We decided to have a reception following the homes tour for those who worked on the tour as well as those who had traveled such long distances to join us. We had teachers and friends from all over the country. Tennessee, Maryland, Illinois,Indiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin... people were coming from everywhere!

We took the opportunity to get feed back about hosting conferences and workshops for educators as well as storytellers and writers. We worked, ate, drank, laughed and told stories. Friendships were made and ideas hatched.