[Davis, a returning storyteller, will recount tales learned from a family of traditional storytellers who lived on the same North Carolina land since 1781.] I discovered in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope and go anywhere I pleased, ... Good Evening. |
Again, my heart raced. I feared the worst. |
As a concerned parent, the worst thoughts raced threw my head. We made one last trip to the bus stop before we knew we had to call the police. |
I didn't learn stories, I just absorbed them. |
I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased any time I pleased, fight any foe, win or lose, live or die. My stories created a safe experimental learning place. |
I know it's a neighborhood rivalry, but at one point I told my coaches to look around and see what you helped build, |
I think if we stay healthy, we've got a chance to play in that game. Because we have under 30 kids, they have to stay hungry, |
I was very lucky on several accounts as you can imagine. Don't let my fears of that event come true in your life. |
Our 5-year-old son didn't come home from the bus stop. house was only one block from the bus stop. It would take him about 2 minutes to walk from the bus stop to our house. |
Someone like Albert sees history as so much more than just history. Albert saw history as the flow of life. |
Storytelling is not what I do for a living - it is how I do all that I do while I am living. |
They fought. We've just got too many guys going both ways, |
This is the premier short track race in Florida. |
Today is like a reunion, ... I've met a lot of people at the grave itself through the years. |
We just ran out of gas, |