Our stories hold the answers to all our questions: past, present, and future. Our stories are reports of our lives and those of our ancestors. Shared stories are treasures we can give to each other. 

If you could take a photograph that would tell the story of your life, who would you choose to be in it and what story would that tell??

​Storyteller & poet, Vicie A. Rolling brings storytelling to the forefront as a way of entertaining, teaching, and sharing historical perspectives with the hope that it will encourage people to find and tell their own stories. Learn more.

Recent Projects

Hattitude!

My mother, Louise Hughes Rolling (B.1927-D.2015) was one of my life’s treasures. I want her to be remembered for all that she was as a person, but especially for her hat making and fashion sense.

In the ‘50’s, ‘60’s and ‘70’s we had a house of abundant love and precious possessions that represented fierce beliefs that were hard earned and coveted. Read more. 
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NY Folklore Schnectady, learn more by clicking the hat!
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TAUNY, learn more by clicking the hat!

Pilgrimage

This story talks about what is was like driving back “down South” for a Black family without aid of anything but for prayer, vigilance, natureal wits, and foreknowledge of southern ways. 
“Daddy had spent the better part of two days washing, simonizing, and otherwise detailing our new car. It had to look extra-good, ’cause we were going on a big trip. All the kids on our street knew they had better make a wide berth around it as to not chance messing up his masterpiece.” Read more.

Sis & V Sing Jubilee at the dining room table

Vicie has received a NYSCA grant for her project, Sis & V Sing Jubilee at the dining room table. Read more.