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The Gift of Family Stories

This is my Grandpa Joe, interviewed by David in 2002. I didn’t think he’d want to tell his stories, but he had a great time.

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This is Charlie

This is Charlie, wearing a blue jacket, with his beautiful family in Bodega Bay, California, in February 2024.

Charlie has had an interesting life, and he had stories to tell. He grew up in Hawaii, and ran a dive shop in California. He lost his first wife to cancer, then found love again. He got sober. He started a carpentry company.

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This is Emma

Emma Clark Stackhouse has stories to tell!

Emma grew up in rural poverty in South Carolina, moved to New York, married a music promoter, and got to know Bo Diddley and other greats.

Now 83, she remembers what it’s like to be hungry, so she provides home-cooked food to those in need in Mt. Vernon, New York.

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