Dust Bowl

(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.)   ·  Tall Tales  · My Grandpa Clarence used to talk about the fertile farmland in western Kansas before the drought, grasshoppers, jack rabbits, and dust storms ravaged the country. He said he and the family had some extremely productive years for over a decade before "The Crash." When our family visited, just in case I doubted him, he would dig out his photographs and hand them to me as positive proof. … [Read more...] about Stretching the Truth: Tall Tales