And across the kitchen table is where we get to know our friends and family for who they truly are.

My name is Jo Radner.

I divide my time between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Lovell in Western Maine.

I taught at American University for 30 years in Washington, and then I took early retirement, moved back to my family's area of Northern New England, and I'm a freelance storyteller and oral historian.

I think I've spent most of my life collecting and studying and listening to and telling stories.

Can you tell me about what role storytelling plays in your life? For me, it's the major art form in my life, I would say.

I love words.

Considering the story that you're going to tell us tonight, what is important for you in this story? Like, why is it special and significant that you tell it?