Special Segments

Coming Back Home

Brian Gage — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:21:31 +0000

Brian Gage walks us through the various meanings of home, from a childhood bedroom to an investment to memory.

This series is a selection of memoirs by summer citizens and university students participating in the Four Minute Memoir class at Utah State University.

The Memoir as Art Form

Brian Gage — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:17:35 +0000

Brian Gage doesn't give any disclaimers: "Facts are for fools. Enhancement is the order of the day."

This series is a selection of memoirs by summer citizens and university students participating in the Four Minute Memoir class at Utah State University.

From Down Under and More

Marian Ensor — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:12:43 +0000

Marian Ensor shares what she learned from having exchange students.

This series is a selection of memoirs by summer citizens and university students participating in the Four Minute Memoir class at Utah State University.

Revenge

Ellen Jensen — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:05:24 +0000

Ellen Jensen recalls a true story of conspiracy and revenge. Tyranny can never go unpunished.

This series is a selection of memoirs by summer citizens and university students participating in the Four Minute Memoir class at Utah State University.

My Cousin Pat

Barbara Willie-Pecora — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:00:16 +0000

Barbara Willie-Pecora tells the story of her cousin Pat's life, death, and eulogy, which was "fit for a king" if not 100% true.

This series is a selection of memoirs by summer citizens and university students participating in the Four Minute Memoir class at Utah State University.

Spring City, Utah

Russ Beck — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:17:20 +0000

Russ Beck's great-granddad redirected a stream shovelful by shovelful near Spring City, Utah, with help from FDR's New Deal.

This series is a selection of memoirs by summer citizens and university students participating in the Four Minute Memoir class at Utah State University.

My Distaste for Cooking

Joyce Baldwin — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:09:42 +0000

Joyce Baldwin rejoices over TV dinners and explains how she managed to raise 2 boys who are great cooks as a single mother.

This series is a selection of memoirs by summer citizens and university students participating in the Four Minute Memoir class at Utah State University.

On Swearing

Ann Dahl — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:55:48 +0000

Soon-to-be 84-year-old Ann Dahl reflects on swearing -- when it's appropriate to swear and when a psuedo-swear will do the trick.

This series is a selection of memoirs by summer citizens and university students participating in the Four Minute Memoir class at Utah State University.

Louise Degn

Elaine Thatcher — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:58:54 +0000

Louise Degn is a respected broadcast journalist in Salt Lake City and who now teaches journalism at the University of Utah. She is best known for a documentary on Mormon women and depression that she produced in the late 1970s.

Amy Velasquez

Elaine Thatcher — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:00:45 +0000

Amy Velasquez is a middle school teacher in Evanston, Wyoming. Her family was one of the First hispanic families in Evanston, coming there in the 1950s. It is important to her to preserve and share her Mexican heritage, so she created a Cinco de Mayo celebration in her class which grew into a town celebration.