Mary Ellen Hill~Storyteller
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The following article was published by The Daily Review, December 25, 2007.
Stories of the Winter Sun
SAN LORENZO-The Earth's Northern Hemisphere is at its farthest distance from the sun during the winter solstice. This means that Saturday had the shortest
amount of daylight and the longest night of the year, with the sunrise at 7:21 a.m. and set at 4:54 p.m. The days now grow longer and the nights shorter until
we reach the longest day of the year-also know as the summer solstice-which is typically June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere.
"Solstice means the sun stands still," storyteller Mary Ellen Hill told a gathering of children...
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As Published in the Contra Costa Times
Posted in the El Cerrito Journal
a Publication of the Contra Costa Times
on Friday, March 19, 2004
Written by Brian Kluepfel, Correspondent
Oakland ~ It was at a Claremont Library "story swap", the tale-tellers' equivalent of an open mike, that Mary Ellen Hill had a premonition of her future. As she listened to the stories pour forth
from the intimate circle, she said to herself, "that's what I want to do with my life."
It was something, in fact, with which the transplanted Hoosier had some little experience. The Indianapolis native began her professional life in Colorado as a second- and third-grade teacher, and
thus had plenty of experience getting -- and holding -- the wee ones' attention.
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