Author: Andy Davis

• Mother’s Floor Creaks

  It’s Mother’s Day, and as I drink my coffee on the couch, in the bedroom above me the mother of the house clears her throat, coughs, rolls the covers from her chest, then swings her legs over the side of the bed, makes contact with the 2×6 tongue-in-groove floor that is also the ceiling above…

  

• My Favorite Storytelling Uncle

  Michael Parent died Friday. He was one of my storytelling heroes, a brilliantly creative, big-hearted man who encouraged me at a crucial time. One of the first times I ever attended Sharing the Fire, the Northeast Storytelling Conference, Michael gave the keynote. He did this hilarious routine where his cellphone rang and he announced, with…

  

• “This I Believe…”

  To inaugurate the heterogeneous series of musings and ponderings that some might call a blog, I thought it fitting to post the “This I believe” statement I drafted several years ago. It expresses my most cherished beliefs; about how, as Ram Dass said, “We’re all just walking each other home,” and storytelling at its best…