I'd love to say I remember taking Margie's photo for the story but that was 30 years ago. But that spirit and that type of story telling is what keeps me fired up. That spirit of can do. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you for this Geoff! Your post just gave me so many ideas on how to move forward with a plant storytelling project I've been stalled out on. The centerpiece for this project is a plant, not a building. But hear me out. One year after I posted the first plant story (I want to do lots more) I received a story back in the comments. That story was the one I had been after the whole time. The person writing it gave me a glimpse into their lives, and an idea of what a familiar place (Wildcat Creek) meant to someone in a specific time and place. They made that place come to life and deepened my understanding of Wildcat Creek and Leatherwood in a way that no botany book could do.
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I have always wanted to do a story of a river -- its botany, its migration, how its flow was used in the past, how people use it today, how it figures into the culture and history of each community along the way, each homeowner along the way. I had this idea of involving all the schools along the way, to have the kids go out and explore and capture sound and images and define it the way they saw it.... unfortunately I didn't get the grant. And I needed the grant to do it right, that is to pay some of the key organizers and storytellers and journalists along the way. Not a lot, but something.
I love what you did with the flower. I was wondering ... were those social media stories things you found and published or did they see your story and respond? did you use social media to try to get people to pursue your idea?
I will be interested to see what happens with your plans. And glad that my story helped you think about your own project. EXACTLY what I am hoping for with my Substack.
Be well. (And friggin' gorgeous picture on your story.)
Thanks for the update on Janet and Will--I didn't know Will became a pilot. Great insight on how people, with the passage of time, tend to push the trials and tribulations to the background and have the good mememories bubble to the top
Oral histories are the threads that weave us together
Restacking this as part of notes boost
Indeed. Thanks.
I'd love to say I remember taking Margie's photo for the story but that was 30 years ago. But that spirit and that type of story telling is what keeps me fired up. That spirit of can do. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you for this Geoff! Your post just gave me so many ideas on how to move forward with a plant storytelling project I've been stalled out on. The centerpiece for this project is a plant, not a building. But hear me out. One year after I posted the first plant story (I want to do lots more) I received a story back in the comments. That story was the one I had been after the whole time. The person writing it gave me a glimpse into their lives, and an idea of what a familiar place (Wildcat Creek) meant to someone in a specific time and place. They made that place come to life and deepened my understanding of Wildcat Creek and Leatherwood in a way that no botany book could do.
https://www.growingwild.co/blog/2024/2/5/western-leatherwood
Stephanie Penn (@growingwild) ...
Loved the story and signed up for your newsletter....
I have always wanted to do a story of a river -- its botany, its migration, how its flow was used in the past, how people use it today, how it figures into the culture and history of each community along the way, each homeowner along the way. I had this idea of involving all the schools along the way, to have the kids go out and explore and capture sound and images and define it the way they saw it.... unfortunately I didn't get the grant. And I needed the grant to do it right, that is to pay some of the key organizers and storytellers and journalists along the way. Not a lot, but something.
I love what you did with the flower. I was wondering ... were those social media stories things you found and published or did they see your story and respond? did you use social media to try to get people to pursue your idea?
I will be interested to see what happens with your plans. And glad that my story helped you think about your own project. EXACTLY what I am hoping for with my Substack.
Be well. (And friggin' gorgeous picture on your story.)
Thanks for the update on Janet and Will--I didn't know Will became a pilot. Great insight on how people, with the passage of time, tend to push the trials and tribulations to the background and have the good mememories bubble to the top
thanks so much Carl. Good to hear from you.
Love this, Geoff.
What we should be reading about America.
Good people.
And I have a building in mind.
Off in search of stories now.
Thank you.
thanks, Tom. I look forward to hearing what stories you find.