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Tessa Heinemann & Marjorie Manwaring

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Tessa Heinemann loves digging up history. On an archaeological dig in the old gold-mining town, Virginia City, MT, she discovered 150-year-old remnants of toys, jewelry, and medicine bottles. "I find it incredibly rewarding to transform the experience of casual tourists. They hold artifacts in their hands and begin to imagine the bustling streets of a real community."

In MarjorieManwaring's poem, "Treasure," a single object evokes layers of history and memory:

"Rub away the rust and the muck?

What you hope for - not treasure in a padlocked box

But another unlocking:

Rush of strawberry air, hint of hay

That years ago kept  you awake;

climbing down the ladder, over the gate..."

(Broadcast: "Reflections West," 11/05/14. Listen Wednesdays, 3:54 p.m.)

Beth Anne Austein has been spinning tunes on the air (The Folk Show, Dancing With Tradition, Freeforms), as well as recording, editing and mixing audio for Montana Public Radio and Montana PBS, since the Clinton Administration. She’s jockeyed faders or "fixed it in post” for The Plant Detective; Listeners Bookstall; Fieldnotes; Musicians Spotlight; The Write Question; Storycorps; Selected Shorts; Bill Raoul’s music series; orchestral and chamber concerts; lecture series; news interviews; and outside producers’ programs about topics ranging from philosophy to ticks.
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