Love in America

Ronald and Nancy Reagan - This episode, we look at love and dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease through the Reagan’s great American love story, starting as a Hollywood romance and becoming a lifelong love. Our first segment introduces how love endures the challenge of Alzheimer’s through knowing you are never alone, and having a little something to laugh about together! Our Friends and Lovers guest narrative, comes from writer Brooke Shelby Biggs and a tale about falling in love with your mother… every time you meet her, in a story called Hello, Goodbye.

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Links:

Song Lovity Love by Something Underground;

USS Vaudeville on PRX (https://exchange.prx.org/p/245924);

Ronald and Nancy Reagan: 

From Amazon.com:

I Love You Ronnie, The Letters of Ronald Reagan to Nancy Reagan:

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Kindle: https://amzn.to/2ROAtJF  

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Friends and Lovers Narrative:

From PBS.org, Alzheimer’s Stories, Hello, Goodbye, by Brooke Shelby Biggs (http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/alzheimers-stories-hello-goodbye/)

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

The love of James and Dolley Madison shows what naughty jokes, seafood ice cream, and burning down the White House have in common! It’s a MAD, MAD, MAD, MADison World on Love in America this episode, starting in Madison, South Dakota, where it’s not safe to steal a seat! We’re going to lay it all on the line with The Wichita Lineman of love in Madison, Wisconsin - On the Road with Jeff and Mary Sue. Then, in our new guest narrative segment, Friends and Lovers, offering tales from storytellers across the United States, we have Dear Madison, a letter about being loved in a world of mean girls.

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Links:

James and Dolley Madison:

* From Amazon.com, The Madisons: America's First Power Couple (The True Story of James & Dolley Madison), by Alexander Kennedy (https://amzn.to/2FejtLm)

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Friends and Lovers Narrative:

From the blog Avoiding My Brilliant Writing Career, Dear Madison: The bad news is that girls are mean (https://avoidingkim.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/dear-madison-the-bad-news-is-that-girls-are-mean-love-aunt-kimmy/), with permission from Kim Tempel

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

The story of Harry Houdini’s two great loves: his wife Bess and his mother Cecilia. Revealing love and homelessness in America, we begin with the tale of how a dollar given in charity on the streets of New York City turned into a lifetime of love for two South Dakota women. On the Road, we share a mystic experience with a homeless, (and boatless) retired police officer in Mystic, Connecticut. And finally, our original Tale from The Heart of America is about a game no one wants to play, but for which love can rewrite the rules, in a story called: Hide and Sleep.

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This week on Love in America...Psych! On Love in History, he’s not a psychiatrist, but he plays one on T.V., the love story of Kelsey Grammer and his wife Kayte, challenging our notions of who deserves a second (or third, or fourth) chance in love. On the Road is wisdom and humor from addiction counselor and urban guru, Jim LaPierre, who will take you from hell to Higher Ground in Bangor, Main. Lovin SoDak offers the first female comic to perform at Sturgis, and who also happens to be a psychiatric nurse! And, the narrative from our upcoming book, Tales from The Heart of America, is a story about the scars we carry - the ones you can’t see - in a tale called Rub Some Dirt on It. 

CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/shrink-rap-049

All this and more on this episode of Love in America.

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Links:

Song Lovity Love by Something Underground;   

Shelah Erickson, from ResearchPsychiatricCenter.com, Psychiatric Nurse Shows Humanity, Humor On and Off the Stage (https://tinyurl.com/ShelahErickson);

Jim LaPierre:

From YouTube.com, Love In America Channel: Jim LaPierre - Billy’s Story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lFcS0AECk&t=3s);

Kelsey and Kayte Grammer:

From ABCNews.go.com: Kelsey Grammer's New Wife Kayte Walsh 'Not Proud' of How Couple's Relationship Began (https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/kelsey-grammers-wife-kayte-walsh-proud-couples-relationship/story?id=17092824);

From DailyMail.co.uk: The Virgin air stewardess who saved Frasier from his sexless marriage to a bunny girl (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3074944/How-Kelsey-Grammer-s-fourth-wife-brought-cosy-domesticity.html)

From People.com: Cover Story, Cheers and Tears (https://people.com/archive/cover-story-cheers-and-tears-vol-40-no-1/);

FromWikipedia.org, Kelsey Grammer  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer);

From YouTube.com:

Marianna Machova Channel: Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQx-H2av1PM)

Anderson Channel: Kelsey on Being in Love  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4H0OQAcXP8);

The Meredith Vieira Show Channel:

This week: Teacher Love! Love in History is a Little Love on the Prairie - the love story of Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder. On the Road begins with “two educators walk into a tapas bar”, the tale of a mixed-race educator couple in Atlanta, Georgia. Lovin SoDak is all about one SD school’s answer to fundraising: Eagles… with ukuleles! And, our narrative from Tales from The Heart of America is a story about the school of life teaching us what we really need to know, a tale called Be Cool.  

CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/learning-to-love-048

All this and more on this episode of Love in America.

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Links:

Song Lovity Love by Something Underground;   

Eagles and Ukuleles:  

From USNews.com, Unusual Donors Help South Dakota School Purchase Ukuleles, (https://tinyurl.com/SDukuleles); 

Other Unique Fundraising Ideas:

From TakePart.com, Nobody Wants Another Bake Sale: Texas PTA’s Funny Letter Goes Viral, (https://tinyurl.com/TXPTALetter); 

Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder:

From Amazon.com: Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill (https://tinyurl.com/LauraAutoBio);  

From the State Historic Society of Missouri, Laura Ingalls Wilder (https://shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/w/wilder/);

From Wikipedia:

Laura Ingalls Wilder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder);

Almanzo Wilder (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanzo_Wilder);

Rose Wilder Lane (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Wilder_Lane);

From YouTube, Solarer111 Channel, Der Fuehrer’s face (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn20oXFrxxg)

Lovin America website: https://www.LovinAmerica.us;

Lovin America YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-LovinAmerica

 

All about the love of dogs! He’s a Tramp, but they love him (especially his Lady) - Discover the story behind Lady and the Tramp, the greatest dog love story ever filmed! We take you with us On the Road to a countryside and chapel devoted to the love of dogs - Dog Mountain, Vermont. In Lovin SoDak, the fetching tale of River, a lost and found hunting dog. And, our narrative from Tales from The Heart of America is about love, loss and why innocence can still take a walk with experience in a tale called Puppy Love.

CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/dog-is-love-047

All this and more on this episode of Lovin America.

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Links:

Lead in song: Lovity Love by Something Underground;

River the Hunting Dog:

From the Capital Journal (capjournal.com), Couple adopts abandoned dog found by pheasant hunters near Aberdeen (https://tinyurl.com/yavowjl2)

From WideOpenSpaces.com, Abandoned dog rescued after retrieving pheasant for surprised hunter (https://tinyurl.com/RiverLost)

Lady and the Tramp:

From Reel History, Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, (http://norlinreelhistory.blogspot.com/2011/07/disneys-lady-and-tramp.html);

From Mental Floss, 14 Things You Might Not Know About Lady and the Tramp (http://mentalfloss.com/article/65054/14-things-you-might-not-know-about-lady-and-tramp);

From Mouse Planet, The Story of Lady and the Tramp, Part One (https://www.mouseplanet.com/10499/The_Story_of_Lady_and_the_Tramp_Part_One);

From YouTube, Solarer111 Channel, Der Fuehrer’s face (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn20oXFrxxg)

Lovin America website: https://www.LovinAmerica.us;

Lovin America YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-LovinAmerica

 

Love of, love in, and love as art - the colorful love story of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. (*) Sharon and Scott Jacobs. Lovin SoDak’s and Wayne Porter’s take on sculpture gardens - and that’s no bull. And, our Tales from The Heart of America original narrative reveals that like art, love is in the eye of the holder in a story called Love is Art.

CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/the-art-of-love-046

All this and more on this episode of Lovin America.

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Links:

Lead in song: Lovity Love by Something Underground;

Wayne Porter, Porter Sculpture Park, Montrose, SD (http://portersculpturepark.com/); 

Georgia O’Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz: 

From DesignSponge.com - Wild Love: Alfred Stieglitz & Georgia O’Keeffe, by Mary Kathryn Paynter (http://www.designsponge.com/2012/09/wild-love-alfred-stieglitz-georgia-okeeffe.html); 

From Harper’s Bazaar - Georgia O'Keeffe's Younger Man (https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a14033/georgia-okeeffe-0316/); 

From Mental Floss - 15 Things You Should Know About Georgia O’Keeffe, by Kristy Punchko (http://mentalfloss.com/article/63175/15-things-you-should-know-about-georgia-okeeffe); 

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/timeline/); 

From Wikipedia: 

Georgia O’Keeffe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe); 

Alfred Stieglitz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz); 

From Amazon.com - My Faraway One: Selected Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: Volume One, 1915-1933, by Sarah Greenough (https://goo.gl/txR1Yo);  

Lovin America website: https://www.LovinAmerica.us; 

Lovin America YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-LovinAmerica 

Love is in the stars this week with one small step for a man and one giant leap for love - the story of astronaut John Glenn and his remarkable wife, Annie. From tractor puller to celestial being, On the Road with Kathy at the North Stonington Ag Fair in Connecticut.  Lovin SoDak - where stars don’t only come out at night, they come out all day. And, our Tales from The Heart of America original narrative reveals that our years are stars, our lives a constellation - a story called Goodbye Orion.

CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/in-the-stars-045

All this and more on this episode of Lovin America.

