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!
