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Welcome to my reflections on my time at Emerson College, Forrest Row, Sussex, England. I am often asked where I learned about storytelling. Well, here is the place. I began my journey as a storyteller on friday the 13th of September in the year 1996.

I found the Emerson Campus, 250 acres of wooded farmland, to be a refreshing change from the big city lifestyle. Their founder, Rudolf Steiner, has instilled a holistic approach to living that is reflected in the everyday life on campus. From the organic farming, vegetable gardens, community duties and vegetarian diet, I was immersed into a wonderful rustic English lifestyle.

I joined a group of 20 would be storytellers gathered from all over the world. The course was led by Ashley Ramsden, Duncan MacIntosh, Paul Matthews, Nancy Mellon and other visiting lecturers. The comprehensive course work covered everything from telling in groups to solos, from history, psychology of stories,

age appropriateness. We finished with a group telling of the Sumarian myth Inanna. Emerson is truly a great place to be educated and entertained at the same time.

Several of my favorite stories, that I still tell to this day, I learned at Emerson.

Listen to a story I wrote about a “real Life experience” I had there. It’s entitled Ode to a Faerie Ring. It tell the story of my encounter with the Fey Fol