Where on Earth Did 2008 Go?

Yes, fins can be worn around the house

I hope that you have been visiting Ronni Bennett's blog, The Elder Storytelling Place, which is a place where elder bloggers can share their stories.

Just in case you need a little encouragement, let me modestly guide you to my own stories that appear there, including one today. All of these have appeared previously here on The Zees, but feel free to read them again.

Fins and the Art of Swim Kick Maintenance

Second Tier Girl

Hope Wins; How We Heard the News in the Reddest Part of a Blue State

Tenderfeet

Mr. Zee Goes Up

The Elder Storytelling Place

I hope that you are familiar with The Elder Storytelling Place, a blog maintained by Ronni Bennett. It is a wonderful compilation of writing by older bloggers and I read the stories every day. That is, I have read them daily until lately when, for some reason, people have neglected to submit fresh material. I believe that this is because we have all been so caught up in the campaign and the election.

Please set aside some time to wander through this great collection, then go to this page which will explain to you all that you need to know in order to submit your own story--fiction or nonfiction. It's as simple as sending an email and you will be pleased to see your story in "print."

Let's all be sure that this great resource continues. You are the one that Ronni has been waiting for.

"Mr. Zee" Hits the Big Time

A few posts back I shared with you the story, Mr. Zee Goes Up, which is a newer (and way more alcoholic) version of one of the stories I used tell aloud to the kids in my school library. Those little New Hampshire children just couldn't hear enough about the Southwest, because life in New Mexico is so very different from anything we were experiencing in New England. They wanted to hear and marvel over tales of the hot desert and the snakes and the tarantulas and the little mud houses. Sometimes I would pull out the read aloud book of the day and they would talk me into setting it aside and telling them more stories about the Organ Mountains, the huge skies, the City of Rocks, and our [slightly doctored-up] adventures in New Mexico.

I am pleased to tell you that Mr. Zee Goes Up will be published on The Elder Storytelling Place, a website published by Ronni Bennett, who "was a producer for such television programs as 20/20 and The Barbara Walters Specials on the ABC network and for shows at Lifetime TV, NBC, CBS and PBS" and "who was managing editor at cbsnews.com." (All quotes from the website Time Goes By ).

Watch for it on Tuesday, June 24. I'll be back after knee surgery.