Most Recent Newsletter - 3 August 2012

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Friday August 3 - next issue August 17
Storytelling Celebrations & Travel Adventures

Iceland September 23-30 New: Thingvellir, the Icelandic Outdoor Parliament that sits in the Rift between Two Continents ARCHIVES: Which Two Books can be found by the Hearth of a Traditional Icelandic Farmstead?  

Big Island, Hawaii  January 13-20  New: Pele, Guardian of the Volcano, and a Christmas story about her, from Mary Jo Kelly Wilhelm ARCHIVES: Mystery in the Coffee Belt, Chapter 1 of Mary Jo Kelly Wilhelm's new book   


Tucson, Arizona  March 3-9  New: The Story of Mergen the Archer: Desert Spirituality from the Gobi Desert of Mongolia ARCHIVES: Bobok the Toad, a Tale from the Sonoran Desert 

Salamanca, Spain April 13-21  New: Saint Teresa of Avila, Four Adventure Tales from Her Childhood  ARCHIVES: Sancho, Servant to the King  

Orkney, Scotland May 19-26  New: Four Hidden Historic Houses of Orkney with Tales to Tell ARCHIVES: A Winding Walk along the Narrow Streets of Old Stromness  

Ravenna, Italy Summer or Fall, 2013  New: The Seal Who Fished Men, A Story from the Byzantine tradition 


Potomac Heritage Storyfest  Evening Concerts & Private Storytelling Tours New: Why "The Cuckoo" is an old Appalachian mountain ballad, even though the Cuckoo does not nest in America. ARCHIVES:  A Vietnamese Grandfather at the Original George Washington Monument in Boonsboro, Maryland

"May the Road Rise to Greet you..." An Irish Blessing

Robert Bela Wilhelm  &  Mary Jo Kelly Wilhelm