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Susan Bravo
Jul 31, 20212 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Susan Bravo
My journey in becoming a storyteller started in April 1996. A good friend called to tell me she was going to be “nearby”a week later and...
Marsha Mellendorf
Jun 30, 20212 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Marsha Mellendorf
Marsha was born and raised in Baden, a neighborhood in north St. Louis. After graduating from Beaumont High School, she received her...
Sharon Taylor (Tangles)
May 31, 20212 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Sharon Taylor, a.k.a. Tangles
I turned 75 last year and I officially retired from the corporate world. I had some ideas about what I wanted to do with my life. In...
Raelene Crotser
Mar 31, 20213 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Raelene Crotser
My name is Raelene Crotser. I live with my daughter and her son in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. Most of my working years were spent in...
Jan Jensen
Feb 28, 20213 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Jan and Bob Jensen
I am currently living in Swansea, Illinois where my husband Bob and I moved when we retired in 2016. I was born in Dixon, Illinois and...
Thom Howard
Jan 31, 20213 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Thom Howard
I grew up as the kid who spent several hours every day practicing guitar alone in my room. I was not gregarious at all, and probably...
Ken Wolfe
Dec 31, 20202 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Ken Wolfe
Like it’s so often cited in a teller’s bio, it was during his tenure as an English teacher in this nation’s fine public schools that Ken...
Sarah Howard
Nov 30, 20203 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Sarah Howard
Howdy, I spend most of my days as the Youth and Community Services Manager for the Daniel Boone Regional Library in Mid-Missouri. As the...
Anthony Clark
Oct 31, 20203 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Anthony Clark
Vocation: I'm an economics professor, and I also work as a freelance writer. Hobbies: Tennis, weightlifting, reading, listening to...
Alice Nathan
Sep 30, 20201 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Alice Nathan
In the short time Alice has been associated with storytelling she has accomplished a lot, both asa storyteller and as someone who is...
Coisetta "Cosy" Wright
Aug 31, 20203 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Coisetta "Cosy" Wright
Retired Teacher/Administrator/Librarian Media Specialist Hi, I’m Cosy Wright, my storytelling names are “Cosybear Tales and “Sister...
Joseph Bubenik
Jul 31, 20202 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Joseph Bubenik
Joseph Bubenik met Ken Wolfe as officers of the Saint Louis Beard and Mustache Club. As their friendship grew, Ken shared his love of...
Roger Rose
Jun 30, 20203 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Roger Rose
One day my daughter showed me a newspaper item. "Dad, there's a storytelling festival going on at the Arch. You're a storyteller. You...
Sue Hinkel
Mar 31, 20204 min read
MO-TELL Register Interview: Bobby Norfolk
Interview by Sue Hinkel 1.Tell a bit about you. Vocations, hobby, family I love long walks in Nature so I can meditate,ruminate, and...
Linda Kuntz
Mar 31, 20202 min read
Spotlight on Linda Kuntz, Newest Board Member
Spotlight on Linda Kuntz, Newest board member Linda is the newest MO-TELL Board Member, becoming the Secretary in February 2020 after Jim...
Rosie Cutrer
Feb 29, 20201 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Rosie Best-Cutrer
Rosie Best-Cutrer is a storyteller from Topeka, Kansas. She started working in semi-professional theater with the Dale Easton Players at...
Kathy Schottel
Jan 31, 20202 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: Kathy Schottel
Our featured member of Mo-Tell this month is Kathy Schottel. Kathy comes to us as a Librarian-Musician- Storyteller. Her love of books...
MarilynSue Warren
Dec 31, 20192 min read
MO-TELL Member of the Month: MarilynSue Warren
A bit about myself: Here are a few of my favorite things- being a mom , and grandmother; nurse; storyteller, walking in the woods; yoga...
Jackie Wright
Apr 1, 20193 min read
MO-TELL's Member Profile: Jackie Wright
Jackie and her husband, puppeteer and percussionist Glen “Papa” Wright, work together as a team. They have been featured tellers at the...
Ric Vice
Mar 1, 20193 min read
MO-TELL's Member Profile: Rick Vice
I worked in public education for 33 years as a music teacher and elementary librarian. My mom was a homemaker who worked at Ball State...