Welcome friends. This story found me in Kildonan Museum on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, some years ago.

Tis a tale of one All Hallows Eve when the space between the worlds is known to be thin…we are in that threshold time just now.

Enjoy and thank you so much for having a listen. <3

Tracy

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The first of two offerings this month as we tip into autumn! Today I'm sharing a retelling of a story i've been carrying for over 20 years - Miz Hatie. A story i found in a library in Vermont, in a book by children's author Virginia Hamilton - The People Could Fly.

The People Could Fly is a rich contribution to children’s literature (to literature for all really) with a beautiful mix of American Black folktales.

Ms. Hamilton's voice "echoes the slaves and fugitives from her own American black ancestry as she tells the stories that keep the culture alive."

Make yourself a cuppa and settle in for this retelling - a stories of cycles, of change, of shapeshifting and of grief.

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As the northern sun descends lower, bowing to the feast of our late summer gardens, as crickets ascend up through the warm soil singing songs of friction and wonder, i have a story to share.

An adventuring story of descending and ascending, a tale of three sisters, of forbidden fruit - consumed, of dragons and perhaps of justice.

A retelling of the fairy tale, The Earth Gnome from the Brother Grimm collection. Enjoy and offer up a libation to the story, to forbidden fruit and to lessons gleaned fathoms deep in the summer earth.

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this month's episode of a Year and a Day, exploring how i work with stories in my 29th summer on the path of storyteller.

A story offering of the Zen Buddhist tale The Tiger & the Strawberry.

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Let stories move, shift and shape you <3

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welcome welcome welcome.

This first episode is a beginning here on Substack and a continuation of A Year and A Day - monthly stories shared from my 29 years of listening, carrying, telling and co-creating with stories.

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