Gratitude. Thanks. My cup overflows. In January of this year, after an Information Technology contract ended, I was faced with a decision: LORE or Tech? This...

I met Sarah Hackenbracht in the upstairs room of the Gem City Catfe on 5th Street. The sun was shining in the windows and I sat soaking up the rays waiting f...

The first time that I saw Fred Cox on stage was at a benefit after the tornadoes hosted by Metaphorically Speaking. They put on a high energy event. The mus...

Amy has seen much in her life. From her job teaching “troubled” youth, to her current position as Director of Housing for CareSource, Amy has been a witness ...

The morning of the day after our city was hit by 14 tornadoes, Sean was at work. He was at work, like he is everyday, supporting this city that he loves. You...

“Wait, what? You had a stroke? What? When?” Bryan is my storytelling spirit animal and so it made sense to ask him to join me on this LORE journey. But appar...

Megan is a talented writer and a poetic storyteller. I got a chance to know Megan while working with her at an after school program with some of her creative...

When Jackie told her story at Pitch Night, I was engaged. She was captivating. When I found out later that she has a theater background, I was not surprised....

I didn't know Zack very well until IT happened. I knew his brother as a respected business owner in Dayton, I had heard about Zack's musical abilities and we...

Last night I sat in the room where my personal storytelling journey began. Five storytellers got on stage and shared their hearts and souls in the form of wo...

I met Briana of Knack Creative when I was looking for someone to take family photos. Four generations were in town for only a few days. My mother was visitin...

Bryan’s love for story changed the trajectory of my life. The night we met, Bryan knew nothing about me. He was just doing what he loves: telling stories and...

A mutual friend recommended that we get together for coffee and so we did. And immediately there was a connection. We talked like old friends. We exchanged s...

I met Carli Dixon shortly after my birthday, in March of 2018. She and Hamilton were finishing up the Brightside bar and a mutual friend connected us because...

I met Reka at a Start Up Grind event where she was on the panel. She spoke about finding balance as an entrepreneur and her passion about how the grind can a...

We met at a Panera and almost immediately we were laughing about life. Entrepreneurship, motherhood, rushing and creating. Molly, with her husband Matt, is t...

I met Jay when the Liftoff Entertainment main office was within Nucleus in the Oregon District. Jay always had some crazy neon shirt or giant sunglasses or m...

I met Rob on Facebook. How we became friends, I am not quite sure, but when he offered to help me figure out the sound system situation at LORE's downtown Da...

There was a time in my life that I need a place to stay. I needed a roof over my head and a bed to lay my head. A friend put me in touch with Andrew and Laur...

As soon as she speaks, I am mesmerized by her accent, this daughter of the Ukraine whose has adopted Dayton as her home and is raising her family in this cit...