Rainy walk to the bus stop ☔🎠

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Before / after This is a pretty accurate representation of my week so far. I am so happy and so tired 😌 A couple of months ago, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to do the show - long covid is shite. But look, there we are! It'll take me a while to recover, but I couldn't care less 😎 Thank you once more, kiitos @iknowelina It was a joy to climb this rock with you 💙👯‍♀️

My heart is full. Thank you Aino Elina, Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Scottish Storytelling Centre, and everyone who came to see us and said such very lovely things 💙 #rockofjoy #scotstoryfest #storytelling #kalevala

The largest storytelling festival in the world is GO! 🚀 Such a brilliant first evening, with a fond farewell to Donald Smith, music, stories, stories and stories, and a hypnotic, barnstorming, witchy performance by @riikkapalonen who created the whole world for us and then explained what happens after you die to boot. Also, interesting echoes of stories: This piece in the festival art exhibition by @hesteraspland could be directly from our show... Georgiana Keable brought a horse's jawbone and played it (!), with a tooth (!!) -- we have a story about an instrument made out of a jawbone... And I'm going to have a story face-off with Riikka because she also told the Kalevala tale on the creation of the forest! We meet at dawn ⚔️ (But not really, because we also have a story about what happens if you're foolish enough to challenge your elders and betters. I'm not *that* stupid.) #scotstoryfest #rockofjoy #storytelling #oralstorytelling #kalevala @iknowelina

A crucial part of any show... Deciding on the outfits!! 🌹👑👯‍♀️ *Please note the dog is not included in the performance #rockofjoy #scotstoryfest #kansallispuku #finnishculture #oralstorytelling

I think this is the majority of Finnish-speaking storytelling professionals gathered in one festival? What a treat 🤩 We miss you @markusluukkonen ! #scotstoryfest #rockofjoy #oralstorytelling #finnishculture Text in the picture: FINNS AT THE STORY FEST Linda Perttula & Aino Elina He Sits on the Rock of Joy 20 OCT Edinburgh PREVIEW Message for details! 26 OCT EDINBURGH Tarinankertoja Anna-Maria Toivonen & Claire Hewitt Swan Stories: Film & Storytelling 28 OCT ABERFELDY Bird Stories and Songs and The Swan Woman 29 OCT DUMFRIES The Story of the Swan Woman 31 Oct EDINBURGH Riikka Palonen Of Stars, Bears and the Beginning of Time with Richard Clarke 22 OCT EDINBURGH - SOLD OUT Sea Shanties and Selkies for ages 4-10 with Kate Walker 8 Nov DUNFERMLINE Bones, Birds & Beasties with Blether Tay-Gither 15 Nov DUNDEE Tales of the Waves with Kate Walker 16 Nov DUNFERMLINE DETAILS AND BOOKING: SISF.ORG.UK

EDIT: Waverley Bar, upstairs, today Monday 8-9pm! I won't be watching my messages so just turn up 👯‍♀️ We would obviously prefer it if you bought a ticket for the show on the 26th... But if you cannot, please join us for a final rehearsal on Monday the 20th! Who knows what will happen, but it will be fun -- and free -- and there will be giant fish and embarrassing confessions and sadness/anger and a brand new song @iknowelina has written for the show 🤩 Message either one of us for the top-secret location in Edinburgh city centre 📨 #rockofjoy #scotstoryfest #kalevala #oralstorytelling

Sure it's not easy to translate Kalevala, but...?!? For a different interpretation, come see us: He Sits on the Rock of Joy Oct 26 4pm Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh Tickets tinyurl.com/rockofjoy #finnishproblems #rockofjoy #scotstoryfest #oralstorytelling