Life on the Farm
Tuesday, July 31 2007
Life on the farm
Louise Bicks
Louise Bicks grew up on small family farm in Iredell County, N.C. Now in her 80s, she clearly remembers the more humble way she and her family lived - kids blew up hog bladders for balls to play with, and sometimes wore clothes sewn from feed sacks.
One of Louise's favorite stories is about the blood transfusion given to her mother by a local doc. The doctor drained blood out of her father's arm into a pitcher, then got the blood into the arm of Louise's mother. Her mother survived and thrived. Louise talks with Scott Jagow about why she's never forgotten that story.
The East Village Garden Club
Jeanne Felknor with members of her garden club. larger>>
In 1999, Jeanne Felknor moved to a rundown neighborhood on the East Side of Chicago. At first, she thought she had made a terrible mistake - there were signs of crime and drug use, and trash lined the streets. Not knowing what else to do, Jeanne started cleaning up the streets herself, and then she began planting gardens in the parkways between the sidewalks and the streets. Before long, she had the help of dozens of kids, and the neighborhood was transformed in more ways than one.
- See before and after pictures of Jeanne's neighborhood
Ahmed's Diary
In Ahmed's last diary entry, he talked about the death of a Christian neighbor. Afterwards, Ahmed and his neighbors took turns guarding the Christian's house. Then one day coming home, Ahmed was told by a U.S. serviceman that American troops were going to occupy the vacated house. Ahmed feared that he and his family might face a crossfire between U.S. troops and insurgents - and that's just what happened on the first night.
- Hear other entries in Ahmed's diary
Listener Follow Up - Bullying
Caroline Keem
Artist Caroline Keem heard The Story's interview with Terrance, a 12 year-old-boy who was bullied at school. The interview brought back memories. In the 1980s, Caroline used to get bullied on the school bus - by Girl Scouts. Scott talks to Caroline about a childhood photo that recently hushed the bullies' voices in her head.
- See Caroline's photo
- See more of Caroline's art
- Read Caroline's letter to The Story
- Hear the original interview with Terrance
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