Christmas presents

[gja1000]

In the Indian culture, there is much emphasis on the tribal elders passing along history, family information, cultural facts, and other bits of wisdom. The storyteller figure is to represent the tribal elder (it's always a women in the figures) passing along this information. She is always talking to children to represent that this starts at an early age.

Of course, it could also be interpreted to mean that a mom or grandmom is simply telling interesting stories to her children/grandchildren to keep them entertained.

I have had the story teller pot for some time now - but neither of us had seen a story teller necklace. I am wearing the necklace today - but like I said, I won't wear it much, I'll put it in my display case because it is too fragile for heavy wear. I don't mean that the figures on the necklace are fragile, but since they are clay, they can't get wet and if I should bump them against something hard, they could break - or if the clasp broke and they fell to the tile/wood/concrete floor, some would probably break.

[judy]

I don't blame you. Best to enjoy looking at it.

Oral history is a great tradition. My father wrote stories, mostly about his experiences in WWII. As he got older, I asked him to write about his family.
He did write several stories, and they are wonderful. My Aunt is the last person to tell me the old stories now, and that is sad. The family stories are so wonderful.

Maybe I should write what I know about. A couple of women in my writers' group are doing that, and we love to hear their stories.

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by judy

The family stories are so wonderful.

Maybe I should write what I know about. A couple of women in my writers' group are doing that, and we love to hear their stories.

OMG! YES! Judy, you should absolutely write the family stories or any others that are interesting.

My uncle also wrote about WWII and the stories are fascinating! I learned things about the family I did not know!

Gary's granddad taped recorded stories about growing up in the teens, 20's and 30's - the tapes are absolutely fascinating! There's one story about getting a model T across a river with no bridge. Yhey tied logs onto the car - floated it across the river, then took the engine apart to dry out, put it back together and went on their way

[DianaB]

That's so neat that you have stories from your Dads. I have a few and my Dad told many stories at the end of his life but he was a habitual liar (and also schizophrenic) so it became hard to tell what was the truth and what wasn't. The earlier stories were a lot more believable than the later ones. It's very sad.

[paula1961]

Oh my goodness Gayle, your things are gorgeous! I too love that necklace! Such great detail! Gary done a heck of a good job!

[Janet]

You have a very sweet husband Gayle. I've never really collected anything, but your's is a very nice collection.

[pope1982]

So gorgeous, thanks for sharing Gayle, wow.

My grandpa was Cherokee