by Shannon Turner | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog, change, nostalgia, Patreon, personal narrative, walks with grief
As the election season has dragged on this autumn, I’ve found myself falling back in time to that time four years ago when the wheels of change were starting into motion for me. The actual week of the election I was still trying to juggle my full-time job as the managing director of a dance company while also conducting a storytelling residency at Virginia Tech.
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 | Jun 19, 2019 | authenticity, Blog, change, happy stories, transformative storytelling, vulnerability, walks with grief
Around this time two years ago, I set off to tell some happy stories. I had just gone through a cycle of work involving grief, helping people tell some of their hardest stories, including the Virginia Tech residency and Trigger Warning. Coming out of that cycle, I was...
by Shannon Turner | Nov 30, 2018 | authenticity, Blog, change, grief, vulnerability, walks with grief
I was a clumsy child. Even broke my arm once standing on a rope that was lying on the ground. We moved a lot. I host a fair amount of events and people both in my house and elsewhere. I say all this to convey…I try not to put too much stock into stuff. As such,...
