The reason I’m so darn revved up about this class is that it combines so many of my great loves: stories, performance, the truth, memoir, fun groups of people, sweaty palms…WAIT, take that last one back.

A love poem to storytelling: The spot lights on a teller pouring out the grains of their humanity into the palm of their hand, throwing those grains like confetti out into the audience gathered in sacred loving listening.

I have news. I’m making a change to Stories To Tell. I am putting my focus on audio.

I had big ideas about what I would teach these budding oral historians in only two short hours. 

Are you frustrated because your aging mom or dad seems lonely and bored but you’re so busy trying to juggle your daily life?  Meghan shares five simple ideas that can make a big difference to you and your parents.

This week many of us will gather to share a meal of Thanksgiving. This is a perfect opportunity to share our stories and honor our elders. Here are five ways to get the stories started.

If you're looking to gather someone's life story, here are 75 questions you can ask.

Because everyone deserves to tell their story. 

For a long time when I thought of my grandma, unfortunately, I often thought, “She’s such a racist.” So many of my memories of her go something like this....

Mmmm. Donuts. Tasty and they have history too. Apparently Midcoast Maine put the hole in the donut. And, right in Rockland, the Wotton family made donuts for decades. 

I was accused of stealing jewelry from an old lady and it changed my life and launched my career.

What do illegal seal hunts, shipwrecks, lawsuits, pickled salmon, a 72-year old sea walrus, and something called the “Bug Line” have in common? If it sounds like the ingredients for a Jack London novel, you’re not that far off...

“I was a little apprehensive about the whole thing, because I didn’t know him for beans. But Bob brought along a toy billy club and toy handcuffs, so if he got out of control I could straighten him out. That just made me laugh."

Eleven years ago I conducted my first personal history interview. I’m sorry to say the recording is gone, lost to history. Only the fragments of my memories remain. I was a wannabe radio producer and desperate to join the cool kids at This American Life. To gain interviewing experience I asked a nun named Sister Beth...

There is a new love in my life and I am just bursting to tell you about it. I am pleased to welcome a new member to the family...

Barbra Cleveland tells her story of moving to Maine in 1971 during the back-to-the-land movement and building a cabin for only $97.

You might notice something different about my appearance. No, I didn't get a new haircut. I'm talking about my business appearance. This is a time of transition and change. At the same time, it is a renewal of my mission and the values that have made this work so important to me.