Word: provo
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...have followed the case of Tom Green with some wonder. Green, a self-proclaimed Mormon living in the Utah desert, has five wives and 30 children (the Mormon Church excommunicated Green in 1980 for his belief in polygamy). He has just been convicted of bigamy in Provo, and could get 25 years - five years for each wife - for doing what all self-respecting male waterbuck, eland, and gnu do as a matter of course...
...accompany his wife and kids to the festival. But after listening to his first storyteller, he was hooked. Now his office staff knows not to make appointments for him during the annual event, which takes place at the foot of Mount Timpanogos in the mouth of the beautiful Provo Canyon in Orem, Utah. "It's so enriching to hear people share their sacred histories," he says. "It's the whole human experience--knowing we're not alone." His sole frustration? With five master yarn spinners weaving their magic at any given moment, he misses out on four sessions for each...