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Joy of Sunflowers

From down below the rich brown earth, a sunflower seed finally giving birth Slowly emerging two leaves then four, pushing their way as if through a door Climbing, climbing, leaves and long stalk, reaching for Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 12 months ago February 13, 2022
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Laugh, sing,create and play with stories and rhymes

I have just come back from a wonderful storytelling festival, meeting old friends and making new ones. Many different messages from the workshops gave me much room to think about our uniqueness, our different abilities Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 5 years ago June 11, 2018
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Welcome in the New Year with a story

  Just before we begin 2018, think about story, the stories you have told in 2017 and the stories you would like to tell in 2018.  Will they be the same or are you taking Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 5 years ago December 28, 2017
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Storytelling Importance

I was standing outside the swimming pool waiting for the pool to open at 5.30 this morning, chatting with a group of friends. I was asked if I was back storytelling yet, and the talk Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 7 years ago January 25, 2016
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Why have this blog?

The start of a new year, what do I want from this blog? I guess to encourage stories and storytelling by anyone connected to children in their early impressive years from 0-7 and for me Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 7 years ago January 2, 2016
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Begin Sharing Stories Today

Sitting on the deck looking out at the sky The stillness is broken by a bird’s loud cry The sunflowers peeping over the fence And suddenly an overpowering sense Of joy and jubilation of what Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 7 years ago December 29, 2015
Musings

What is Joy?

What comes to me when I think of JOY and why do I feel that I want to live experiencing JOY in each and every day? Does it mean that I want to be a Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 7 years ago December 29, 2015
Musings

Storytelling what is it?

We are all natural storytellers. Everything that happens to us in our lives is filed at the back of our minds in containers called stories. Long ago, before there was TV, radio, newspapers, or even Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 7 years ago December 8, 2015
Musings

Storytelling as a Gift

Having a conversation with a friend one day about storytelling and what it means to us and to our listeners I wrote the following. Storytelling is a gift to the storyteller and when we tell Read more…

By Patsy Allan, 7 years ago December 6, 2015
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