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Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Domino Physicist Peter Bloom reflects about his life from his childhood in Newton to learning to be an effective and impactful educator.

In this interview, we talked about my grandma's life and her interests.

Andover Stories of American Identity: a conversation with Janet Hamlin about her extraordinary childhood and life that gives her perspective to be compassionate and passionate.

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Born in Monessen, Pennsylvania, Janis Baron, a teacher, principal, trainer and entrepreneur, shares her extraordinary life and the life lessons she has learned along the way.

Nell Schneider (6/18/1930-) talks with her grandson, Matthew Harrison, and her daughter (Matthew's mother), Sue Harrison, at her Glendale Wisconsin home. During this interview, Nell discusses World War II; the attack on Pearl Harbor; food and recipes; changes in technology...

Today I talked with Nancy about the ins and outs of gardening and all things earthy

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Seema Gupte, born and raised in India, talks about her childhood living between her family’s farm and in the city. After immigrating to America, she adjusted to the many cultural differences. Once she moved to...

A conversation between a grandpa and granddaughter

We talk about playing "sadices" and getting electric "shots" aswell as school, marriage, oatmeal, gardening, etc.

More about the botanical gardens, trips and wandering.

Andover Stories of American Identity: Born in Compton, California, Ralph Blesdoe, a descendant of slaves, recounts his amazing journey of becoming a beloved science teacher at Andover High School.

This interview is about my mother’s favorite hobby. Throughout the audio recording she goes on to explain about her butterfly garden.

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Long-term Andover resident Tina Girdwood shares her impactful life and dedication to helping her community, from founding the Andover Recycling Program, being a school committee member, and eventually leading the initiative to start the Andover...

My sisters civic-19 experience

Life partners Ekaterina Shkurkin (64) and Suzan Porter (72) discuss the way that COVID-19 has impacted their connection to family, to grief, and ultimately, to a stillness that is only possible by the abundance of time in a safe place,...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Jim Batchelder, with thirteen generations in Massachusetts, recollects his life growing up in Andover. After becoming a beloved art teacher for many years, and working closely with the Andover Center for History and Culture to...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: IM David Vigorito talks about growing up in Massachusetts, to his brief time in Las Vegas, to returning to his home state. Although he discovered his passion for chess at the later age of 16,...

Sisters Marilyn Heiden (76) and Nancy Heiden Langlas (77) shared their memories of growing up as children in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: Elizabeth Walther-Grant, adopted from the Bahamas and raised by an Andover family, talks about growing up in Andover, the racism she faced, and what inspired her to found Merrimack Valley Black and Brown Voices. She...

Creating Community Through Sharing Stories: With 5 generations in Andover and as a descendant of slaves, Heidi Lawrence sits down with me to talk about her life and legacy. Her family is one of the five original African-American families to...

Cherie Croney (48) interviews her friend Randle Wesley (62) about his experiences being homeless, growing up in Louisiana, moving to Springfield, Missouri, and his journey as a gay man.

Sy Barry recounts his story of how he overcame his tough childhood through his passion and love for drawing. Eventually becoming a renowned comic book and comic strip artist, he was able to find success and contentment in both his...

Colleagues Jenny Inzerillo (45) and Doral "Skip" Mancini (78) talk about Skip's legacy on the High Plains, through her radio work, her passion for gardening, and combining these two for her radio segment "Growing on the High Plains."

Andover Stories of American Identity: Andover resident Kevin O'Leary shares his story about his worldly upbringing, and how it all led to his profession of becoming a psychologist to help wounded veterans heal.

Nancy Sedlin (74) and her life partner Chic Fitts (75) talk about how they respectively came to be passionate about the environment. The duo also touches upon the future state of the earth, their grandchildren, and their outdoor hobbies in...