by Shannon Turner | Oct 13, 2020 | authenticity, Blog, happy stories, walks with grief
A single gal who lives alone, I listen to a lot of podcasts. They fill up my days, and my ears. I started to have a little fantasy that each of my walks was its own episode of a super niche podcast. Each walking buddy was my co-host, sidekick, guest, and micro-audience all at the same time…
by Shannon Turner | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog, change, grief, memory, nostalgia, walks with grief
On their first date, my grandfather nearly made a drastic mistake, telling an off-color joke about squirrels to my grandmother. Even though she was quite the prude, she chose to look past his Navy boy ways and focus on the handsome blue eyes. Thank goodness, and probably thanks in no small part to my grandfather, she loosened up over time.
by Shannon Turner | Aug 20, 2020 | Blog
A new StoryMuse website!
by Shannon Turner | Jul 9, 2020 | alternative realities, Blog, personal is political, personal narrative
Where last we lay our scene, we were discussing how, history, as its taught to us and spoken about, is often not the full picture. So many things have echoes from …the personal…..to the organizational……to the community …….to the...
by Shannon Turner | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell, 1984 History is not a fact. When I said the words to him, full of conviction and indignation, it took him aback. “What do you mean history is not a...
