In 1925 my mom played piano on the stage for silent movies in Spokane.

[panader0]

No script, no score. She sat on the side and watched the movie
and improvised. She dated the mailman, a pilot who flew a bi-plane
into town (Cheney) with a mail sack. She later soloed in that plane. She said
it was the only time she saw her father cry. He was a professor of history
at Eastern Washington U. There's a building named for him there. Kingston Hall.

[fleabiscuit]

1. Uplifting. Thanks for sharing. nt

[KT2000]

2. that's great!

amazing about the piano - very talented woman.

[TuxedoKat]

3. Wow

There weren't many women pilots back then. What made her want to become a pilot? Curious because a friend of mine is in training to be a pilot and she is the only woman in her classes usually.

[Fla Dem]

4. Your Mom, what wonderful experiences to pass down to generations.

[applegrove]

5. What talent.

[Duppers]

6. Wow, wow, wow.

All this is amazing! You have an impressive, extraordinary family.



1925? My mother was born in 25 and she just died at the age of 93.

[panader0]

8. My mom was born in 1908 and I was born in 1950.

She was 42 and when I was 42 I watched my first child being born.
Not sure about her mom--she was an orphaned half Crow from Lodge Grass,
Montana sent to school in Cheney. She was much younger than my grandfather and after four children she had an affair and was banished. about 1912 I believe. No one knows what
happened to her.

[Duppers]

9. Your family is most interesting!

I had my first living child at age 40 (my daughter died only hrs after her birth, born with a severe diaphragmatic hernia).

My great-grandmother was a strong-willed Cherokee who made it to 92. She kept a portrait of a native American on her living room wall but it was never explained to me who the man was.

[Laffy Kat]

7. That is so cool.

Made me smile. Thanks for sharing.