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	Reversible Skirt 4.24 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ice Cream Vendor's Song 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sisters Born, Sisters Found: A Diversity of Voices on Sisterhood by Laura McHale Holland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lindsay Ahl, Skye Blaine (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kiminee Dream: a novel 4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resilient Ruin: A memoir of hopes dashed and reclaimed 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just in Case: Twenty-one Bite-sized Stories 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aunt Truly's Tales: Enchantment for Story Lovers 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A storytelling blast from the past

I was poking around YouTube when I stumbled upon a video of me telling stories from The Ice Cream Vendor’s Song. This was at a Redwood Writers meeting about a decade ago.

Seeing the video makes me want to do more storytelling. It’s such a magical sort of thing, very different from when you’re reading text or interpreting text you’ve memorized.

It’s alive, spontaneous, from the heart.

Here’s the video

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