Macy’s lasted the longest at the Kingston Collection as an anchor store. During it’s time, I took part in their event “Shop for a Cause” for many years. It was interesting as they usually placed me in the walkway outside of the children’s department. Makes sense, right? Except that the intimate apparel section was on the other side of that walkway.

So, I was telling my tall tales between kid’s clothes and lingerie!

I am posting this week a little early so that people have an opportunity to make plans to attend some or ALL of the things! I can’t wait to be back in Sherborn as well as Millis this week. I am also really excited about the Traveling Mystery Rooms that I am doing at both the Falmouth Library AND the Equanimity Seekers Massage space!

Also, if you’re looking to schedule a show please call me at 508-641-5336.

Here is the storytelling schedule for this week. The days listed in RED are free for the public to attend and the events listed in BLUE are free to attend but require registration. For more information, please visit the Upcoming Shows page:

• Monday: YMCA @ 10:00am – Traveling Mystery Room *Monster Mash
• Wednesday: Millis Public Library @ 10:30am
• Thursday: Sherborn Public Library @ 3:30pm
• Thursday: Plymouth Papa Gino’s – To the Moon and Back Fundraiser @ 6:30pm
• Saturday: Falmouth Library @ 11:00am – Traveling Mystery Room *Monster Mash

Towns I will be visiting this week:

1. Taunton
2. Millis
3. Sherborn
4. Plymouth
5. Falmouth

This was a visit to my actual elementary school – the one I was a student in all those years ago! I was trying out a new story called Pumpkinstein – one that I have since retired. It wasn’t that it didn’t totally work, honestly it was more the run time of the story. My longest story is ‘Timmy” which runs 20+ minutes and is meant for older elementary kids. Pumpkinstein ran about 35 minutes and was geared to a younger audience.

No amount of editing could fix it, even though I remember these children enjoying the story, it was just too long and too much story. Thank you to 2001 Ms. Lacava for allowing me to test out my new material!

A new week of stories and fun! I get to travel to Sherborn and Dover once again to share my stories with the kids there and then I get to visit the future teachers at the Southeastern Regional High School. I look forward to busy weeks and this year is just getting started!

Also, if you’re looking to schedule a show please call me at 508-641-5336.

Here is the storytelling schedule for this week. The days listed in RED are free for the public to attend and the events listed in BLUE are free to attend but require registration. For more information, please visit the Upcoming Shows page:

• Monday: Carver Public Library @ 4:00pm – Raising A Reader – Week 2
• Tuesday: Pine Hills Elementary School @ 8:30/11:00am
• Wednesday: Chickering Preschool @ 8:45/9:45am
• Thursday: Southeastern Regional High School @ 8:30am *Teacher Training
• Saturday: Attleboro Arts Museum @ 1:00/2:00pm

Towns I will be visiting this week:

1. Carver
2. Sherborn
3. Dover
4. Easton
5. Attleboro

I was blessed to be the inhouse entertainer for over a decade for the George Mitchell Elementary School for over a decade! I still miss going to this school and hope to get to go back in the future!

This was an illustration done by the art teacher, Mr. P, when he was still a 3rd grade teacher. I loved being able to visit for a week, seeing the same teachers year after year, and catching up with friends.

Just a day after Old Colony posted the first picture of me, the Halifax Reporter then gave me a glorious front-page pic and even, finally, attributed me with Big Ryan’s Tall Tales! Love this pic, love this moment! I love it even more reliving it 22 years later! I still remember this day and even that moment. I still visit this library almost yearly and look forward to it every time!

Even though Big Ryan’s Tall Tales still didn’t get mentioned, I have to forgive the Old Colony Memorial as they gave me this huge, adorable picture on page 2! 2003 was a year of firsts as this is the first time I have a picture of me doing my craft in the paper!

This also shares a photo of the early days when I used a large golden retriever pup named Max (which I still have). Max was retired as he doesn’t fit easily into a backpack. I will say that I did love using the puppet, which was a gift from my brother and sister-in-law, but being so big and clunky made him difficult to transport.

I will be in Sherborn this Saturday morning at 11:00am for an amazing show! Come get out of the cold and get your funny bone tickled with some amazing stories by Big Ryan!

I can’t believe I was just 24 when I decided to start this amazing journey! I still have clippings of the first ever mentions of Big Ryan in newspaper clippings from 2001 and 2002. I had been storytelling for just over a year when Big Ryan was first published in a paper.

As you can see, the first few mentions didn’t understand the full title “Big Ryan’s Tall Tales” but believe me, back then I was just happy to be mentioned at all! I figured being called “Big Ryan the Storyteller” was better than not being called anything.

I will be posting quite a few gems from the past throughout the year to celebrate 25 years of being Big Ryan’s Tall Tales – so keep coming back to check it out!

I will, once again, going to be at Book Love this Saturday morning at 10:00am! I am looking forward to seeing everyone there!