"The Air Force was like any other job."

Bernie Tackett is an Air Force Nurse veteran in 1968, she decided to go into the Air Force because her parents could not afford for college. She grew up on a dairy farm in Malmo, Minnesota. Also, she volunteered to...

Interview with Randy and Suzanne Irby

Interview was taken in Oxford Mississippi on November 21st of 2018. Randy and Suzanne Irby (my grandparents) are a married couple with lots of stories about them. Even before they were married! The explain things such as when/where they were...

Interview with Ahmed – a Sudanese Story

Ahmed reflects on his experiences moving to Rochester and accepting his new identity as a religious and racial minority.

Interview with my Grandma Judy (1)

During this interview, I interviewed my Grandma, Judy Borg. I asked her questions about what my dad was like as a kid, how she found out she was pregnant, what her parents were like, what her childhood was like, where...

Interview with my Grandma Judy (3)

Interview with my Grandma Judy, in Minneapolis, MN on Thanksgiving 2017. My Grandma continued speaking about the death of her husband, and how she knew he was about to die (his fingers/feet began to get blue). Once again, the interview...

Interview with my Grandma Judy (4)

Interview with my Grandma Judy, in Minneapolis, MN on Thanksgiving 2017. My Grandma continued speaking about the death of her husband, how his breathing began declining, how the doctor said he would be leaving soon, and her husbands last words...

Interview with my Grandma Judy (2)

I interviewed my Grandma Judy, in Minneapolis, MN on Thanksgiving 2017. During this interview, I asked my Grandma what some of her most important lessons she's learned are, what she's accomplished that makes her the proudest, what she thinks palliative...

Interview with my Grandma Judy (5)

I interviewed my Grandma Judy, in Minneapolis, MN on Thanksgiving 2017. During the interview, my Grandma continued speaking about the death of her husband. I asked her what she did in her last days with him, and she said for...

Nancy shares stories that lead her to a life philosophy of "if now now, when?"

Nancy lives in San Francisco for her everyday life because of the beauty, diversity, and accessibility, but her soul belongs to the cabin in MN that's been in her family for decades. She shares stories on family, values, and planning...

Lowell Volden

Jena Vander Broek interviews her Grandma's friend (Gloria Erickson) Lowell Volden about his experience growing up in Minnesota and moving out to Las Vegas and Utah. He tells about his experiences in the Air Force and favorite memories of living...

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