The Beautiful Party

The first season, or at least the first batch of episodes, of The Beautiful Party will focus on the children of Donald and Katherine Still and for the very first episode, we have their youngest child, Theresa. The seventh of seven children, she and I (grandson of Donald and Katherine) are actually closer in age than she is with her two oldest siblings so it's seemed fun to start with her and work our way up through the birth order.

It was fun to hear about her early memories of home made dresses and riding on her daddy's foot as he lumbered through the old house on Fairway Drive.

And if anyone listening received a hand-me-down that was one the dresses her mom made for her as a child, let us know. 

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 [email protected] and we'll add it to the records!

It's been about a month since I sent the original pilot episode out to Donald and Katherine Still's children to gauge their interest in telling stories about growing up with their parents. Happily, they were all very interested in the idea and Theresa, Jerry, Cecilia, Billy, and Andrew all jumped in with gusto. 

The first episodes with each of them have been recorded and I'm working through the editing process now. I'll release the episodes as they are completed.

It's been so much fun so far and I hope everyone is pleased with the outcome.

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 [email protected] and we'll add it to the records!

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 [email protected] and we'll add it to the records!