Thanksgiving Listen

We had a variety of topics; life lessons, to family, even to the past election.

“Life is about going forward into the future, not looking back into the past.”

Beyanka Vong, born in Vietnam, talks about the struggles she had faced throughout her childhood and her many different experiences. She constantly traveled around at a young age due to her parents' divorce and eventually led to her journey with...

Barbara Hester Kurtz and Susan Scott Peterson, September 26, 2020

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (38) about her mother's letters to her father while he was away working for the Civilian Conservation Corps and on other military assignments beginning around the time of the...

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Eleanor Wend and Richard VanAken

Friends Eleanor Wend (65) and Richard VanAken (74) remember their involvement with nuclear disarmament activism in Montana and Seattle.

The experience

We talk about the experience that we have in our lives

Mom's Memories of Mount St. Helens

Leslie Heffernan, (43) speaks with her mother, Judith Holter; (75) about her memories of the eruption of Mount St. Helens on the 40th anniversary of the eruption.

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Sue Dorn and Sarah Berman

Sue Dorn (87) is interviewed by her Rabbi, Sarah Berman, about her memories of growing up in a Jewish family in Seattle around WWII, moving to New York, meeting her husband and starting a family as well as pursuing an...

Getting to know you

Just getting to know my dad more whether I knew the story or not just delving into a different part of his life.

Life lessons with Scolastica and Rinah

As we go through this interview we get to learn about Scolastica (Rinah’s mom) her morals, life lessons and hopes for the future.

Defining Happiness and Family

In this interview we talked about family, marriage, and happiness. We discussed why family is important and what our hopes are for one another.

Eli Harris and Patsy Tyvand

Eli Harris interviews Patsy Tyvand about her experiences as a mediator with the Center for Dialog & Resolution.

Thanksgiving Project

I interviewed with Dr. Langill, and we talked about life lesson and personal value.

Sandy Macfarlane and Trish Morse

Sandy Macfarlane and Trish Morse discuss being firsts (female shellfish biologist in Massachusetts and female Ph.D. from Woods Hole, respectively) and meeting for the first time through the New England Estuarine Research Society.

Learning about hard work from Mom

Mom shared what she learned growing up on a farm, what her grandparents taught her, the tough things she’s gone through. We (her kids) have experienced very little hardship, especially compared to her.