Story is a powerful way to build compassion and bridge understanding between cultures. Story has the power to heal as well as teach.
Books by Nancy Bo Flood
Beyond Boundaries · Essays and tidbits from Nancy Bo Flood
The Silence of Our Friends
January 15, 2020
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I often re-read these words spoken by…
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World Day of Peace
January 7, 2020
World Day of Peace is remembered … celebrated … imagined … every January 1st. January 1, 2020, this new decade began with a World Day of Peace. I took out…
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Many Ways We Tell Our Stories: Poetry in Public Places
December 24, 2019
An homage to storytelling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, quoting from "The Dimness of Mothers and Daughters," by Marilyn Dumont. From the plaque (because it may be hard to read): "This…
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Children’s Rights
December 17, 2019
What rights do children have? If you could, what rights would you give to every child—every child—during this sacred time of year? Imagine this, the United Nations in December of…
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“Onward, onward!”
December 3, 2019
I became absorbed with Vincent van Gogh's paintings at "his" museum in Amsterdam. I had never seen his work close-up in person. Such rich color, such captured energy. And faces…
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Many Ways We Tell Our Stories: The Trees
November 26, 2019
"Sometimes a tree can tell you more than can be read in a book." —Carl Jung Do trees make sound? Do they talk amongst themselves? Do they talk to us?…
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Banned Books, Banned Topics:
Prayer, still forbidden in children’s literature
September 26, 2019
Times have greatly changed the rules for writing in children’s literature. Sex is okay but periods … maybe. Swearing, exploring gender identity, exploring sexuality – go right ahead. But spirituality?…
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Many Ways We Tell Our Stories:
Giant Puppets, Giants Stories, Dangerous Ideas
September 17, 2019
We stump across the stage or parade down your street. Hear us ROAR our terrible words. Listen. Laugh. Perhaps shiver.
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