On episode #73 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, I analyze my own story "Naked and Wet" in an episode Elysha Dicks and I call Storytelling Forensics. LINKS Purchase Storyworthy:…
On episode #73 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew Dicks analyzes his own story, "Naked and Wet," in an episode we call Storytelling Forensics. STORYTELLING SHOWS 2019-2020 November 23: Twenty-one…
Clara, age 10, is spending the first hour of her morning - beginning around 6:00 AM - researching the celestial bodies that were named after Hawaiian Gods after finding a…
I’m listening to Dolly Parton’s America, a podcast by Jad Abumrad, the creator of Radiolab. Jad’s father, a physician, became friends with Dolly Parton after treating her, and this afforded…
Yesterday I shared a series of text messages between my wife and me that did not go well. While standing in the post office, I watched a woman spend five…
Elysha and I stepped into a bookstore a couple years ago, looking to spend a little time browsing before heading home. As we entered, I noticed an author standing in…
I’ve been writing a blog post every day without missing a day for nearly 15 years, and almost 11 years on this platform. That’s 4,696 days worth of blog posts,…
When my cell service momentarily disappears in an area where service is reliable, I stare at my phone and the absence of those four tiny bars and think, “Oh no.…
My very good friend, a fellow educator, sent me this quote yesterday, saying that when he read it, he thought of me and my teaching style: If you want to…
