I’ve got a busy weekend coming up with storytelling sessions at two public events! The second (because I never do things in the right order!) is the Coronation Picnic at @Cragiebuckler Parish Church – 1.35 to 2.30pm 
Expect stories of Regal Amphibians (but not the ones you think), Kings who are a big fan of planting things and most probably an unexpected hero or two 
What’s happening in Saturday at @kincorth_community_centre ‘s Rainbow Family Day as part of Grampian Pride 
I’ve got some great Pride stories lined up and everyone is welcome!
Well what an excitement in the house this morning! A package arrived addressed to “Pauline, Molly, The Fairies and Apollo The Cat.”
Well Molly was already off to school and Apollo was busy planning world domination (as cats are wont to do)… and as I just HAD to share it with someone, I went and woke Fizzy.
What was in the package? Well it was a book from Chip at Epic Tales!! And as you can see, its subject is VERY excited. (For a grumpy dead guy).
Is always nice to get feedback – especially when it’s as nice as this!! This is from my visit to Pitcairn Loge Care Home a couple of weeks back. I got chapping to one of the residents who lived just round the corner from where I live now!
“THE DORIC WIFFIE
We wis spiken til in oor ane tung, she telt stories n guid us a poem r twa. Telt us jokes n sang a song r twa. We hid a guid time n hope she comes back!”
Thanks folks! 
It’s all about the Fisherman’s Lassie next week at Arduthie Primary School! Stonehaven Folk Festival folks will be visiting the school to teach Guitar, Clarsach and Penny Whistle – and I’ll be teaching one of my favourite songs! Elsie the Fishwife instructs me I’m nae exactly a lassie ony mair – 
Huh!
Photo by Windswept Stories Photography
We’ve had some brilliant work from the S2 Students at Turriff Academy of late!
I asked them to write a “Bothy Ballad” based on their own lives. You can read them at our blog for the Turriff Academy #LiveLiterature Residency here – https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/as/turriffacademyliveliterature/
My friend Natalie Chalmers, a bothy ballad singer, was up at the weekend and had a read over what we’ve had from the pupils so far. She recorded a wee message for the pupils which you can view here –
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A few photies from the weekend We went to the Aberdeen TMSA (Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland)
Natalie won the Sea Shanty Cup, we won the Freestyle Singing – and my Wee Imp entered a Scots poem and the storytelling and came home with the Junior Storyteling Quaich!
After a few days recovering from coughs and sneezes, I’m catching up with my upcoming events!
Here’s one I’m looking forward to – on the 5th March I’ll be joining the stallholders at the Witches’ Market which will runs from 11am to 3pm and is held upstairs at the Holburn Bar (junction of Holburn Street and Great Southern Road).
I’ll be telling stories between 1pm and 2pm and (like the market!) all are welcome. Stories will be suitable for all ages (2 to 102. If you’re over 102, you can tell us a story!) and the theme will be “Unexpected Heroes”
Either side of my storytelling, I’m looking forward to having a look at all the beautiful, shiny and handcrafted things on sale!
Hope to see you there!
I am (as ever!) waaay behind with my posts!
Spectra, Aberdeen’s festival of light, was as amazing as expected. Lindsey Gibb and I wonderful time telling 35 stories over 18 hours (that’s 4 evenings!) to well over 850 people. We were the first to be in the new Burns Pavillion at Union Terrace Gardens – and a great venue it was too – allowing in about 12 adults and their children (and adults that wanted to sit on the floor!) – so usually about 25-30 people. It was officially the cosiest venue at Spectra – and we had some fantastic feedback!
I won’t go on any further, as here’s some photos from Alice Merilees who took photos while we told stories!
This is just a wee selection of the amazing photos taken by Windswept Stories Photography last week doon at the beach and Fittie. (And it was really hard to choose which ones to put up!)
I wanted some photos with Elsie (she’s my wee fishwife pal) and the creel which I picked up from Fancy That? the other week.
Elsie is a right gossip and we had a yap to some of the Fittie residents and visitors – Sarah managed to capture it all so well!
Pauline Cordiner - Scottish Storyteller 