by Shannon Turner | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
That’s right, free. Ugh, I feel like one of those QVC people! This is different, though, because what I want to give you is truly a gift of myself. I have written an 8-part series, a free sampler of my StoryMuse storytelling curriculum. If you sign up...
by Shannon Turner | Jan 11, 2017 | Blog
Slowly, slowlymy days are movingtoward whatI want them to besoon, that tablewhich causes megriefbecause it reminds me of my fatherwill be goneI will arise at dawnand put on a pot of soupstretch my limbslike a plant unfurlingin the light of the window,surround...
by Shannon Turner | Jan 7, 2017 | Blog
I remember the words from earliest childhood. They were like a curse when uttered. “I want to run away from home!” Be careful what you wish for. As I’ve grown older, however, I’ve started to think about the phrase in a slightly different manner. If you believe in your...
by Shannon Turner | Nov 23, 2016 | Blog
Earlier this year, I posted this picture to Facebook from closing on my new home. It became one of the most ‘liked’ photos I’ve ever published. At the time, the image depicted the accomplishment of many years of yearning, overcoming fear that it...
by Shannon Turner | Sep 3, 2016 | Blog
Certain Saturdays in Kingsport, TN, we would wake up early, go down to the Krispy Kreme, and load up Mrs. Miller’s station wagon with boxes and boxes of glazed donuts. We’d take them, by the dozens, of course, throughout our neighborhoods, selling for...
by Shannon Turner | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog
This past weekend I returned to Blacksburg for the second time to continue developing partnerships around the storytelling residency I’m doing this year. Inspired partially by the approaching ten-year anniversary of the shootings, the work encompasses many...
