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Jennifer talks about her love of the water.
"I’m a professor in the marine sciences."
Love of the Ocean, Massachusetts
"So whole families were engaged in raising the sheep, sheering the sheep, washing the wool, dyeing the wool, spinning it."
The Wheel Never Stops Turning
"The importance and prevalence of pottery in our Southern culture has molded a history full of clay and hard work."
Below the Pottery Line
"I can't imagine a world without butter."
A Butter Mold
How the Cole Single Hopper Plain View Planter Became Part of a Revolution
"We didn't have machines, we had horses and plows. We did everything by hand."
Planting Through History
Nancy Scott puts her hands in air.
"The most beautiful sight in the world to me is the reflection of the sun on water, how it ripples, how it’s constantly changing."
Water as a Source of Healing for PTSD, New York
Track & Field
"Even on the hardest days of practice, you always know that your team has your back."
Track & Field Teams Unite in Iowa
Carolyn sits and talks about her connect to water for the Women Mind the Water Project.
"Just me and my mom that would go down and stay there with them."
Summers in Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Anoushka talks about seaweed farming.
"I love the water and my connection to water."
Seaweed Farming in Connecticut
Molly talks about her dog.
"I’d never been in the bathtub with my dog."
The Dog Bath, Maine
Paige tells her story for the Women Mind the Water project.
"He kept calling us his good luck charms."
Catching Tuna with Dad, New Hampshire
A colorful photo of Robin, the storyteller, wearing glasses and a ponytail. Screenshot from video.
"Growing up, I was always really attracted to the water. "
A Childhood Fear of Water, Massachusetts

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