November is National Memoir Writing Month—Learn how you can share your story. #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #storytelling www.sandygbenson.com/2797109_name...
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November is National Memoir Writing Month—Learn how you can share your story. #memoir #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #storytelling
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November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
November is National Memoir Writing Month—Learn how you can share your story. #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #storytelling www.sandygbenson.com/2797109_name...
Check out my story in Randell Jones' 6-Minute Stories Podcast. #ghoststories #halloween2025 #historybuff www.randelljones.com/6minutestori...
October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Check out my story in Randell Jones' 6-Minute Stories Podcast. #ghoststories #halloween2025 #historybuff www.randelljones.com/6minutestori...
What an honor to be named a contest winner! My story is based on an experience I had during the early 1990s along the Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska. #contestwinner #Halloween #shortstory academyoftheheartandmind.com/2025/10/21/1...
13 Days of Halloween: Mannequins in the Hobbit Barn by S.G. Benson
When I purchased the old Shepard Place—one hundred sixty acres in northern Nebraska—I felt as if I’d stepped back in time. In 1925, Old Man Shepard ordered a house kit from the Sears & Roebuck …
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October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What an honor to be named a contest winner! My story is based on an experience I had during the early 1990s along the Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska. #contestwinner #Halloween #shortstory academyoftheheartandmind.com/2025/10/21/1...
My inaugural newsletter went out on Substack today. I'm still trying to learn the process. Let me know if you can access it! #adventures #storytelling #shareyourstory
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Out on a Limb: Adventures in Storytelling
Sharing our unique stories . . . bridging past and present
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October 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My inaugural newsletter went out on Substack today. I'm still trying to learn the process. Let me know if you can access it! #adventures #storytelling #shareyourstory
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I'm now on Substack. Haven't posted anything there yet, but I will. Please follow me! substack.com/@sgb212739?u...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm now on Substack. Haven't posted anything there yet, but I will. Please follow me! substack.com/@sgb212739?u...
I am ready for autumn, ready for a change—in more than just the weather. www.sandygbenson.com/2684366_chan... #changeisintheair #bringonfall #movingforward
Change is in the Air | Out on a Limb - Adventures in Storytelling
I am ready for fall, ready for a change—in more than just the weather. #changeisintheair #bringonfall #movingforward
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September 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I am ready for autumn, ready for a change—in more than just the weather. www.sandygbenson.com/2684366_chan... #changeisintheair #bringonfall #movingforward
Tune in to hear the tale of how we braved the early morning darkness to stalk an unreachable astronomical phenomenon.” www.sandygbenson.com/2643691_chas... #greatexpectations #whatcouldgowrong #comet
“Chasing the Great Comet” Featured August 6 on 6-minute Stories Podcast | Out on a Limb - Adventures in Storytelling
Tune in to hear the tale of how we braved the early morning darkness to stalk an unreachable astronomical phenomenon. #greatexpectations #whatcouldgowrong #comet
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August 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tune in to hear the tale of how we braved the early morning darkness to stalk an unreachable astronomical phenomenon.” www.sandygbenson.com/2643691_chas... #greatexpectations #whatcouldgowrong #comet
It's a sad day in our “new” America. We've lost much in recent decades. Our nation was never perfect, but there were times in our history when our government cared for and worked to better the conditions for “We the People.” www.sandygbenson.com/2594347_our-... #july4th #reflection #WeThePeople
Our battered flag | Out on a Limb - Adventures in Storytelling
I feel sad today as I survey the “new” America. Americans have lost much in recent decades. Our nation has never been perfect, but there have been times throughout U.S. history when our government car...
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July 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's a sad day in our “new” America. We've lost much in recent decades. Our nation was never perfect, but there were times in our history when our government cared for and worked to better the conditions for “We the People.” www.sandygbenson.com/2594347_our-... #july4th #reflection #WeThePeople
My story, "The Man with the Silver-Handled Mop," earned “Staff Favorites” designation in Carolina Woman’s 2025 Writing Contest. I’ve experimented with fiction from time to time, but this is my first published piece. www.carolinawoman.com/writing_winn... #flashfiction #StaffFavorites #writingcontest
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June 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My story, "The Man with the Silver-Handled Mop," earned “Staff Favorites” designation in Carolina Woman’s 2025 Writing Contest. I’ve experimented with fiction from time to time, but this is my first published piece. www.carolinawoman.com/writing_winn... #flashfiction #StaffFavorites #writingcontest
May 18th sparks some intense memories. Check out my blog for an excerpt from a chapter in my upcoming memoir that explains why. #mtsthelens #ashfall #volcano www.sandygbenson.com/2511737_ling...
Lingering Memories Erupt Again | Out on a Limb - Adventures in Storytelling
A jar, filled with white powder, reminds me of Mt. St. Helens’ eruption, 45 years ago. A 5.2-magnitude earthquake triggered the largest debris avalanche ever recorded. Within minutes, ash and hot gase...
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May 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
May 18th sparks some intense memories. Check out my blog for an excerpt from a chapter in my upcoming memoir that explains why. #mtsthelens #ashfall #volcano www.sandygbenson.com/2511737_ling...
April 18, 2025
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April 18, 2025
Tonight I had the extraordinary privilege of speaking at the anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church, which happened 250 years ago tonight.
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North Carolina’s official state flower has made its annual appearance in the western NC mountains. It symbolizes my personal official start to spring. #dogwood #springtime #hope
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The Dogwood Is in Bloom | Out on a Limb - Adventures in Storytelling
North Carolina’s official state flower has made its annual appearance in the western NC mountains. It symbolizes my personal official start to spring. #dogwood #springtime #hope
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April 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
North Carolina’s official state flower has made its annual appearance in the western NC mountains. It symbolizes my personal official start to spring. #dogwood #springtime #hope
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Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries.
