Doug is our featured teller at the March story swap. He says, “My young life started in Southern California, but I grew up in a small town in the Salt Lake Valley. I earned two undergraduate degrees from the University of Utah and a master’s degree at Westminster University. I’m sorry to have report, I worked in insurance claims management. My wife and I retired in June 2022 and moved to Sequim. My love for stories began before I learned to read. Starting in 2009, I was the mentor of a writing group at Salt Lake Community College’s Community Writing Center. In 2010, I joined Toastmasters International. The Writing Center and Toastmasters has given me many opportunities to stand in front of audiences to tell some of my stories. In 2019, without ever going to a liar’s contest, I auditioned for Utah’s Biggest Liar Contest and was one of six people to take the main stage to tell a true story. Did I win? Of course, I did.”

Opening Teller

Colleen Squier has been in Sequim and part of The Story People of Clallam County for over 10 years now!  Her family says that she has been telling stories as long as she has been talking.  She has enjoyed telling at schools, the Sequim Boys and Girls Club, summer camps, Story Slams, church, Liars contests, gatherings of friends, any time someone asks for a story!  Even at NW Folklife several years.

Open Mic

Following the featured teller we will have a short intermission. Open mic will take place in the second half of the evening. During the open mic, audience members are welcome to share a story of up to 10 minutes length. Stories from the open mic can be candidates for selection to be an opening story for a future featured teller. Anyone interested in telling a story is strongly encouraged to develop it and practice it at the monthly Story Work session on Zoom — find more information on our Facebook page. Guidelines for storytellers can be found by clicking here.

Details

Location: Carver room of the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

Date: Wed. Feb. 4, 2026.

Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Cost: Free