Volunteer of the week:Annapolis woman has a story she's just dying to tell

A great storyteller doesn't just happen, you're born into being one. At least that's the case of one area resident, who recently related a past family incident.

As the tale goes, a young African-American woman living in Massachusetts was visiting her grandmother, a former slave living in Virginia. Upon her arrival, she was presented with lunch - a simple traditional meal of corn pone, maybe along with some sort of molasses or syrup for a little flavoring. The offering was refused. But no problem. The corn pone was wrapped in a small bundle of fabric and placed in cold storage.

At the next meal the corn pone reappeared and was...