Live Free Learn Free Blog » A Few Good Stories <title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/wp-content/themes/thirteen/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="RSS .92" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/feed/rss/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom 0.3" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/feed/atom/" /> <link rel="pingback" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/xmlrpc.php" /> <style type="text/css"> </style> <link rel='archives' title='August 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/08/' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/07/' /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/06/' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/04/' /> <link rel='archives' title='March 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/03/' /> <link rel='archives' title='January 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/' /> <link rel='archives' title='December 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/12/' /> <link rel='archives' title='November 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/11/' /> <link rel='archives' title='October 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/10/' /> <link rel='archives' title='September 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/09/' /> <link rel='archives' title='August 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/08/' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/07/' /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/06/' /> <link rel='archives' title='May 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/05/' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/04/' /> <link rel='archives' title='March 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/03/' /> <link rel='archives' title='February 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/02/' /> <link rel='archives' title='January 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/01/' /> <link rel='archives' title='December 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/12/' /> <link rel='archives' title='November 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/11/' /> <link rel='archives' title='October 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/10/' /> <link rel='archives' title='September 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/09/' /> <link rel='archives' title='August 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/08/' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/07/' /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/06/' /> <link rel='archives' title='May 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/05/' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/04/' /> <link rel='archives' title='March 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/03/' /> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> </head> <body> <div id="headwrapper"> <div id="header"> <h1 id="title"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog">Live Free Learn Free Blog</a></h1> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="content"> <div class="post" id="post-114"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/02/21/a-few-good-stories/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to A Few Good Stories">A Few Good Stories</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> February 21st, 2006 at 9:51 pm (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/unschooling-life/" title="View all posts in Unschooling Life" rel="category tag">Unschooling Life</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>Kenzie’s cold took a turn for the worse at the same time I started feeling mostly human again. Last night his ear began to hurt, and by midnight, the pain had intensified dramatically. He couldn’t get comfortable, and the pain medicine he’d taken wasn’t doing the trick. We decided to watch some late-night TV. Of course, there was nothing on, so we popped in <a href="http://crazy4cinema.com/Review/FilmsP/f_pbride.html#"><em>The Princess Bride</em></a> instead, quoting and laughing through the pain (”Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die”), and by the time it was over, his <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ruptured-eardrum/DS00499">eardrum had ruptured</a>, giving him some peace.</p> <p><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/princess_bride_1.jpg"><img width="160" height="254" border="0" alt="Princess_bride_1" src="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/images/princess_bride_1.jpg" /></a></p> <p>He felt well enough this morning to attend a wonderful performance by <a href="http://www.greathall.com/">Jim Weiss</a>, our favorite storyteller. Starting with “The Tortoise and the Hare,” Mr. Weiss entertained dozens of homeschooling families for almost three hours. He was animated and joyful, and he was extremely kind to the kids, who ranged in age from infants to teens. Kenzie’s favorite stories? The last two he told: Archimedes and the golden crown and Hercules and the Erymanthian boar. We bought one of the cds we didn’t have - <em>She and He: Adventures in Mythology</em> - and Kenzie had him sign it. He’s curled in bed listening to it now.</p> <p><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/she_and_he.jpg" /><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/she_and_he_1.jpg"><img width="190" height="191" border="0" alt="She_and_he_1" src="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/images/she_and_he_1.jpg" /></a> </p> </div> </div>  <h3 id="comments">4 Comments</h3> <ol id="commentlist"> <li id="comment-77"> <h4 class="commentauthor">Patrice said,</h4> <p class="commentdate"> February 24, 2006 at <a href="#comment-77" title="Permanent link to this comment">10:38 pm</a> </p> <p>Ouch poor Kenzie. Wow, the storytelling sounds like it was alot of fun. I never heard of Jim Weiss before. I’m going to check into him. </p> </li> <li id="comment-78"> <h4 class="commentauthor"><a href='http://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/' rel='external nofollow'>Henry Cate</a> said,</h4> <p class="commentdate"> February 27, 2006 at <a href="#comment-78" title="Permanent link to this comment">10:11 pm</a> </p> <p>My wife is working a bit on the Carnival of Homeschooling and so I’m just looking through some blogs. </p> <p>Right now our daughters are upstairs watching Princess Bride, again. This gives us some peace. </p> </li> <li id="comment-79"> <h4 class="commentauthor"><a href='http://greatsolutions.blogspot.com' rel='external nofollow'>Kris</a> said,</h4> <p class="commentdate"> March 2, 2006 at <a href="#comment-79" title="Permanent link to this comment">10:13 pm</a> </p> <p>Jim Weiss is FABULOUS! I’ve always hoped to see him live; sounds like he was as much fun as I’ve imagined. Another great storyteller is Odds Bodkins. His version of Homer’s Odyssey is spellbinding. </p> </li> <li id="comment-80"> <h4 class="commentauthor"><a href='http://profile.typekey.com/LFLF-Editor/' rel='external nofollow'>Shana Ronayne Hickman</a> said,</h4> <p class="commentdate"> March 3, 2006 at <a href="#comment-80" title="Permanent link to this comment">4:32 pm</a> </p> <p>Jim Weiss is definitely wonderful in person. I had high expectations and was still blown away by his engaging storytelling. I always assumed we’d have to travel to Houston or San Antonio to see him, so I was very pleasently surprised when he came to town. Odd Bodkins is also on our ever-growing list of people to see.</p> <p>Kenzie absolutely adores The Princess Bride, and just this past weekend, he watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights for the first time (also starring Cary Elwes). It has one of my favorite of all movie lines: “Because unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.” Was anyone else bothered by Kevin Costner’s lack of accent? It made that movie almost unwatchable for me (granted, I’m not a big Costner fan).</p> <p>Kenzie enjoyed seeing RHMIT, and especially liked placing the different actors - Cary Elwes, Dave Chappelle from You’ve Got Mail (one of his favorites), Roger Rees from The West Wing (and My So Called Life - oh, how I adored that series), Dom Deluise from An American Tale…. </p> </li> </ol> <h3 id="postcomment">Post a Comment</h3> <form action="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform"> <p> <input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="" size="28" tabindex="1" /> <label for="author">Name (required)</label> </p> <p> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" size="28" tabindex="2" /> <label for="email">E-mail (required)</label> </p> <p> <input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="" size="28" tabindex="3" /> <label for="url"><abbr title="Uniform Resource Identifier">URI</abbr></label> </p> <p> <textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="60" rows="8" tabindex="4"></textarea> </p> <p> <input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit Comment" /> <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="114" /> </p> </form> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li id="meta"> <h2>Meta</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/wp-login.php">Login</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/feed/" title="Syndicate this site using RSS">Entries <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/comments/feed/" title="The latest comments to all posts in RSS">Comments <abbr title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</abbr></a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="search"> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="/blog/index.php"> <p> <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" class="submit" value="Search" /> </p> </form> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="footer"> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org" title="Powered by Wordpress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">Powered by Wordpress</a> · Design by <a href="http://beccary.com" title="Theme designed by Beccary">Beccary</a> and <a href="http://weblogs.us" title="Theme sponsored by Weblogs.us">Weblogs.us</a> · <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional"><abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a> · <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer" title="This page validates as CSS"><abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr></a> </p> </div> </div>  <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=605365; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=4; var sc_security="d224bf47"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=605365&java=0&security=d224bf47&invisible=1" alt="free stats" border="0"></a> </noscript>  </body> </html>