Why is everybody called Ben these days? I have 2 in the more-or-less immediate family (apparently there's a third I don't know about) Tuesday, November 23, 2004, 2:23:19 AM, Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx wrote: But--oral storytelling? What Eac> is the purpose? I think this is your real question. Why not rephrase it (not exactly like this!) "what's the use of oral storytelling now?" and talk about what it was about and about oral history -- get some tapes, better, videos. (Studs Terkel leaps to mind, but you will know more, and know about material for children.) History as story, memory.. I can think up some more and probably more appropriate questions but almost certainly not tonight: I stayed up far too late last night, got up far too early this morning, felt I should walk home from the hospital as part of my physio... Slump! -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html