Storytellersunplugged

By Dick Hill THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL is a term often applied to Mark Twain’s book chronicling THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. The work deserves that name. I can’t remember how many times I’ve read it, but I just finished recording it for the third different publisher. None of these publishers know, of course, that I would have done it for free. I enjoy and admire all of Twain’s work, with Letters From The Earth a particular favorite, ... Read More

By Dick Hill Written as a STORY FOR ALL AGES, presented for the congregation of the Universal Unitarian Church of Greater Lansing for children and adults alike in Joe Pesce and Brando as the don voices, just before the youth went to their religious education classes. Freely adapted, hell, ripped off, debased and screwed with, from a traditional Buddhist tale. Same Contente and Gino Dissatisfaccione were the very best of friends, which was rather surprising, since they had such very different outlooks on ... Read More

By Dick Hill The other day Bill Maher spoke of new theories that link the disappearance of bees with microwaves from cell phone usage, or some such thing. With no bees, plant life disappears. Guess who’s next. He quoted Albert Einstein, the great forward thinker, who said that if the bees died, mankind would follow within four years. Mahr then opined that if this theory proves correct, he still didn’t believe our society would surrender their phones. Sadly, ... Read More

By Dick Hill Forget the madeleine, it was the taste of paste that brought me back. Not even the taste of paste, but the memory of the taste of paste. Staples is where we buy all our business supplies, mostly paper and blank cd’s for sending off wave files of our latest job. We also do a lot of copying. We get our books for recording on standard 8 ½ by 11 loose sheets, and go to Staples to make a copy of ... Read More