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Storyteller. Speaker. Educator

I am a connection builder. I tell stories to connect people to each other, to themselves, and to wonderful stories from around the world. Whether it is on big festival stages or small community libraries, stories build bridges and I'm a happy architect.

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"Mo Reynolds is an amazingly fun teller. She will take you on a seriously side stitching ride that you will never want to end!"

Donna Washington

National Storyteller

Mo's Musings

From book reviews to life changing observations to funny anectodes, this is where I write my way through life. I'm not promising it will change your life, but I'm also not promising it won't.

Not as the World Giveth. . .

Let’s begin with a story. Once upon a time there was a farmer and his son who worked very hard together to make something of their small...

Mo Reynolds

May 12, 202212 min read

The Truth, and Nothing But the Truth

*Names have been changed to protect the innocent So, once upon a time there was this girl, we'll just call her Megan. Megan was in high...

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Apr 15, 20222 min read

Communication is. . . . difficult.

I didn't date much in high school. I accepted my cluelessness about the opposite sex, but didn't realize its depth until I went to...

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Apr 1, 20223 min read

Accepting Contradictions

If I'm going to reach my 50 book goal this year, I'm going to have to give myself some grace and allow at least a few repeat...

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Mar 21, 20223 min read

To Whom It May Concern

February 2004 Raleigh NC Dear Mom, I've been on this earth now for a week and I have to say, I'm having a hard time. Something keeps...

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Feb 8, 20223 min read

Naked Husbands and Overactive Consciences

It was our first Christmas as a married couple. We had a whopping five months of marriage under our belts and were enjoying a big...

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Feb 4, 20223 min read

Home is Where the Rocks Sing

I grew up on an old tobacco farm in North Carolina. We never grew a thing, but oh did I love that land. We had a zip line from one barn...

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Jan 28, 20222 min read

Nothing happens here that doesn't happen there

"The weight of lies will bring you down And follow you to every town 'cause Nothing happens here that doesn't happen there When you run...

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Jan 28, 20222 min read

Stacks of Stories

No matter how thin the pancake, it always has two sides. Someone deep said that once. I'll add this next level deep thought: Humans are...

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Jan 21, 20223 min read

Unreliable Narrators

It seems a new trend these days for writers to craft their novels with several narrators taking turns. I like the trend and I especially...

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Jan 4, 20222 min read

Standing in Line For Each Other

I was on my way to work when my mom called and asked if I'd seen the news. I hadn't. Then I did. It was still a freak accident at that...

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Sep 12, 20212 min read

Embracing Peculiar

"I just want to be a 'normal' kid!" When my son said this to me, I wanted to answer with this: "Normal is a setting on a washing...

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Sep 9, 20213 min read

Me v. My Brain

If you haven't seen this Pixar short yet. . . I'll wait. It's worth it. I spent some time tonight thinking about how we use the word...

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Feb 15, 20212 min read

Tales of High Five Convert

I found this little critter in the woods on my walk, just hanging out, waiting for someone to come by that had left it behind, offering...

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Jan 25, 20212 min read

Making Space

Space. The Final Frontier. It's tough to make space as a mother. People seem to need me all the time. My children have immediate needs as...

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Jan 19, 20212 min read

And Miles to go Before We Sleep. . .

My little Emma was born 12 years ago today in her typical dramatic fashion. Two days later, Barack Obama was sworn in as president. We...

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Jan 18, 20212 min read

Moving Differently

I'm on a yoga journey, which is wonderful and peaceful and enlightening, and also very hard. I have this terrible nagging pain in my...

Mo Reynolds

Jan 8, 20212 min read

Ef oona ent kno weh oona da gwuine, oona should kno weh oona dum from

When I went to college I took a small wooden confederate soldier with me. He was no more than five inches tall, faceless, and held a...

Mo Reynolds

Sep 25, 20204 min read

Colorblind isn't the goal

Before I went to graduate school I had the opportunity to teach African American literature at Pinecrest high school. The first thing I...

Mo Reynolds

Feb 19, 20203 min read

His Grace is Sufficient

For the past four years as a storyteller finding my way, I've kept my storytelling side and my own spiritual side separate, afraid of...

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Feb 10, 202011 min read