Meet Ashton Cynthia Clarke!

Meet Ashton Cynthia Clarke!

Have you met Ashton Cynthia Clarke? Have you heard her story or poem? If not, you’re missing something! I mean, big time! Meet Ashton! She’s a phenomenal storyteller and poet. If she’s in your circle, you feel compelled to brag about knowing her....
The Book Launch Bash Was a Blast!

The Book Launch Bash Was a Blast!

Kathy Garr, Jiro Tomiyama, Tina Tomiyama, Anna Patton, Ashton Cynthia Clarke, Jill Vanderweit, Miyo Yamauchi (L to R) We did it! We published our first book, “The Storytelling Bistro,” at the end of 2022. It wasn’t easy…to be quite honest. Some people say...
How To Be Japanese — Miyo-Mazing

How To Be Japanese — Miyo-Mazing

by Tina Tomiyama, with help from Ashton Cynthia Clarke, Anna Ziss-Patton and Aprille Isham Oh, StoryMasters! Like all of you, I’ve relished Miyo Yamauchi’s stories, doled out to us once every few months on a Zoom screen—but who could have imagined the tremendous...
Lee Amatangelo at SAC’s Historical Stories

Lee Amatangelo at SAC’s Historical Stories

by Ashton Cynthia Clarke I Zoom’ed in to SAC’s Historical Stories show on April 20 to learn more about the genre. Perhaps this was an area into which I might expand. Watching Lee Amatangelo tell “The Day the Sun Rose Twice,” I felt like I was sitting at the feet of a...
A Little Bit of Heaven

A Little Bit of Heaven

By Tina Tomiyama On a brilliant Saturday afternoon in March, amidst flowers and trees, birdsong and cheerful chatter, 20 exhilarated guests assembled in a spacious back patio in View Park, CA. They were the lucky ones who’d gotten seats for a rare storytelling concert...
Heartbreaker

Heartbreaker

I joined Toastmasters to improve on my public speaking skills and to meet people. I was lonely, having recently moved to a new neighborhood. The Toastmasters meetings gave me somewhere to go. I made friends with one of the members, Jennifer, who was super-kind....