I feel a little weird including an “About Kindra” tab.  Every story on this site will tell you About Me. However, for those of you who don’t want to dig through the archives, here is the condensed version. I grew up in small-town Minnesota. I graduated high school in 1999, college in 2003, and finished graduate school (completing a thesis on the use of storytelling in organizations) in 2005.  I now live in Phoenix after experiencing enough snow and below zero temps to last a lifetime.

When I was in fifth grade, my teacher Mrs. Sprain did a storytelling lesson in her reading class. This experience set the rest of my life in motion. Throughout high school I competed on the speech team as a top storyteller and went on to tell nationally at the National Storytelling Network annual conferences and at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN; in 1999 as a youth teller, and in 2008 at the Exchange Place. It was at these events and through these experiences that my natural passion for the art of a good story found some direction.

However, as much as I love telling for a live audience, I had more stories to tell than I had venues to tell them in. After moving to Phoenix (but before I had friends) I sat in my apartment and started posting stories online (on MySpace of all places) for others to read. I didn’t know I would love writing as much as I did, and I didn’t expect to love hearing people’s responses as much as I do.  I now post these stories here – at least once a week. As this site has grown, I have had the honor of working with other people and their stories so that the world will know them better – just as you will know me more by reading the stories I have shared.

On April 4th, 2009 I married my perfect man, Michael. I am grateful everyday to have a husband who loves every minute of me — at least MOST minutes. We live together in a house we bought and remodeled ourselves with our two Burmese kittens, Inca and Zeke. People often ask me (concerned) if Michael knows I write about him … let’s just say, he’s figured it out.

As you spend time on this blog, I encourage you to post your comments and thoughts. Storytelling only works when there is an audience and interaction. In a LIVE setting, that’s easy. Online, the interaction comes from sharing your thoughts, sharing your stories. You can also contact me at kindrahall [at] gmail [dot] com.