Surviving a historic Vermont flood

Matt Commo (55) and Ann Commo (53) live in Waterbury, Vermont which on July 10th-11th experienced historic flooding. They share the flood’s impacts on them, their story of rebuilding, and their perspectives on the future living in a floodplain.

Della Wilson Bulkley interview by Michele Bulkley

Michele recorded a conversation with her mother in 2007. It includes many questions about her sister, Carol Ann Bulkley Johnson and her father Rollo Newman Bulkley

Edward Bloch and Meredith Skeath 3

Edward Bloch (87) talks with his cousin Meredith Skeath (71) about his father helping Jewish families escape from Europe before WWII, his courtship of Carol, how they started a family, and the importance of finding work you love and realizing...

What do soup and love have in common?

Karin Weichlein and Bob Rider relate the romantic story of how they met and conducted a trans-Atlantic relationship which led to marriage and thirty years of happiness. Making soup is a poetic metaphor for their courtship and marriage.

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Thomas Higginbotham, Irja Higginbotham, and Michelle Higginbotham

Thomas Higginbotham (52) and Michelle Higginbotham (48) interview Thomas’s mother Irja Liisa Higginbotham (79) about her earliest memories, life in California, and immigrating from Finland to the United States.

Interview with grandma re dating, wedding, honeymoon

Sora Frankel, born in 1919, recalls her first date, courtship, wedding and honeymoon in New York City in a conversation with her grandson.

The LA Disaster

“We’re reporting on January 17th, 1994 4:31 am, we have just felt an extreme earthquake. We are hoping that everyone is safe and unhurt.” People realized that we were a community and in need of helping each and every person...

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Melissa Bent and Michael Phelan

Spouses Melissa Bent [no age given] and Michael Phelan [no age given] tell the story of how they met in the art world, their journey moving to and living in Marfa, Texas, and the reasons they stay in Marfa.

Kane Sweeney on the historic Vermont flooding in July 2023

Kane Sweeney is a 30 year-old board member for the town of Waterbury, Vermont and is involved in the recovery efforts following the historic flooding that occurred in Vermont in July 2023. He speaks about his experiences during and after...

Surviving two historic Vermont floods

Patrick and Alison McHugh are a married couple, are both 43 years-old, and are both lifelong residents of Vermont. They discuss their experience surviving two historic floods - the first being hurricane Irene in 2011, and the second being the...

Effects of the “Profit-over-People” Philosophy on Americans

Paula Sexton is a teacher at North Andover High School, whose community was affected by the 2018 Merrimack Valley gas line explosions. In this interview, I asked about how it affected her and her students, and what corporate errors had...

Paul and Anne Nobis Courtship

This is how Paul and Anne met, courted, became engaged, and were married.

Telling My Berkeley Courtship Story

My mom tells the story of first meeting - then marrying - my dad.

5 June 2019 Louise Crumpacker

In this interview mom talks about where and how she met dad, stories from their courting and their wedding day

Raj and Nia talk about climate emergency preparations

My mentor and I briefly discuss her plans surrounding climate preparedness and what advice she can give to others. We also compare climate disasters to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they are similar and different.