone dies or...

Joyce Slater

Dec 31, 2023
2 min

Story of the Month: The Feast

There was once a chief who decided that he wanted to give a party for his entire kingdom. Everyone was invited. He would provide all the...

Joyce Slater

Nov 30, 2023
3 min

Story of the Month: The Elves and the Shoemaker

There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he...

Joyce Slater

Oct 31, 2023
1 min

Story of the Month: The Two Goats

Two Goats, frisking gayly on the rocky steeps of a mountain valley, chanced to meet, one on each side of a deep chasm through which...

Linda Kuntz

Sep 30, 2023
3 min

Story of the Month: The Scarecrow

by Linda Kuntz I live on a small farm, far out in the country. Every year, my dad puts outscarecrows in our fields because he thinks...

Joyce Slater

Jul 31, 2023
1 min

Story of the Month: The Birdwatcher, the Partridge, and the Cock

A birdcatcher was about to sit down to a dinner of herbs when a friend unexpectedly came in. The bird- trap was quite empty, as he had...

Joyce Slater

Jun 30, 2023
1 min

Story of the Month: Mother Goose and Mary's Lamb

Many suppose Mother Goose to be an imaginary personage, but she was a real woman, and her maiden name was Elizabeth Foster. She was born...

Karen Nelson

May 31, 2023
1 min

Story of the Month: Along Came a Spider

From the book "After Ever After" by Karen Nelson They had called her “Miss Muffet” many years ago. They thought it funny, her running...

Joyce Slater

Apr 30, 2023
2 min

Story of the Month: Ma Complains about the Outhouse

Minnie and Arthur lived in a log cabin with an outhouse just down the trail from the house. One day Ma stomped into the house and slammed...

Joyce Slater

Mar 31, 2023
2 min

Story of the Month: Morning Sunrise

A man in one of the villages had a very beautiful daughter. She was so lovely that people called her “Morning Sunrise.” Every young man...

Jim Two Crows Wallen

Feb 28, 2023
2 min

Story of the Month: Fact-Tale: The Birds & the Beavers

In 1825 when white men first saw the San Pedro River in southeast Arizona, it had so many beavers that they called it Beaver River. But...

Joyce Slater

Jan 31, 2023
2 min

Story of the Month: The Buck Stops Here

In his mail on October 2, 1945, Harry S (or S.) Truman received a sign for his desk. Fred A. Canfil, U.S. Marshal for the Western...

Story of the Month: The Lion and the Boar

Joyce Slater

Dec 31, 2022
1 min

Story of the Month: The Lion and the Boar

On a summer day when a general thirst, a Lion and a Boar came at the same moment to a small well to drink. They fiercely disputed which...

Joyce Slater

Nov 30, 2022
1 min

Story of the Month: Painted Gold

There once was a miser who sold all his possessions and bought a large piece of gold. He buried the treasure in the earth near a large...

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