My oldest storytelling character is Jeremiah Wiggins.Jeremiah has gone through a period of transitions first from being an impish storyteller, to a haggard one and then back again.

I grew a beard which I wore for years trying to emulate Rip Van Winkle or someone who had been lost in time. Many people however were lost and didn't get it. The long beard was representative of what people picture of when people think of a storyteller. I pretended to be old because people expect storytellers to be old. One day I woke up and said, "Wait a minute — I am old. I don't need to pretend anymore."

Jeremiah Wiggins is Ambassador to the Faerie world. The stool which he carries on his head is a mushroom the Fae have given him. I use this fungus as a stool, a closeup table and a stage. It also carries tremendous what-the-heck value, which is why I continue carrying it.

My job as Jeremiah is to be a human fantasy juke box. I wander the shires and tell tales under trees, in taverns, or wherever I plop my fungus. I believe storytelling is most powerful when done up close. There are few professional storytellers who work this way. I can count on one finger the only other one I've met. Taffy Thomas an English teller who uses a wheelchair instead of a fungus. The close up magic I do represents the magic of the faerie world. Hidden spaces, temptation, the magic of nature, and the invisible world. In building my magical repertoire I've tried to place as much as I can in the hands of patrons. Any magic piece I do stems originally from faerie lore.

Speaking of Faerie Lore...

One of Jeremiah's jobs as Ambassador is to distribute the Faerie news. Check out the Daily Crock for "Breaking News of the Faerie Realm."

See Also
PHOTO EVOLUTION OF JEREMIAH

Jeremiah's STORY LIST