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Post by diane on May 26, 2009 16:02:14 GMT -6
Next Saturday Gary from "The Midnight Palace" is interviewing
Doris Eaton. He usually posts his interviews on the site. It should
be extremely interesting. I hope it is alright to mention it here.
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Post by Midge on May 26, 2009 16:38:52 GMT -6
Thanks, Diane. I'm sure it's quite all right. Gary used to be a member of the Diner, but I don't think he posts here any more.
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Post by Hedvig on May 27, 2009 8:08:42 GMT -6
What incredible stories she must have. It'll be interesting to read that article!
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Post by diane on Jun 3, 2009 16:12:22 GMT -6
I have just read the interview and I can't believe her fantastic memory. She vividly tells the
story of how she became a Ziegfeld girl at 14!!!! She first became Ann Pennington's understudy
and progressed from there. It made me start thinking of how memory works - I can remember
little events from childhood, going with my mother to be enrolled at school and crying on my first
day etc but if I was asked to describe in detail different events in my life I would be able to do it!!!
Doris Eaton also went to college when she was 88 and studied to get her degree, she said she
felt quite inferior about her lack of formal education, she said her husband really encourage her.
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Jun 3, 2009 20:09:35 GMT -6
Doris Eaton also went to college when she was 88 and studied to get her degree ... I think that is quite admirable! :thumbsup: |
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Post by Hedvig on Jun 6, 2009 15:34:52 GMT -6
Long term memory is one of those things that can improve with age, can't it? Or is that just a legend? My paternal grandparents who live in the US came to visit us a few weeks ago. They are both 80+ years old. Now they keep remembering what Sweden was like when they were young, and comparing it to what it's like now. They keep trying to find patterns, things to hold on to. They didn't do that before. I think their images of how things used to be are sharpening, as they are becoming more and more confused with today's world (well you don't have to be old to be that!).
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Post by diane on Jun 6, 2009 16:07:01 GMT -6
Thanks hedvig - there is hope for me yet!!!
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Post by Hedvig on Jun 7, 2009 3:44:05 GMT -6
Oh dear I didn't mean that to be a comment on you, just on Doris Eaton and her capacity to remember the events of nearly a century ago! It's a very long time and it's amazing that she can recall it.
I can remember things clearly from when I was between 4 and 6, when I lived in England, but ask me to talk about my years in Sweden since then and it all just floats together in my mind - very recent history. I think it's because when you're very small, everything is so new that it sticks in your mind. I also have a disconcerting habit of remembering everything that made me sad when I was little, that sort of thing evidently impresses me.
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