Emily T Gail Talk Story

Emily T Gail Talk Story

Emily talks story with guests about sports, recreation, and community with a focus on life in Hawaii and saying nice things about her hometown Detroit, a movement she started with her partner Herb aka POOH  back in the 1970's from her retail store Emily's Across the Street where they created the well known " Emily Detroit Run", the first footrace ever held in the streets of Detroit.

  1. Jun 28

    Emily T Gail ... Unpacking my stories.

    I thought I was packing up my life. Instead, I've been rediscovering it. I didn’t plan to share this recording when I started it. More of my journal I usually do with Voice Memo..The other day I opened my podcast microphone for the first time in a long while. I was simply testing a new recording feature on Podomatic where I keep lot of my shows from when I had Emily T Gail Show on the ESPNHawaii affailiate over 10 years ago. Since then I have created some shows however lately have had a strong sense that I have some stories I would enjoy sharing. .So when I saw podomatic had a recorder I could use and then publish right away whatever I recorded I thought I am going to try this out. Wow. 10 years ago I had to go throught a lot of steps to record a show and publish.  So I turned it on ... and just started saying what was on my mind. And I am enthused about where I think it might take me in sharing a lot of stories I have never shared about living in Detroit and living in Hawaii. Anyway .... just started talking and it felt good.  No outline. No script. No intention of publishing it.Then I listened back.What I heard was me…thinking out loud. Wandering between the past and the present, Detroit and Hawaiʻi, memories and what’s next. Pretty much how I have always done my broadcasting. Learn what I can about the technology enough to keep encouraged about sharing.So here it is. Consider this a step in my in “Unpacking My Stories”  as I continue to pack up in ways I had not imagined. I am enthused. And I am pleased to say I am getting more comfortable with asking people to support my journey by saying nice things or buy me a cup of coffee or ice cream at the link in my bio.  Thank you.

    Emily T Gail ... Unpacking my stories.
  2. 05/05/2024

    2016 Emily T Gail gets warm welcome from Marsha Music at her Just Say Hi poem sharing at Urban Consulate June 2016

    Marsha Music  recites her poem Just Say Hi and has plenty to share about her words ... it was the first time I had met Marsha. I attended my first Detroit Urban Consulate Parlor Talk in June 2016 to hear Marsha Music. I was going to be giving a Parlor Talk the following week and felt this would be an opportunity for me to meet Marsha Music as  I have enjoyed seeing and hearing her virtually . I also wanted to get a feel for the setting at the Urban Consulate in preparing for my own Parlor Talk the next week.I was overcome with a sense of joy, melancholy, gratitude, optimism, reality, and so many emotions all wrapped up in my response to what Marsha shared ... perhaps most of all the unexpected warm and heartfelt welcome she gave me when she saw I was  there to hear her speak. I did not know Marsha personally and had no idea she knew me.  I knew that night when Marsha spoke to me from her heart I was home. I was at the right place at the right time with the right person coming into my life.  Marsha's words when talking story, her message in her poems she read, her personality, her brutal yet graceful honesty about so many issues that do linger in my subconscious, her warmth for all that were in attendance, her generosity in acknowledging others made it a very special evening. I did not record all of the talk but here is some of what I got and I hope you find listening as worthwhile as I did and do each time I listen when sharing it with others. I have since read so much more of Marsha 's work. I've had a long conversation by phone the day after her talk that I treasure as she has so much wisdom to share. I was so pleased Marsha attended my parlor talk and shared her heart and so grateful to know Marsha.  I was certain Marsha should be reciting her poem at Detroit Homecoming and told her I was going to make that a goal of mine. It was a blessing that when I was able to introduce Colleen Robar, who produces Detroit Homecoming at an event I created at Detroit Foundation Hotel an instant friendship and mutual respect  between the two evolved and Marsha did in fact present her poem at the closing of Detroit Homecoming in 2017 and so many meaninfgful friendships have evolved from bringing us all together. We have spent a lot of time together in person and on the phone and in spirit.  I have loved how we have weaved our support for one another and others too into some wonderful thoughtful friendships with new friends and people from our past.  Can't begin to express how much I have learned about the Detroit I thought I knew from what Marsha shares.

