I missed my family. Specifically, I miss his brothers and sisters so I made this short pilot episode to explain an idea for a podcast that would tell the story the family their parents made and raised and, eventually, tell the stories of their own families too. I wasn't sure they'd want anything to do with the project. After all, I haven't been much a part of the family since years before my dad, their brother, died. So, I made this and sent it to them. Would they be interested? Was there even an opportunity to get back to interacting with that part of the family? I guess we'll just have to wait and see if there will be a podcast version of the beautiful party my grandmother always talked about. That's where the name comes from, The Beautiful Party. Whenever more than a few people gathered for anything, at some point she'd always say, "What a beautiful party!" She just had a way of seeing the beauty in even the smallest events.
Anyway, I guess we'll see soon if there will be more episodes and more stories.
Do you have family stories to tell? Memories of Donald and Katherine? Stories about family gatherings? Whatever it may be, if it's related to the Still family, it would be good to hear.
Email Mark Still at mark@thepracticalstill.com and we'll add it to the records!
