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Continuous Storytelling: In the conventional game, a person starts with, \u201cOnce upon a time there was a princess\u201d or In this version you start out, \u201cOnce upon a time there was a ( ) who came from (fill in place)The story then must\u00a0 go on to explain how the place name (location) contributed–or didn’t to his or her success. In these troubled times a bit of storytelling and make believe might be stress relieving. Pick your own character and place, or use one of mine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I did something like that with the input of three people who emailed me and made comments. Using their comments I made “Oscar”<\/a> into a story. Their where three turnaround points where readers could have picked a different direction. Not getting them, I went ahead with my own.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

environmentalist, Seattle WA<\/span><\/strong>
\n politician, WA DC<\/span><\/strong>
\n banker, Wall street NY<\/span><\/strong>
\n horticulturist, Santa Cruz CA (or gardener) EXAMPLE:
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\"Black_Mustard\"<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n
Once upon a time there was a gardener named Herb who came from Santa Cruz and moved to Sequim WA, …\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I must explain this insipid beginning as there is a bit of history there. My parents named me Herb and I was a Senf <\/a>Meaning mustard, so Herb Mustard was doomed from the get go. Then I moved to a town called Sequim, pronounced like Sequin. Go figure?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The first commentator gets to choose the character, place and story beginning.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Thou should not judge each day by the harvest you reap \u2026 but by the seeds you plant!\u2019 Robert Louis Stevenson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From my “Pithy Sayings” page.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Herb Senft 2014<\/p>\n

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