What a delight! And a perfect way to spend a Saturday morning. Shonaleigh is a drut’syla (an oral storyteller in the Jewish tradition) and this morning’s workshop, at the Arts Centre in Bridport, took us on a very personal journey.  Through a weave of discovery into our own names, memories and the language we use, so many little gems were released … I’ll play with it all for a while and maybe record the results on these pages.  We shall see.  I do love it when people get together and find the trust and freedom to just get stuck in and my fellow workshoppers were great in that respect.  Thanks Shonaleigh for your facilitation and direction.  We hope to see you in Bridport again very soon.

These entries are where I hope to weave some stories and essential threads of my live and the lives with which I come into contact.

There are some family stories I want to re-visit – my grandfather’s story of ‘the Long Walk’ and stories I have pieced together whilst researching my family history. And then there are the stories I loved as a child – well worth a fresh look – and new ones I have learnt to treasure in my adulthood. And still there are those special stories of what might have been or what could still be if only forgotten or misplaced threads can be re-found and re-worked.

So, here begins a new adventure of discovery through imaginings and reality.  Bring it on.