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Falling Dove Stories

by Paula Anderson

A podcast used to tell you my story, and a few others.

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Episodes

  1. Teko: Eulogy for a Pony

    A eulogy written for a pony by Melissa Michael, my aunt. Edited and read by me, Paula Anderson.

  2. Reading Eloise's Journal September through December of 1984

    This is the end of 1984, and my mom's first journal. She is spinning weaving wool, tooling leather and tanning hides and beading.

  3. Reading Eloise's Journal August 1984

    Eloise's dad died.

  4. Reading Eloise's Journal June and July of 1984

    Eloise is working many odd jobs to stay afloat, but having a good summer.

  5. Reading Eloise's Journal May 1984

    Eloise finds herself in the middle of some violence in the workplace.

  6. Reading Eloise's Journal April 1984

    Sucker fish and yardwork, Zella Davis and her garden, and all of the places inbetween.

  7. Odin My Cat

    Having a cat has improved my life in several ways, let me tell you how.

  8. A sermon: Black Lives Matter in the Bible

    I'm not a Christian anymore so it's a bit unusual for me to pray all night and write a sermon, but if God can speak through a donkey speaking through me should be easy.

  9. Reading Eloise's Journal, March 1984

    Eloise has a birthday, she works on saddles, tries to make herself a nice belt, and complains about the rain.

  10. Reading Eloise's Journal, February 1984

    Eloise has her Navajo loom set up, and she's worked on a rough out saddle.

  11. Reading Eloise's Journal, January 1984

    Eloise is very depressed, she has a friend who is good company but is a bad influence, and she is doing odd projects to make money.

  12. Reading Eloise's Journal, December 1983

    Eloise is beading, going to the Ronan Christmas drawings, going to Paula's Christmas play, and getting a better wood stove for her parents.

  13. Reading Eloise's Journal, November 1983

    Eloise makes popcorn balls, gets cheated by her sister on a calf deal, and goes to her parents 40th anniversary party.

  14. Reading Eloise's Journal, October 1983

    Eloise is putting in fence on some rough terrain, and shoeing horses, and dealing with having a sick kid.

  15. Reading Eloise's Journal, September 1983.

    Eloise is a crew boss of a fencing crew. Paula is hospitalized with a mysterious illness.

  16. Reading Eloise's Journal, August 1st, 1983

    Times are getting better, theres a work horse foal to train, a color tv, and a fairly good paying job.

  17. Reading Eloise's Journal, July 1st, 1983

    Eloise gets a new job as a crew boss fencing BLM and tribal land.

  18. Reading Eloise's Journal, June 1st, 1983

    Eloise works for Jay Johnson, she plays Yahtzee with Carol, is worried about a friend's lame horse, and releases some frogs into the irrigation ditches at her parent's ranch.

  19. Reading Eloise's Journal, May 1st, 1983

    School is over for the year. Eloise visits with her sisters and friends, tools saddles, makes bridles, and travels around visiting some of the interesting places on the reservation. Paula has a birthday party.

  20. Reading Eloise's Journal April 13th, 1983

    Relitives from Seattle visit. We went to Missoula. We have a cold, and we go fishing.

  21. Reading Eloise's Journal, April 6th, 1983

    Eloise looses her job and begins focusing on other projects, like fixing the disgusting couch.

  22. Reading Eloise's Journal, March 10th, 1983.

    It's Eloise's 31st birthday, she's milking cows, drying meat, dyeing eggs for Easter, and has a dog put down.

  23. Reading Eloise's Journal, March 1st, 1983

    Eloise is milking cows and visiting with neighbors and buying oats.

  24. Reading Eloise's Journal February 21st, 1983

    Eloise is milking cows and eating red apples, she's visiting with neighbors and looking into leasing some land from the tribe.

  25. *EXPLICIT CONTENT*Reading Eloise's Journal 2.21.83

    In this segment I talk about the sexual abuse I endured. This segment will darken your view of the rest of this season. If you want a lighter listening experience, I recommend that you skip this segment.

  26. Reading Eloise's Journal February 6th, 1983.

    My mom gets a job milking cows.

  27. Reading Eloise's Journal, January 21st, 1983

    My mom goes into a cafe to escape into a cup of coffee and some company, but walks in on an employee getting fired.

  28. Reading Eloise's Journal, January 1st, 1983.

    This episode introduces Buck, the saddle maker my mom tools leather for.

  29. Reading Eloise's Journal December 27th, 1982.

    This is the first few pages of my mom's journal and an explanation and additional information from me.

  30. Falling Dove Stories (Trailer)

  31. Eloise's Send Off

    My mom's memorial and ash spreading.

  32. Jazz

    A day of jazz under the St John's bridge.

  33. Hunting

    Stories of my mom's hunting adventures.

  34. The River and a Kayak

    This episode features two poems about kayaking in the Willamete Channel near Portland, Oregon.

  35. Sand in the Engines

    A story about my unit in Iraq.

  36. Radio Watch

    A story about sitting up at night watching the radio and writing letters home.

  37. Jiggi-Jiggi

    A day of guard duty on the Euphrates River.

  38. My Back Hurts

    A story about my trials in Iraq.

  39. One Night In Baghdad

    Lent with a truck to an artillery unit for a recovery mission 5 kilometers away, but end up driving all over Iraq.

  40. In the Grey Brush

    Three short stories about my mom, when she was a dairy milker.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast used to tell you my story, and a few others.

HOSTED BY

Paula Anderson

CATEGORIES

fiction

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A podcast used to tell you my story, and a few others.

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Falling Dove Stories is created and hosted by Paula Anderson.
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