storytelling

The Texas Abortion Rodeo

Posted by David Wallace on September 2, 2021

Ya Gotta Wonder! Given the recent goings on in Austin with Texas politicians treating the abortion issue as nothing more than a rodeo event, I feel the need to share two true stories about abortion from my book Stories from a Global Cowgirl. Abortion is a serious issue. Choosing to have an abortion leaves skid […]

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Go Duck Yourself!

Posted by David Wallace on June 7, 2021

A few years ago, I produced an interview with a duck for a TV program. The duck was co-starring in an upcoming movie. Cute feathery fellow, but, if I’m honest, I thought the assignment was a bit beneath my status in TV at the time. After all, I’d either interviewed or produced interviews with more […]

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Freedom from Bigotry Bought for a Penny

Posted by David Wallace on February 22, 2021

America has been brought low by its racism and bigotry against people of color. Since this is Black History Month, I want to share this story about our nation’s historical racism against Blacks. Freedom from Bigotry Bought for a Penny The lowly penny. What can this modest coin buy you? At three years old, it […]

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Successful Listeners

Posted by David Wallace on February 15, 2021

Being Interviewed by Barbara Walters I was once interviewed by Barbara Walters. Not because I was famous. It was for a job as her off-air reporter and editorial producer. I’d be booking interviews, doing research, and helping write questions for Barbara’s news interviews. I confess, I wanted to work on her celebrity specials, but I […]

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“I’m taking you to a place beyond your imagination.”

Posted by David Wallace on February 1, 2021

Music and the Heart “Come with me, young lady. I’m taking you to a place beyond your imagination.” There, in the middle of a dark room, is a cozy chair swaddled in a single beam of light. Back in the shadows is the fuzzy outline of something inanimate giving off the whiff of a faint […]

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Hank the Husky

Posted by David Wallace on January 15, 2021

Hank the Husky If ever a creature in this life was wronged it was Hank. I don’t know how old he was, but he had moss growing on his bushy Husky fur from being left out in the rain and snow of brutal New York winters without shelter of any kind. He was fenced in […]

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