“People, especially elders, repeat stories over and over again with purpose. In the arrogance of youth, we often think they do I because they are absent-minded. Now I know they repeat themselves because they’ve whittled like down into observations that should not be forgotten. They are authoring scriptures of their own.” EldersOral Storytelling Book:Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People Source: Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People