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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...

MO-TELL Member of the Month: Sharon Taylor, a.k.a. Tangles

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...

MO-TELL Member of the Month: Jan and Bob Jensen

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...

MO-TELL Register Interview: Bobby Norfolk

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...

MO-TELL Member of the Month: Rosie Best-Cutrer

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...

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