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
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PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries
In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...
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April 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries.
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
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Black walnut is a lovely and valuable native species found throughout the eastern and central U.S. Its close-grained wood has long been prized by furniture makers because it is easy to work and incredibly durable. #blackwalnut #bestwood #squirrellove
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The Wonderful Walnut | Out on a Limb - Adventures in Storytelling
Black walnut is a lovely and valuable native species found throughout the eastern and central U.S. Its close-grained wood has long been prized by furniture makers because it is easy to work and incred...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Black walnut is a lovely and valuable native species found throughout the eastern and central U.S. Its close-grained wood has long been prized by furniture makers because it is easy to work and incredibly durable. #blackwalnut #bestwood #squirrellove
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Carroll Taylor and I enjoyed reading last weekend at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC. We hope that Cedric, the tuxedo cat, enjoyed it, too! Photos by Matt Sawyer. #indiebookstore #tuxedocat
March 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Carroll Taylor and I enjoyed reading last weekend at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC. We hope that Cedric, the tuxedo cat, enjoyed it, too! Photos by Matt Sawyer. #indiebookstore #tuxedocat
History is a potent reminder. Our community theater audience heard my dad’s letters home from World War II, in which he wrote about his day observing the Nuremburg trials in 1946. Viva community theaters! #communitytheatre #RememberingDad #supportthearts
February 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
History is a potent reminder. Our community theater audience heard my dad’s letters home from World War II, in which he wrote about his day observing the Nuremburg trials in 1946. Viva community theaters! #communitytheatre #RememberingDad #supportthearts
Need a break from the madness? Enjoy a night at the Peacock Performing Arts Center in Hayesville, NC!
Relish an evening of readers’ theater with local actors and playwrights delivering entertainment at every turn!
#valentinesday #oneactplay #communitytheatre
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Relish an evening of readers’ theater with local actors and playwrights delivering entertainment at every turn!
#valentinesday #oneactplay #communitytheatre
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February 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Need a break from the madness? Enjoy a night at the Peacock Performing Arts Center in Hayesville, NC!
Relish an evening of readers’ theater with local actors and playwrights delivering entertainment at every turn!
#valentinesday #oneactplay #communitytheatre
www.sandygbenson.com/2316737_you-...
Relish an evening of readers’ theater with local actors and playwrights delivering entertainment at every turn!
#valentinesday #oneactplay #communitytheatre
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My story, "Up In The Air," in Randell Jones' Personal Story Publishing Project's latest anthology, "Foolhardy," is the focus of today's 6-minute Stories Podcast. Please take a listen! I'm so pleased to be included in this project! #fly #SOAR #persevere
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February 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My story, "Up In The Air," in Randell Jones' Personal Story Publishing Project's latest anthology, "Foolhardy," is the focus of today's 6-minute Stories Podcast. Please take a listen! I'm so pleased to be included in this project! #fly #SOAR #persevere
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Wildfire preparedness funding to rural communities is “paused.” Is “pause” a euphemism for “cancel?” Let’s hope not. #community #wildfire #FUNDING
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January 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Wildfire preparedness funding to rural communities is “paused.” Is “pause” a euphemism for “cancel?” Let’s hope not. #community #wildfire #FUNDING
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A sense of dread overwhelms me on the eve of America’s first coronation. I don’t know what lies ahead, but I’m afraid. In an effort to be grateful for small things, I’ll share what happened this morning. #thankful #thelittlethings #gratitude #hopingforthebest
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January 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A sense of dread overwhelms me on the eve of America’s first coronation. I don’t know what lies ahead, but I’m afraid. In an effort to be grateful for small things, I’ll share what happened this morning. #thankful #thelittlethings #gratitude #hopingforthebest
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Some houses can and do survive a wildfire. A TV reporter in Altadena interviewed a man whose house is a perfect example of how implementing Firewise® activities can protect homes. #wildfire #Firewise #firesafety #loss
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January 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Some houses can and do survive a wildfire. A TV reporter in Altadena interviewed a man whose house is a perfect example of how implementing Firewise® activities can protect homes. #wildfire #Firewise #firesafety #loss
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In a few short years, Gen Z will be running things. We owe it to them to help them succeed. #MakingChange #makingchanges #Howtothink #genz
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January 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In a few short years, Gen Z will be running things. We owe it to them to help them succeed. #MakingChange #makingchanges #Howtothink #genz
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My new year’s resolution: focus on the micro. Little actions can make a difference. I’m up for that. Check my blog for my 2024 reads and changes in direction for 2025. #bookworm #books2024 #booklover #booklist
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December 31, 2024 at 4:07 PM
My new year’s resolution: focus on the micro. Little actions can make a difference. I’m up for that. Check my blog for my 2024 reads and changes in direction for 2025. #bookworm #books2024 #booklover #booklist
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I confess to being depressed lately, even fearful of the way our world appears to be headed. Writing this short piece made me think of things more broadly, provided a tad of hope, and cheered me up considerably. #hopeforthefuture #olderwomenrock #wisdom
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December 19, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I confess to being depressed lately, even fearful of the way our world appears to be headed. Writing this short piece made me think of things more broadly, provided a tad of hope, and cheered me up considerably. #hopeforthefuture #olderwomenrock #wisdom
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Please check out my new book! Order that perfect gift for a hard-to-buy-for a veteran or WWII history buff. Experience wartime Europe through a young Army Air Force pilot's letters home. #holidayshopping #newbooks #veterans #militaryaviation #militaryhistory
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December 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Please check out my new book! Order that perfect gift for a hard-to-buy-for a veteran or WWII history buff. Experience wartime Europe through a young Army Air Force pilot's letters home. #holidayshopping #newbooks #veterans #militaryaviation #militaryhistory
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