Pages from a storyteller's notebook

"May you write (or read) to please yourself - and The Muse." ~ Donna Ferri

My other writing... musings between fables and novelles

Storytellers musings — Dance of the Muses on Helicon by Thorvaldsen, 1816 - PD-US

Donna Ferri shares stories and wonder tales gleaned from her voluminous, private notebooks and journals.

"I love to read, watch really good movies. Mentor my coaching clients. Pray. Walk the beach. Watch the sunrise.

And sometimes, when The Muses come to play, I create short fiction. For their entertainment, of course.

Most of my stories are transcribed from my scraps and scribbles. I keep finding more of these old fables in my journals. My hard drives. And I start new ones all the time. Then, when I can, I post some of my musings, here.

So, I write for you, who are my Other Muse. From my heart."

Perfection: this is the way to achieve it

Perfection - the very word triggers stress, Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry When you can see perfection the way a sculptor reveals beauty, you know the meaning of the word in its finest sense. Spiritually, perfection is part …

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Choice vs Fate. A short fable to help you decide best.

Choice vs fate. A short fable, it starts like many another tale... Once there was a king who believed, as did all his people, that he was born to kill out evil. He believed, as they all did, in the irrevocable law of karma. The king and all the people also believed in the power of the curse. Eventually, their greatest fear, …

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