Ron the Yarnspinner

                                                                          No Chalk for a Cat Y ou took small jobs if you could find them – any job and   you never stayed in one place for long.” The was The Great Depression (1929–1939) -   a time where “Knight Membership” was at its peak, because it   forced an estimated 4,000,000 adults to leave their homes in search of food and a place to live. Of those, 250,000 were said to be teenagers and Sam was one of them— the economic collapse had destroyed everything in his   life. With no work and no prospects at home, my uncle decided to hit the road - travel for free by freight train and try his luck elsewhere. Sam   crisscrossed the country,   by   train, jumping into boxcars as trains pulled away from their stops or slowed ...

  And That’s How We Write                                                                                     A folktale is a story passed  from one person to another, by word of mouth over a period of time. Sometimes it  seeks to explain the world around us. Sometimes it tells the whole story about real people and events. Sometimes – but not always. Once upon a time long ago   (16th century) a fierce thunderstorm unearthed a small forest of trees   in Borrowdale (England)   After the storm ended, large deposits of a blackish material were found where the trees were uprooted. Someone said, “Hey, it looks like it’s lead” and everyone agreed that it did, so that’s what they called it. That’s the lead in your...