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Book Review, When the Moon is Full

When the Moon is Full; Supernatural Stories from the Pennsylvania Mountains

                                                                                                            By Robin Moore

 

I just finished reading this book When the Moon is Full, Supernatural Stories from the Pennsylvania Mountains. I loved this collection of stories. A couple followed very traditional themes for the spooky or supernatural genre. Hairy Woman is one that although I had never heard this version struck a chord that somewhere in my storyteller’s journey I had come across one similar. These are the kinds of stories that performing storytellers bring to campfires. Of course, the spooky tales are best told in the dim light, the dark forest, the kid’s camp, or by a friend’s bonfire. When the light is dim and flickering the imagination goes places we don’t allow in the brightness of the light.

I am currently working on a collection of Thirteen Spooky Stories. I like to do some companion reading to see if I am hitting the mark with a similar text to my writing. My collection is in pre-publishing edits and I feel it too reflects the storyteller’s craft. Robin Moore published this collection in 1994. I am imagining all the listeners who have heard or read these tales. I highly recommend you prep for October with a good read of this collection and be ready for your next campfire!

On the Hunt for Nature

                                                                    I hunt with a Samsung 8 android phone. My quarry a clandestine meeting with nature along a country road. I walk for health trying to keep in mind the goal of 10,000 steps a day for health and fitness. My usual course is on the road between my home and our family… Continue Reading

Fiona’s Viral Post

      Her name is Fiona, she is one of many beautiful calves at Mountain Dairy in Storrs/Mansfield Connecticut. www.mountaindairy.com  What is so special about her has been the reaction a photo of her received on Facebook. Mountain Dairy is our family farm. My grandchildren are the 11th generation. I take care of social media for… Continue Reading

Fair Season, I Have The Story

Children grow up! One minute you are wrapped up in a whirlwind life filled with kids. The next minute you sit back and watch other people working with their kids, and it’s too quiet.          No time of year makes me realize that more, than fair season. We were one of those families who brought… Continue Reading

5 Ways to Preserve Family Stories

The teen sat on the park bench, hungry, tired, jobless, a boy of New Haven, Connecticut. He wondered what the world would hold for him. He sat staring into space, after awhile his focus landed on a beautiful girl across the street, near the corner of Church and Chapel Streets. She was made of wood! It was… Continue Reading

Family Recipes, 5 Questions for Family Stories

  Food and Family, the two can hardly be separated.  Family events and every day suppers hold lots of food memories and they are a good place to start collecting family stories too. Everyone has a food story to share! Are you ready to collect a family story? You can ask your kids your elders… Continue Reading

What Does Your Family Sound Like?

Every family has a certain playlist. That constant background music or noise that is seldom acknowledged. When I was a teen I babysat for a family, it was a no TV house, the constant background there was classical music piped softly to every room. It was a serene household, but I always had to fight… Continue Reading

Apple Apple Who’s Got Apples

Apple Apple Who’s Got Apples

It is apple season the crunchiest, crisp, red, green and yellow celebration of fall. Today we are making pie, Apple Pie first was a trip to the store for supplies We have apples all washed and  ready to peel                                            Making the pie crust comes next                                                                          Pies baking in the oven smell great Company… Continue Reading

Village Smithy

Village Smithy

                                                                            anvil Blacksmith Stories Link: www.anvilfire.com/21centbs/stories www.story-lovers.com/listsblacksmithstories.html Terminology of the Blacksmith: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksmith                                                   coal fire  and red hot     Functional work of the smithy- today most blacksmiths do  not shoe horses, farriers trim horses feet and shape and put on their shoes. ( This big draft horse is sporting toe clips to hold the shoe on in… Continue Reading