Alden (Joe) Doolittle
About Story Circle
Siri Allison
East River Angels
A skinned knee in a deserted New York City park leads to an encounter with scruffy angels.
When Eve Got Lonesome
How God and Adam (almost) solved the first problem in the world.
Claire Beetlestone
Red Bird
He continued to climb into a darkness that was dark beyond imagining. He might have climbed for an hour, for a day, or for a lifetime. He could not know.
The Storm and the Stranger
In the shadows cast by the light of that old Tilly lamp she could almost see the images of those women waiting at the shore in the wake of the storm. Each waiting for her man to wash up, heavy, stiff and water logged.
Kent Busman
The Lost Tools of Schoharie
Taking care of your neighbors is what most people in rural areas do. But what happens when a village is flooded and the entire region responds? In the chaos, many items are lost, and a few important things are found.
Janet Carter
Tea Dance: Knoxville, Tennessee, 1914
Isabel revelled in being young and pretty and dancing. But then she discovered a reality her genteel world did not acknowledge.
Betty Cassidy
The Letters
Maps have no answer. Letters disappear. Minds fill with fear.
Lale Davidson
The Haunting of Zelda
Sometimes, I would lie there, listening to my own breath, and become frightened that the breath was not my own. Once, in the somber blues of dawn, beneath mourning dove’s coo, one sound distinguished itself from all the others: a light footfall outside my bedroom door.
Alden (Joe) Doolittle
Pop’s Whisper
My father and I shared a first name, Alden. Only once can I recall addressing him that way.
Traditions, Hands, Families and the Holy Spirit
We have always been challenged to observe my mother's birthday, since it fell on Christmas day. After years of angst our family was “handed” a solution to this dilemma.
Kate Dudding
The Story of One American Soldier
I feel so beholden to all those who protect our country. I feel extremely honored to tell one of their stories.
New Memories of Marilyn Monroe
I was astonished at how much I learned about Marilyn Monroe.
Margaret French
Song for Sunday Mornings
Why sing to someone who can never respond? And why the same song? One woman discovers life lessons in the song she sings to a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s.
Locked into Teaching
A teacher’s anxieties trip her up, sometimes hilariously, when she teaches for the first time in a maximum security prison for men.
Marni Gillard
One Toe In
On windy nights, the sea’s lapping soothed her like a mother’s lullaby. She imagined tall waves offering her piggy-back rides. But she couldn’t run to them. At nine years old Maisie had never crossed the wooden walkway to the sea. She wasn’t allowed.
Jeannine Laverty
Swallows
Watching on the farm yields fruit nearly as nourishing as working on the farm.
Bonnie Mion
Nathaniel Schmidt: Adventures at the Dead Sea
On a biblical archeology expedition in 1905, Professor Nathaniel Schmidt and his three students were captured by Bedouins at the Dead Sea.
Eliud Nieves De La Rosa
The Selfish King
A king learns that sometimes things are best left untouched and that one’s actions can have far reaching implications.
The Tater-Tater Man
An unusual potato does not see eyes to eye with the farmers who recently dug him up so, he runs away. Talk about fast food!
Merideth Nieves
Taming the Night
On a night with record breaking, below freezing temperatures on the way, strong, stubborn and independent Anna single-handedly does the impossible; and, for some, the unbelievable.
The Bullfrogs and the Big Race
A bunch of Bayou bullfrogs, or so the story goes, are determined to see who can run up an old tree the fastest. But they discover unanticipated obstacles that impede the race.
Claire Nolan
Growing Up Nolan
When I tell this story, many people ask, “Is it true? Did it really happen?” What I can tell you is this: I don’t know for sure where I was the day my brother Tim jumped off the garage roof.
Colette Odell
The Fork
The young pastor dreaded the trip to Mease Manor Retirement Community and his required chat with the old saint. He did not know any old people, and he was sure old people were grouchy, unpleasant, and boring.
Gil Payette
Changing Times
This story symbolizes life's circles and life's changes. Nothing escapes and everything is renewed.
It Is a Dog
It is simple to say Best Friend. Your dog-friend touches your life and did so as well so long ago.
Snake Is Dying
Some believe we are all related. If that is true, we must look after our extended family. It is good to leave something to enrich their lives, even when we are not with them.
Sandor (Sandy) Schuman
It’s Hard to Tell a Hug
My father was a storyteller, but my mother was not. And while it’s easy to tell a story, it’s hard to tell a hug.
Maggie Whelan
The Year Elmo Saved Our Christmas
Losing a child is one of the most heart wrenching experiences anyone can have. One grieving mother was able to turn the first anniversary of her daughter’s death into a gift for another little girl.
Uncle Tom and the Horse’s Head
This family's resident practical joker could not be topped, until …
Frank H. Wind
Columbus, We Have a Problem
There we were, one hundred miles from home, with the frame of the bus caught on the edge of the road and the rear wheels in the air.
The Puzzle Wizard
Every Monday on the ride into the City, the stranger would finish the whole New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. How could he do it?
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