Family Stories

My Mother Remembers the Depression

2010-07-27T17:52:00.000-07:00

Remembering Aunt Vi

2007-10-02T09:53:00.001-07:00

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Tales of Galt

2007-09-17T13:21:00.002-07:00

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The Family Addiction

2007-09-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

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Family Secrets

2007-06-06T21:04:00.001-07:00

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The Orchard

2007-06-02T17:09:00.000-07:00

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My mother talks about the orchard on their farm in Valley Springs -- and the shenanigans involved.

Aunt Marie

2007-05-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

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My aunt Marie's best friend was an alien from outer space who took her to his planet, where she met Abraham Lincoln, among other people. This video only barely touches the surface of Aunt Marie. (Is it any wonder I'm so crazy?)

Aunt Betsy

2007-05-24T13:56:00.001-07:00

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My mother always said that of all my aunts, I was most like Betsy (and probably least like my mother!). She was another unique person whom I loved very much.

Aunt Mel, Part 2

2007-05-04T09:59:00.000-07:00

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Mel's story was too long for one video, so this is the second part.

Aunt Mel, Part 1

2007-05-03T16:50:00.000-07:00

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My mother's oldest sister was a unique woman who, among other things, was married 13 times, to 12 different men (#5 and #7 were the same guy, and in between he was married to one of her sisters). In Part 1, my mother lists some of her accomplishments throughout her life.

Times Past

2007-04-30T14:27:00.001-07:00

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My mother reminisces about life in the early 1900s

Biscuits

2007-04-28T07:34:00.001-07:00

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This is a very short story I've heard my mother talk about for years, and it always fascinates me, food addict that I am. It is about a neighbor she used to visit, who made the best biscuits she ever tasted.

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Oatmeal

2007-04-24T13:26:00.000-07:00

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My mother talks about the Depression...and oatmeal.

"Uncle Bob"

2007-04-12T22:14:00.000-07:00

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Another of my mother's stories.

Senior Year

2007-04-11T18:24:00.001-07:00

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My mother lived on her own and worked for a family to earn her room and board during her senior year in high school. Here she talks about that.

Rico

2007-04-06T16:42:00.001-07:00

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A story of the guy my mother DIDN'T marry.

Valley Springs

2007-04-05T00:22:00.000-07:00

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My mother spent her early childhood in Valley Springs, in the central valley of California. Here she talks about going back to visit, years later.

Hornets

2007-04-03T00:26:00.000-07:00

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One of my mother's more memorable experiences.

Going Dancing

2007-04-02T17:49:00.000-07:00

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I love this story. My mother talks about dances when she was a girl.

Grandma Learns a New Word

2007-03-29T16:42:00.000-07:00

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How innocent they all were back in the 1920s!

Grandpa and the Hooker

2007-03-28T21:17:00.000-07:00

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This story is one I'd never heard before!

Fever

2007-03-25T20:31:00.000-07:00

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I wonder if my kids know this story about their grandmother.

Daddy Dearest

2007-02-10T20:29:00.000-08:00

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My father, who died in 1987, was not the best person in the world. During her convalescence, my mother (who divorced him long before he died) talked with one of my cousins about what he was like at the time of his death. It's a good thing the TV stations didn't get wind of it, or we would have made the news.

Searching for Josiah

2006-03-29T20:26:00.000-08:00

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My mother, my cousin and I went on a search for the schoolhouse where my great-grandfather taught. We visited the tiny "museum" in Inverness (California), the compound where my grandparents and several of my aunts lived, and my mother reminisces.

Nannie and the Piano

2006-01-07T20:23:00.000-08:00

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My mother talks about my grandmother and why she never played the piano.

Nannie and the Earthquake

2005-12-16T20:33:00.000-08:00

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My father's mother was a child when the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire struck. Here, my mother talks a little bit about how it had been for my grandmother as a child.

Josiah Milton Kirkpatrick

2005-12-04T20:16:00.000-08:00

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My great-grandfather (who died when my mother was a baby) was apparently quite an interesting man. A one-legged man who had walked across the country, taught school, married 3 times, was a reporter and later editor of the Santa Rosa newspaper. I sat down with my mother over Thanksgiving and talked to her a bit about my great-grandfather, who died in 1920.

Family Stories

My Mother Remembers the Depression

Remembering Aunt Vi

Tales of Galt

The Family Addiction

Family Secrets

The Orchard

Aunt Marie

Aunt Betsy

Aunt Mel, Part 2

Aunt Mel, Part 1

Times Past

Biscuits

Oatmeal

More Dear Old Dad Stories

"Uncle Bob"

Senior Year

Rico

Valley Springs

Hornets

Going Dancing

Grandma Learns a New Word

Grandpa and the Hooker

Fever

Daddy Dearest

Searching for Josiah

Nannie and the Piano

Nannie and the Earthquake

Josiah Milton Kirkpatrick