My Grandma's Diaries

Summer is over and it's back in the fields for the Hartsell's ... it's cotton season. School starts up again and Elisabeth finally has a chance to go. Dad is still out of work and tensions are beginni...

25 Jul 20231h 18min

The cotton is growing in the fields and Elisabeth is making time for friends and BOYS, of course. The farmers are grumbling about their troubles and the BIG election is getting closer, but Elisabeth k...

18 Jul 20231h 21min

July 8th, 1932 will mark the day that the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point in the Great Depression. Elisabeth and her family are feeling the effects of it.  Times couldn't be hard...

11 Jul 20231h 5min

It's the summer of 1932 and Elisabeth Hartsell and her family have moved to Steprock, Arkansas to work on the Hartsell family farm. She and her sisters have to live in a tent and work every day pickin...

27 Jun 20231h

Hey, guess what guys!!!! Liz is on a trip of a lifetime to Paris, France with her oldest daughter and since she wasn't here to record a podcast this week we thought we would give you guys a glimpse of...

20 Jun 202344min

It's 1932, Elisabeth's father has had no luck finding a job and her maternal grandparent's generosity has run out. So, the family is packed up and headed to the Hartsell farmstead in Step Rock, Arkans...

13 Jun 20231h 10min

Welcome to Episode SIX!  Elisabeth and her family are settling comfortably into life in Belle, Missouri. They are living with her maternal grandparents while Dad desperately looks for work. We meet a ...

30 Mai 202359min

In episode FIVE, Gussie has left Elizabeth for a Highway Girl and she has a lot of thoughts about that. What's a highway girl? Let's find out. Meanwhile, Dad's out looking for work and not having any ...

30 Mai 202332min