The Jungle Book - 02 Mowgli's Brothers, Part 2

This is one of my all-time favorite books, "The Jungle Book," by Rudyard Kipling. In Part 2 (of 4) of the first chapter, Mowgli's Brothers, Mowgli is presented before the pack to determine if he will be accepted.

The Jungle Book - 01 Mowgli's Brothers, Part 1

This is one of my all-time favorite books, "The Jungle Book," by Rudyard Kipling. In Part 1 (of 4) of the first chapter, Mowgli's Brothers, Father and Mother Wolf adopt a man cub, saving him from the tiger, Shere Kahn.

Twas The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore

This is a Christmas gift from my family to yours. My husband, Jim, son, Alex, and I read this classic story.

Facing the Bear

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“I am the Mom who chased the bear out of Boy Scout camp.”

Whenever anyone asks me to name something interesting about myself, that’s what I’m able to tell them. It’s one of the defining life events I’m most proud of. But upon further reflection, I discovered that my moment of bravery taught me something very important about my son, and his daily struggles with Asperger’s Syndrome.

Picture a pitch-dark night, sleeping in a pup tent with my son at a Boy Scout campout weekend. Somewhere, just outside our tent, a noise is gradually building to disturb my sleep even more than the pinecone under my sleeping bag. A raccoon? A fox? Now, I’ve never heard a bear before, but if I had to guess what one sounds like…. Well, that would be it.

What would you do?

I had the honor of telling this story at the 2014 National Storytelling Conference. The theme of the event was, “Fire and Light.”

(Illustration by Frank Stockton, "How to Survive a Bear Encounter," Scouting Magazine May/June 2013)

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The Sick Note and some family lore

I share a little of my off-beat Irish heritage in this story, along with a song, "The Sick Note," originally written by Pat Cooksey and performed by The Dubliners. This performance was given for the Littleton Chapter of Spellbinders volunteer storytellers. 

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The Small Green Caterpillar

When a caterpillar finds himself the caretaker of a butterfly's eggs, he learns that we are all destined to become more than we are.

A small green caterpillar never imagines the world might contain anything beyond his simple cabbage leaf. Then one day, a beautiful butterfly lays her eggs on the leaf, and his small world suddenly changes.

They Called Her Molly Pitcher, by Anne Rockwell

A Pennsylvania housewife follows her husband to the Revolutionary war front, and makes a name for herself on the battlefield.

Molly Hays was a heroine of the Revolutionary War. During the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse on June 28, 1778, Molly carried water through the danger and din of the battlefield to the Colonial troops, fighting in +100 degree heat against a larger and better trained British army. When her husband was wounded, she assumed responsibility for firing his cannon through the rest of the battle. Her service was recognized by General George Washington.