Parkhurst Brothers Publishers

10/03/2025

Storytelling In Organizations
Find your Legacy Through Storytelling

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10/03/2025

10/03/2025

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10/03/2025

Sing out loud!

Today is the poet Rumi's birthday. He offers this definition of ‘free speech’- “I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.”

09/27/2025

Today’s card art with spider

09/22/2025

I don’t mean to be uppity when saying my original art posted here is copyrighted; I just intend to clam it as my work, not belonging to Meta. These florals give me joy to make and share.

09/21/2025

Gibran lit up my high school years!

In 1895, a 12-year-old boy stepped off a ship in Boston with worn shoes and little English. He had come from the mountains of Lebanon with his mother, sisters, and half-brother—seeking hope, not certainty.
He was mocked in school for his accent. Dismissed as slow. Even called “filthy” because of his olive skin.
But his teachers noticed something: the boy’s sketches, his quiet wisdom, his ability to see the world differently. He soon mastered English—and with it, shaped a voice the world would one day recognize.
His name was Kahlil Gibran.
Tragedy struck quickly. Within a few years he lost his half-brother, his sister, and his mother—one by one to illness. His surviving sister, Marianna, worked tirelessly in a dress shop to support them both. Gibran never forgot. He would later write: “The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word ‘Mother.’”
In 1923, he published The Prophet—a book of poetic essays on love, joy, sorrow, and freedom. It became a global phenomenon, translated into more than 100 languages, read by presidents, poets, rock stars, and millions of ordinary readers searching for meaning.
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls,” Gibran wrote. “The most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Not bad for a boy they once called unwanted.


~Unusual Tales

09/21/2025

I love the Sequoia Grove!

Biggest trees known to man. Sequoia National Park, California. 🌳🧍

Humans for scale.

08/12/2025

When she was 15, Carolyn Staley met her next-door neighbor, "Billy" Clinton. Her new book details their 60-year friendship.

05/12/2025

Help us celebrate the he late founder of the National Storytelling Festival (USA), a man whose vision and tenacity created a legacy that feeds man!

Join us as we honor Jimmy Neil Smith's remarkable life and legacy with music, storytelling, and heartfelt tributes from friends and notable storytellers. The celebration of life will take place on Sunday, May 18th, at the Jackson Theatre in Jonesborough, Tennessee. The program will begin at 3 p.m. ET, with doors opening at 2:30 p.m. ET.

An outdoor reception will follow at the ISC plaza, featuring music from the Jonesborough Novelty Band and delicious desserts and beverages from the Parson’s Table, a beloved local spot once operated by Jimmy Neil himself.

For those unable to attend in person, we will stream the celebration live on our website, allowing friends and colleagues from around the world to join in remembering a man who transformed Jonesborough into the storytelling capital of the world.

We hope you can join us in celebrating a life that has touched so many.