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Ten Reasons to Participate in Your Local Storytelling Community

Open Channel / By a featured contributor

Storytelling will always be there for our pleasure and edification. It’s an immediate, shared, and unforgettable experience. Here are ten reasons to participate in your local storytelling community. Verbal storytelling is a slowly dying art. It’s like handwriting and mail correspondence. It used to be a way of spreading history and teaching lessons, building memory, […]

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Hear, Here! A Night with Andrea Gibson

News, Writings / By a featured contributor

Hear, Here! was the chant, and sponsor, of the night at Ivywild School in Colorado Springs as female poets Susan Peiffer, Nicole Wilkinson, Denali Gillaspie, and legend Andrea Gibson graced the stage of the old school auditorium. Gibson said that she had performed at a church once, expecting it to have been overtaken by artists and converted

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The Ivywild School: Grand Old Tradition, Brand New Perspective

News, Nonfiction, Writings / By DeLyn Winters

When I ask people if they’ve ever been to the Ivywild School, they say, “Why would I want to go to a school?” When I explain what the Ivywild School has become, they ask, “Where is it? I want to check it out!” Those who visit the school will discover that the only thing school-like

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Community Gardening: Getting Our Hands Dirty

Nature, Nonfiction, Writings / By a featured contributor

Community gardening means going back to the basics. More and more Americans are moving away from modern conveniences that damage their quality of life. Many of us are taught early on that the human body is a temple. It’s a precious gift that deserves respect and preservation. Therefore, we need to be present and prepared

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