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splash Back in the 1950's, three little girls - cousins - played together every summer on a gravel beach by a Maine lake. With towels for costumes and an old shed as all-purpose scenery, their imaginations took them from Bethlehem to Oz to Hollywood and all points in between.

The oldest cousin grew up to be a beloved pastor and preacher. The middle cousin became a wise and transformational teacher. But the youngest cousin never put down the stories. She kept right on gathering them, learning them, walking in them, tending them, and learning to share them.

About Pamela

Pamela is a spellbinding storyteller and an engaging, witty presenter. Her tellings, workshops, and retreats draw on her lifelong engagement with story, folklore, literature and music, and she especially cherishes the sacred writings of the world's faiths.

Pamela believes that people express and experience their connectedness to others through stories - so hearing stories, learning stories and telling stories are actions that repair the damaged fabric of our world.

photo of Pamela
Partial Life List of Job Titles, Paid and Volunteer
  • Sunday School teacher (40 years or so)
  • Libray Aide
  • Solar Photographer
  • Quality Control Inspector #252
  • Recreation Therapist
  • User Assistance Programmer
  • Technical Writer
  • Convenor, Worship Committee (9 years or so)
  • Copy Editor
  • President, Parent Council
  • Editor
  • Assistant Den Leader
  • Web Designer
  • Grandma
  • Storyteller
Memberships
  • Healing Storytellers' Group
  • National Storytelling Network
  • Network of Biblical Storytellers
  • Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars
  • Society of Biblical Literature
  • Bloomington Storytellers Guild
  • Saint David's Episcopal Church, Bean Blossom, Indiana

    Pamela is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and has a master's degree in administration from the University of California at Riverside. Her formation as a storyteller includes many workshops and coaching sessions as well as ongoing reading in folklore, literature, and critical Biblical studies. She has completed a year-long program of study and mentoring offered by the Network of Biblical Storytellers and is certified by that organization.

  • If you'd like to know what Pamela's thinking about lately, visit her storytelling and liturgy blog at:

    theshawl.wordpress.com


    Contact Information

    Email:narthex (at) baba-yaga.org       Web site: baba-yaga.org

    Phone: 812-323-1817 (Because Pamela is often on the road, phone messages can take a while to reach her. If you don't hear from her, please try e-mail or call again. She's not ignoring you!)

    Address: Pamela Grenfell Smith
    3680 East Tamarron Drive 
    Bloomington, Indiana 47408

    For the rest of 2009, I'm donating my storytelling income to organizations that support the Millenium Development Goals. I'd still appreciate some help with my transportation expenses, if your organization is able to help. Apart from that - let's see what we can raise together for the MDGs! ~ Pamela