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The Pam Pam Bird and other Stories

The Pam Pam Bird and other Stories

My mother said I eat olives like a starling and I wear my hair like a magpie’s nest: no wonder that I have been invited to tell stories at the Bird Festival which is taking place this week at the Natural Park Aiguamolls de l’Empordà. If you want to know...
A story for 2023: the sparrow and the sky

A story for 2023: the sparrow and the sky

This year, as I see I’ve been very little on my blog, it seems as if I had totally forgotten stories. However, although I had not time to write about it yet, I had the luck of being part of a Creative residency in Sigüenza and working under the guidance of...
Stories and languages: the seed

Stories and languages: the seed

Although I am not certain of having totally worn out my last pair of iron shoes yet, as I said in my last post written exactly 8 months and a half ago, it seems pretty sure that stories have appeared discreetly again in my new life with a storytelling project which...
Happy 2022

Happy 2022

This year it came often to my mind one motif from folktales which fascinates me extraordinarily: wandering till iron shoes are worn out. It usually appears when a character breaks a taboo: as a punishment, the character won’t reach his or her objective until wearing...
Happy 2021

Happy 2021

On this day ten years ago I began the tradition of greeting all my blog subscribers a happy new year with a little folktale. This time it has been really difficult, as we all had to endure a difficult time. But after reading lots of stories, and dreaming them as well,...
Folktales at Olokuti’s Yard (3)

Folktales at Olokuti’s Yard (3)

All good things come in threes, they say. And this third storytelling session in Barcelona it will a pleasure to tell with Helena Cuesta. See you there, under the trees and among the stories. Monday 5th September at 19hFolktales for young and adult...