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Riding backwards

Some of you already know I’m a longtime fan of Story People. Brian Andreas’s little stories seem simple. But try to write a tiny story that says so much. Not as easy as it looks.

For Valentine’s Day this year, he created a couple videos with his whimsical, colorful, joyous illustrations.

This one reminds me of one

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Old Homeland Security

I first heard this folktale from Heather Forrest many years ago. In her version a peasant crosses the border every day for ten years. The border guard knows he is smuggling something but can never figure out what. Only when the official has retired does he learn what the man was smuggling .

Here’s a YouTube

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Some Kind of Ride

Just before I launched myself on yet another adventure, dear friends gave me a copy of Brian Andreas’s Traveling Light. My life’s been richer ever since. I now have a collection of StoryPeople books and start every day with one of the whimsical stories Andreas sends to his subscribers. (Click here to sign on.) Now

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