When our good friend, Hylton, sent the e-mail below, I had just been beating myself up over having accidentally ditched a presentation from my computer. (See Pushing On.) The story lifted my spirits so I was delighted when its author agreed to let me post it on Catching Courage. On Wednesday morning I awoke...
I’m a long-time fan of Steve Goodier’s stories and have several collections of them. On occasion I’ve tucked one into a folder on my computer labeled “Inspiration”, to re-read when the roller coaster I’m riding heads downhill. I’m also a subscriber to LifeSupport. Today Steve came through for me again. You see, Robin and...
Stories are valuable precisely to the degree that they are for the moment useful in our ongoing task of finding coherency in the world. ~William Kittredge, Owning It All (1988) When I left Rochester, New York, to move back to Seattle, one of my last storytelling events was an evening of stories with the...
When the call came, I didn’t hesitate to jump in the car and drive down Interstate I-5, from Seattle, Washington, to Napa, California. My brother was in hospital once again. Something in his voice told me he needed me to be there. I’ve lived in snow country most of my life, from Idaho to...
The Strange Familiar is a young indie band from Akron, Ohio. Their YouTube channel shows a group of teen musicians with a lot of talent and a lot of hope. One of my favorite phrases from the song is, “Courage is when you’re afraid but you keep on moving anyway.”
In 2003 I let myself be talked into directing the second year’s production of The Vagina Monologues in a rural town in central British Columbia. I didn’t really think such an edgy play would work there, even though it had the year before. I was wrong. A framed poster hangs on the wall of...
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