by Terra Osterling | Dec 15, 2013 | Books and Reading, Publishing, Storytelling
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. A little more than 550 years ago, a metal-smith, a gem cutter and the owner of a paper mill collaborated on an invention that changed the world. The Gutenberg Press ushered in a paradigm shift in sharing information –...
by Terra Osterling | Nov 17, 2013 | Babysitting Nephews, Outside my comfort zone, Storytelling
I love my nephews K & D. I really do. This is a mantra I say to myself sometimes when I’m standing in the middle of my sister’s kitchen, seemingly surrounded by four times as many kids as are actually there, and wondering…What did I get myself into? K & D are...
by Terra Osterling | Oct 7, 2012 | How I got "here", Inspiration
My Intro to literature professor had taught this course for fifteen years or more by the time I sat in his classroom. By now, he has likely taught it for three decades. No October passes without me remembering him, looking like Santa Claus dressed up as a college...
by Terra Osterling | Aug 14, 2011 | Creative Pursuits, Game-changers, Inspiration, Storytelling, Summer Classics
One night during the summer of 1977, my mother hosted a Tupperware Party and my sister and I were packed off to the movies with Daddy. I remember that I wore white plastic barrettes and that I stood through much of the movie with my arms draped over the empty seat in...
