I am very glad to wish you all a most wonderful weekend of discovery and fun.

The first Uncle Joe Story is posted under the tab entitled “Uncle Joe Stories.”  Take a peak.  Have a read.  Stay for a while.

I remember the night this story was first told.  Granddaughters Katelyn and Finley stayed over.  They camped out in the lower bedroom.  When I entered, so many stuffed animals and pillows were on the bed I could hardly see those little girls.  I sat down and we started talking.  I mentioned my Mom told me Jungle Jim stories before I slipped off to sleep.  Of course, the girls asked for a story.

Uncle Joe had told me about the Haunted House.  So, I thought, “Why not.”  I began.  At the end, the girls said the words every storyteller longs to hear, “Tell us again, please, tell the story one more time.”

After that, in the evenings when we were together, I would tell another Uncle Joe story.  Something Joe had said would somehow weave itself together and move us forward.  I would listen with the girls in wonder as the words emerged and the story unfolded.  The story was always there.  We were discovering it, watching it come to life.

My hope is that you will read this story and storytell Uncle Joe to someone close to you, and minds will open to the wonders of stories known and told and those yet to be discovered.

Have a fun-filled adventure,

Grandpa Jim