by Jackie Wright
Patricia is so pleased to have fallen in with storytellers and puppeteers long ago—1963 as a teacher,1965 to 1970 working for NASA on First Walk on Moon, and formal storyteller beginning in 1976. She is still telling after all these years.
Patricia Coffie first discovered the Chicken Festival. It was a while before she realized the ChickenFestival was a River and Prairie Storyweavers event, and MO-TELL was another storytelling organization.
After learning about MO-TELL’s Missouri Liars Contest, Patricia entered in 2020 and won with the story, “The 43 Pound Cat.” She has entered ever since, and placed second in the written contest in July of 2023.
Patricia is pleased puppetry is included and appreciates the spoken and written. She really enjoys the opportunities to enter the written portion of the Missouri Liars Contest since she is no longer thrilled about driving in iffy weather or after dark.
Patricia appreciates listening and sharing in MO-TELL’s hybrid and zoom events. She has been a teller on MO-TELL’s online concert series. She told on the Crazy Days of Summer Concert in June of 2023.
Patricia has a digital book called “52 Favorites for Storytime” available for the asking. No cost, justdownload. First is The Mitten (Ukrainian folktale) and second is Corduroy. She is one of three tellers who established Clear Lake Storytelling Festival in 1989 and it continues to this day.
Patricia Coffie
Stories from Home
203 Emery Drive
Waverly, IA 50677
319-230-0659
There’s a story for that..
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