For far too long, storytelling has been unfairly cast as something dusty and dull—an image of someone droning from a faded book in a dim room to an audience barely awake. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Oral storytelling is a vibrant, living art. We don’t read from pages—we speak from memory, from heart, from imagination. It’s a craft that must be experienced in the moment, seen and heard, to truly grasp its power and joy.

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Storytelling has taken me on incredible journeys—to libraries and schools, community centers and pubs, theaters and festival halls. I’ve told tales on street corners as a busker and deep within the ancient Redwood Forests of California. Each place, each audience, each story shared has added fuel to the fire of my passion. Every adventure becomes part of the next tale, and every encounter reminds me why this tradition is so vital, so magical, and so alive.