Amy Tingle and Trish Aylward
Recorded
November 6, 2023
Archived
November 6, 2023
52:15 minutes
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Id:
osh000090
Description
One Small Step conversation partners Amy Tingle (54) and Trish Aylward (61) talk about art, community building, loss, baking, and cats.Subject Log / Time Code
Amy Tingle (AT) and Trish Aylward (TA) introduce themselves and talk about why they want to participate in One Small Step (OSS).
TA talks about going through her father's photos and how she learned things about herself she didn't previously know.
AT reads TA's bio and asks about TA's husband passing away.
TA talks about meeting her husband "Smiley" at Dysart's Diner and how he taught her to have fun.
TA talks about being married to her husband for 16 years, participants talk about how they both have three cats, including one named Peanut.
TA reads AT's bio and asks about art and building creative community.
AT talks about working at a community art center, making art as a kid, the challenge of being an artist and making money, and the importance of play and curiosity.
TA talks about volunteering at the Salvation Army, mental health, and the need for self-expression.
Participants talk about growing up without cell phones and knowing all their neighbors.
Participants ask each other who has had the most influence on them. AT talks about her grandmother, who she is named after, her selflessness, and how she could still do a cartwheel at 75.
TA talks about her grandmother teaching her needlework.
TA talks about her political views coming from her biological (Republican) father, who told her one day, "You'll be a lot happier when you realize you're more conservative than you will admit to."
TA talks about growing up in a proper Victorian household, how her mother's wilder side didn't come out until she had dementia later in life.
AT talks about her grandmother teaching her how to stitch, her close-mindedness and bitterness.
TA talks about drinking and loss, knowing how to reframe challenges at teaching moments.
TA talks about losing her mother and her husband so close to one another, grieving.
Participants laugh when a question about politics comes up. AT says her political views have a lot to do with community building.
TA talks about not depending on quick fixes, how we need long-term solutions.
TA asks AT how we should fix things. AT says if she knew, she'd run for office, says, "Maybe it's more of this...sitting down with each other, sharing a piece of pie..." removing the barriers that keep us from each other.
TA talks about Biden's decision on the Keystone Pipeline, the border, her feeling that some politicians make decisions just because they agree with the previous administration. She urges more patience.
TA talks about forced integration in the Boston Schools in the 1980s, the importance of living through something to understand it.
Participants ask each other whether or not they ever feel troubled by people who think similarly to them, and agree that they both often have this problem.
AT says she used to shout a lot, calls herself a "recovering shouter" talks about the importance of learning to listen more than she speaks.
TA asks AT if she was who she expected her to be. TA says she was excited about her having three cats, too. AT talks about her partner thinking she was a "crazy cat lady" when they first met.
Participants ask each other what their hopes are for the future. TA talks about how she feels more connected to her creative side after talking to AT, and wants more of that.
AT talks about a hope for more storytelling, and more opportunities to meet people she doesn't know, like TA's husband, "Smiley."
TA talks about buying groceries for people who can't afford it.
Participants
- Amy Tingle
- Trish Aylward