    2016 Emily T Gail gets warm welcome from Marsha Music at her  Just Say Hi poem sharing at Urban Consulate June 2016
  3. 06/21/2023

    Emily Talks Story w Susy Ruddle about her having had the opportunity to be HIHS President for 10 years.. The successes. And the HIHS Putts for Paws Golf Tournament Sat. July 1 Mauna Lani North Course

    I called Susy Ruddle this morning spur of moment and taped an informal conversation which I am turning into a Emily T Gail Talk Story episode. I wanted to get an update on the HIHS  and also have chance to mention how helpful Dr. Beth was to me when my cat Pono Boy was diagnosed as diabetic and I had no clue what to do. What I interesting and encouraging conversation we had about what the new HIHS facility in Kona. I've been there. It's fantastic and Susy does shares what they have been able to do for pet owners and those who want to spend a day with a pet or foster. It's a good conversation. Hope you listen.  That is Susy's husband Francis Ruddle with her in the picture. I have known Francis and Susy for years and whenever I see them I am reminded how blessed I am that I have been on the Big Island of Hawaii for so many years. 35+ years.  Also coming up Saturday July 1 is the  Hawaii Island Humane Society Putts for Paws Golf Tournament at Mauna Lani Golf North Course..  Help raise funds for the HIHS and enjoy the award banquet at the beautiful Fairmont Orchid, complete with a gourmet lunch. and even meet some adoptable dogs on the golf course. HIHS gets no government funding. All grants and private donations.     Susy Ruddle and friends and CEO of HIHS Lauren Nickerson want you to  know it is a 4-person scramble format so that means that everyone can have fun .... regardless of your skill level.. And it is the purrfect opportunity to combine your love of the game and your love of animals.  To contribute a prize for the players or be a sponsor email Lauren@hihs.org. hihs.org to register or donate for the tournament at Mauna Lani.

    Emily Talks Story w Susy Ruddle about her having had  the opportunity to be HIHS President for 10 years.. The successes. And the HIHS Putts for Paws Golf Tournament Sat. July 1 Mauna Lani North Course
  4. 01/08/2023

    Emily T Gail with Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on Big Island of Hawaii

    Emily T Gail with Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager PGA TOUR Champions Mitsubishi  Electric Championship at Hualalai  Thursday, January 19-Sunday January 21 . Kelly gives an update of the season opening event here on the  Big Island of Hawaii at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai for the PGA TOUR Champions MEC. 42 players are eligible for the 3 day tournament with a 2 million dollar purse. Miquel Angel Jimenez defends. Can buy tickets at the gate $25 daily, $45 week. 16 years and under complimentary when accompanied with adult as retired military and active are as well.    Some of the beneficiaries of monies raised are the Rotary Club of Kona who from year one has organized the volunteers and in turn funds go into the Rotary Club of Kona Community Foundation.   Also the Daniel Sayre Foundation who have raised so much money and procured equipment and training for our County of Hawaii Fire and Rescue Team. MEC sponsors the Big Island Junior Golf which has provided a local active organization to prepare junior golfers for the many opportunities with the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association where so many find college scholarship opportunities. Added this year is the Pua Ka 'Ilima 'O Kawaihae Cultural Surf Park Inc dedicated to develop and protect the area of 1.4 acres of coastline at the Kawaihae Breakwater. The  PGA TOUR raises more money for non profits and charities than all the major league sports organization who also raise lots of monies.

    Emily T Gail with Kelly Fliear, Tournament Manager Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on Big Island of Hawaii

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Emily talks story with guests about sports, recreation, and community with a focus on life in Hawaii and saying nice things about her hometown Detroit, a movement she started with her partner Herb aka POOH  back in the 1970's from her retail store Emily's Across the Street where they created the well known " Emily Detroit Run", the first footrace ever held in the streets of Detroit.