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Links:

Lead in song: Lovity Love by Something Underground;

Night Sky Program, Badlands National Park (https://www.nps.gov/badl/planyourvisit/night-sky-program.htm); 

Within the Stars in South Dakota: 

Astronaut Charles D. “Sam” Gemar - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Gemar); 

Astronaut Michael Fossum - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Fossum); 

Actress Mamie Van Doren - imdb.com (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886638/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm0); 

Radio Voice Personality Gary Owens - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Owens); 

Annie and John Glenn:  

From MyHero.com - Annie Glenn, by John Glenn (https://myhero.com/Annie_Glenn_bk06); 

From The Washington Post - Annie Glenn: ‘When I called John, he cried. People just couldn’t believe that I could really talk.’ (https://goo.gl/DhY5DJ); 

From CNN.com: John Glenn's True Hero, by Bob Greene (https://www.cnn.com/2012/02/19/opinion/greene-john-annie-glenn/index.html); 

From The Columbus Dispatch: Glenn, Wife Continue Long Journey Together (https://tinyurl.com/GlennColumbusDispatch); 

Lovin America website: https://www.LovinAmerica.us; 

Lovin America YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/YouTube-LovinAmerica

 

An episode all about tough gals! On the Road stays close to home with two powerful women in one - and woe to them who stand in the way of either - Deadwood’s own Calamity Jane, actress Jena Sierks; In Lovin History, you’ll be glad we had this time together - a love story with life and comedienne Carol Burnett; Lovin SoDak is a slew of ladies showing their, er, grit in Deadwood!; and our original Tale from The Heart of America is a narrative of a woman who’s strength turned struggle into kindness, called: Karma Margo.

CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/tough-as-painted-nails-044

All this and more on this episode of Lovin America.

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Links:

Lead in song: Lovity Love by Something Underground

Strong Women of Deadwood

The Madams:

Mollie Johnson a/k/a Queen of the Blondes  (http://www.deadwoodmagazine.com/archivedsite/Archives/Girls_Mollie2.htm); 

Dora DuFran (https://sites.google.com/site/samanthapattersonamh/marriage-among-prostitutes/madam-dora-dufran); 

Kitty LeRoy (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134214586/kitty-leroy)

Eleanore Dumont a/k/a Madame Mustachio (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-eleanoredumont/2/); 

Poker Alice Tubbs (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-pokeralice/); 

Lucretia “Aunt Lou” Marchbanks (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/sd-auntlou/); 

Calamity Jane, Jena Sierks, and Deadwood Alive (https://www.deadwoodalive.com/about-us.html); 

From ABCNews online, Humor Helps Carol Burnett Cope (https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=123891&page=1); 

From the NY Times, A Touch for Funny Bones and Earlobes (https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/books/31burnett.html); 

From Earn the Necklace, Who Is Carol Burnett’s Husband? Interesting Facts to Know about Brian Miller (https://www.earnthenecklace.com/carol-burnett-husband-brian-miller-wiki-age-facts/); 

From Mental Floss, 16 Fun Facts About The Carol ...

This episode, Lovin’ the tough guys! Real men love Teddy Bears and so do ladies - the love story of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt; On the Road, discover the real-life tale of a tough guy “recalled to life” by the love of his children; Lovin SoDak the story of Hugh Glass, a man too tough to die; Our original Tale from The Heart of America is a narrative exploring what it means to be a real man, called: A Man’s World.

CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/tough-love-043

All this and more on this episode of Lovin America.

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Links:

Lead in song: Lovity Love by Something Underground

Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee… and Edith Carow:

From the Theodore Roosevelt Association:

The Family Man (https://goo.gl/9GUSrF); 

The Works, Letters and Papers of Theodore Roosevelt  (http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/site/c.elKSIdOWIiJ8H/b.9297503/k.E8AB/The_Works_Letters_and_Papers_of_Theodore_Roosevelt.htm); 

From Wikipedia: 

Theodore Roosevelt  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt); 

Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Hathaway_Lee_Roosevelt); 

Edith Roosevelt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Roosevelt); 

From WhiteHouse.gov: Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (https://goo.gl/m2Bs26); 

From HistorysWomen.com: Edith Carow Roosevelt  (http://www.historyswomen.com/1stWomen/edithroosevelt.htm); 

From Feather Schwartz Foster Presidential Historian: Edith Roosevelt: Raising Eagles (https://featherfoster.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/edith-roosevelt-raising-eagles/); 

From the ConstitutionCenter.org: 10 little-known facts about President Theodore Roosevelt  (https://goo.gl/rGCZZx); 

From the New England Historical Society, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Who Did Everything for the Happiness of Others  (http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/flashback-photo-edith-kermit-carow-roosevelt-everything-happiness-others/); 

From FindAGrave.com, Edith Roosevelt’s headstone   (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5995/edith-kermit-roosevelt); 

From Amazon.com:

Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady, by Sylvia Jukes Morris (https://goo.gl/DALqeo); 

The Roosevelt family of Sagamore Hill, by Hermann Hagedorn (https://goo.gl/gPtNwz); 

Lovin America website: https://www.LovinAmerica.us; 

Lovin America YouTube Channel: