topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO In November, 2011 PenTales Storytellers gathered to share perspectives on “Dreams.”

Okay, so you’re trying to make a home out of wherever you are. It can be a ridiculously random room you’ve rented by virtue of being a student or a dump you’d like to think of as a secret treasure land. Your efforts are applauded. Mary Kate Burke is one […]

You never know what in or about a home connects you to important people in it. Sharing a room with a sibling, building some furniture together with your father. It could be anything. For Colin Deschamps, it’s about house bells and a very funny story of how it brought him […]

  There’s home, there’s this perfect place with these perfect rooms and decor. There’s a sunny background, lots of light streaming in through the window, movie style. That’s some good imagination.   But yeah, it doesn’t feel too complete without people in it, does it? Isn’t it so like a […]

How many home cities can inspire a gushing flow of words and memories? Noah Wunsch’s city can. Wonder why? Because he grew up in New York! Growing up in New York City needn’t be a weird experience. Or a dramatic one. It can make you as attached to the place […]

There’s home. Then there are the place and people around home. Ever wondered how important your neighbors are in making your home experience? Imagine growing up without your childhood buddies next door or the kind lady who always smelled of cookies or, well, anybody! Elicia Berger’s story today is about […]

topic: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT medium: TEXT What happened to Chelsea on Sunday? First she got arrested for running on to the field at Pac-Bell Stadium after the Giants game (in SF). She was led out in handcuffs and served a summons to appear in court. Then she went over to […]

topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT 32 years of life on this planet and what do I have to show for it? I still haven’t had one successful relationship with a woman. I can’t even say with certainty that I’ve ever even dated a woman. They’ve all been little girls. […]

topic: CONNECTED medium: TEXT as submitted for the “Connected” contest Little of the early morning light penetrated the church. At each of the pillars of the nave, candles sat either side of a simple altar. Their light fell upon the monks saying their daily mass, white surplices over their black […]