Michael the Storyteller Tells Tales

When you pull the tail of the pooka, there’s no tellin’ where the tale might end! Kathleen Green’s delightful Irish story of a pooka is brought to life by the Irish Storyteller Michael O’Malley. (See Jimmy Stewart’s movie Harvey for another great pooka tale.) (Music: Courtesy of Adrian von Ziegler, "Prophecy." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80du9gScaqw] )

Children especially enjoy this light-hearted Ethiopian tale of the silly farmer, retold with oohs & aahs & old bones by Storyteller Michael Kasony-O’Malley. This story can also be found in Pleasant DeSpain’s collection of Tales of Nonsense and Tomfoolery. (Music: Courtesy of Adrian von Ziegler, "Prophecy." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80du9gScaqw] )

Seeing the “Balcony” sign in an old theater at First Night Boston decades ago changed Michael’s life, along with Jay O’Callahan’s Raspberries. (Music: Courtesy of Adrian von Ziegler, "Prophecy." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80du9gScaqw] )

Doing the Tibetan Buddhist phowa practice with Jesus Christ for HaHa (my Roman Catholic godmother, Aunt Mary). Sogyal Rinpoche’s The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. The Sacred Heart of Jesus painting. Dual or Double Belonging: On being a Buddhist Christian. (Music: Courtesy of Adrian von Ziegler, "Prophecy." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80du9gScaqw] )

This gentle tale from Japan is retold by Environmental Storyteller Michael Kasony-O’Malley (aka Michael R. Malley or Michael O’Malley). It is found in Frances Jenkins Olcott’s 1919 collection: The Wonder Garden: Nature Myths and Tales from All the World Over. (Music: Courtesy of Adrian von Ziegler, "Prophecy." [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80du9gScaqw] )