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Joyce Slater
5 days ago2 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, Happy New Year! 2025 I am looking forward to a brand-new year of peace and hope and the creation of new stories. First...
Joyce Slater
Dec 23, 20241 min read
A Note From the President
Hello my friends, December is here but I want to dwell on November and Thanksgiving for a moment. Thanksgiving is for me a beautiful time...
Joyce Slater
Nov 10, 20242 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, Halloween kept us all busy with tales of ghosts, witches, and things that go bump in the night. Were there little...
Joyce Slater
Oct 6, 20241 min read
A Note from the President
Hello, my friends, Fall is here and we will soon be pulling out sweaters and jackets to keep ourselves snuggly warm. I hate to see Summer...
Joyce Slater
Aug 7, 20242 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, Thank you to all involved in the wonderful Tenth Annual Missouri Liars Contest. The Daniel Boone Regional Library,...
Joyce Slater
Jul 3, 20241 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, July 10th is the new deadline for sending in your entries for the Missouri Liars Contest. There is time to tell your...
Joyce Slater
May 31, 20241 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, My letter is short and sweet. The Liars Contest is July 20 th in Columbia, MO at the library. I know you want to be a...
Joyce Slater
May 14, 20241 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I am thinking about the significance of our stories and how important it is to share them. We are each a piece of the...
Joyce Slater
Apr 12, 20241 min read
A Note from the President
MO-TELL is getting ready for the annual liars contest and we hope you are too. The rules for this year are on the website...
Joyce Slater
Mar 13, 20242 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, March 1st was a sunny, mild day. Not an “in like a lion out like a lamb” day at all. The crocus and daffodils were...
Joyce Slater
Jan 31, 20241 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I met a storyteller long ago named Michael Lacapa. He was an artist, a writer and a storyteller of Hopi, Tewa and...
Joyce Slater
Dec 31, 20231 min read
A Note from the President
Happy New Year, my friends, I am excited about 2024 and all that it will bring. There will be new stories and new storytellers and new...
Joyce Slater
Nov 30, 20231 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I love storytelling. It has introduced me to so many wonderful people, people with great passions, people with great...
Joyce Slater
Oct 31, 20232 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, I love Halloween and I have usually spent the night sitting on my front steps with a bucket of candy to hand out to the...
Joyce Slater
Sep 30, 20231 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, Fall is here and soon we will be surrounded by trees bearing leaves of gold and red and orange. I love this time of...
Joyce Slater
Jul 31, 20231 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, The 9th Annual Missouri Liars Contest was fabulous. I hope you were able to catch the tall tales. Each story was so...
Joyce Slater
Jun 30, 20231 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, The 9th Annual Missouri Liars Contest is just around the corner, July 8, 2023. Come to see how it is done. The...
Joyce Slater
May 31, 20231 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, In a little over a month, MO-TELL will sponsor its ninth liars contest. It will be held in St. Louis for the second...
Joyce Slater
Apr 30, 20231 min read
A Note from the President
Hello, my friends, This past month I was in Downs, Kansas for the annual Kansas Storytelling Festival. Downs is a small town located...
Joyce Slater
Mar 31, 20231 min read
A Note from the President
Hello my friends, How are you all doing? I am swell. This season keeps me very busy. I have programs to do, taxes to mail and gardens to...