Some Days Etsy Sellers Save My World

A couple of years ago a friend asked me if I’d ever been to the Etsy site.  “Etsy? What’s that I asked?” Etsy was fairly young back then.  Now it is a global phenomenon. Etsy is a site where crafters from around the world can sell their stuff.  At last check there were over 150,000Continue reading “Some Days Etsy Sellers Save My World”

Being Inspired by Contemporary Oral Storytelling at Newbattle Abbey College

Two weeks after I moved to Edinburgh last September, I found myself down at Newbattle Abbey College, attending the first weekend of their Contemporary Oral Storytelling professional development programme.  I signed up because I wanted to hone my storytelling skills and because I thought it would be a great way to find out how storytellingContinue reading “Being Inspired by Contemporary Oral Storytelling at Newbattle Abbey College”

Storylistening Podcast Added: Allison Galbraith on Storytelling and Climate Change

I caught up with Allison Galbraith when she hosted the Scottish Storytelling Centre’s March Storytelling Café.  She had recently facilitated a workshop on storytelling with park rangers at a conference on climate change hosted by Scottish Natural Heritage.  In this podcast, I ask her about the conference and about the role storytelling can play inContinue reading “Storylistening Podcast Added: Allison Galbraith on Storytelling and Climate Change”