Remembering Aunt Vi

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Tales of Galt

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The Family Addiction

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Family Secrets

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The Orchard

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

Aunt Marie

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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

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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

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

Aunt Mel, Part 1

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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

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My mother reminisces about life in the early 1900s

Biscuits

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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

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

More Dear Old Dad Stories

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My mother tells more stories of my father, her ex-husband. In this story, she talks about my father and a family friend (who was also our landlady for many years). Gives you a taste of what sort of man he was.

"Uncle Bob"

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Another of my mother's stories.

Senior Year

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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

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

Valley Springs

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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

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One of my mother's more memorable experiences.

Going Dancing

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

Grandma Learns a New Word

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How innocent they all were back in the 1920s!

Grandpa and the Hooker

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This story is one I'd never heard before!

Fever

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

Daddy Dearest

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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.