Monday, September 7, 2009
CWCW, pt.2: Baseball, old and new
A new audio feature from the project aired this morning on NCPR's morning news program The Eight O'Clock Hour.
Labels: audio features, baseball, Elders, geofeed, Great Depression, Kolby
Thursday, July 30, 2009
"These Hands Have..." Audio Slideshow
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Things They Remembered
Today Brenna and I spent another afternoon with Ruth and Mickey. Ruth told a story about a carved pine chest that she had inherited from her grandmother. Her grandmother p
ut sheets in the drawers, and would put orange peels between the sheets. Even now the drawers smell like oranges. "You may not be too sentimental about certain things, but they remind you of your youth," she said.
Ruth and Mickey complained about how poorly things are made today. Ruth has a couple of music boxes that she has had for decades that still work. I found this surprising since I can barely get my iPod to last more than two years. "I hate buying new things!" Ruth said. "I would rather just get them fixed."
ut sheets in the drawers, and would put orange peels between the sheets. Even now the drawers smell like oranges. "You may not be too sentimental about certain things, but they remind you of your youth," she said.Ruth and Mickey complained about how poorly things are made today. Ruth has a couple of music boxes that she has had for decades that still work. I found this surprising since I can barely get my iPod to last more than two years. "I hate buying new things!" Ruth said. "I would rather just get them fixed."
Labels: Brenna, Depression, Kolby, Mickey Williams, Ruth Garner, Sentimental
Thursday, July 16, 2009
College, Twenty Years Later
Doreen Lorock was born in 1934 near Governeur. During the Great Depression she remembers going to her grandparents house and finding nothing to play with. She and her friends had to make up their own games. She loved being outside and she went swimming a lot, and loved to pick flowers and berries. As a teenager, she worked at a restaurant baking many pies every Sunday.
At age sixteen, Doreen graduated high school. She got accepted to Cornell University and SUNY Plattsburgh, but her family didn't have enough money to send her there. She got married at age eighteen and started having children. Doreen ended up not going to college until decades later. She graduated when she was 40 years old at the same time as her oldest son.
At age sixteen, Doreen graduated high school. She got accepted to Cornell University and SUNY Plattsburgh, but her family didn't have enough money to send her there. She got married at age eighteen and started having children. Doreen ended up not going to college until decades later. She graduated when she was 40 years old at the same time as her oldest son.
Labels: College, geofeed, Governeur, Great Depression, Kolby, Teenager
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