PBS has shown a wonderful documentary, ‘The Dust Bowl’, by
that master of documentaries, Ken Burns. I thought I knew at least a bit about that
era in our history, the 1930’s, and found out I didn’t know much of anything
concerning what happened back then and what people endured.
It would be presumptuous for me to try to describe this work, but I
do urge anyone who hears about it to find it on their local PBS station and see
it. Because not only is it an amazing
story, it is terrifyingly topical in view of the horrific drought affecting our
country right now. If we ever again face anything
remotely similar to the dust bowl, I hope we are as brave and tough as they
were back then.
Here is a quote to share from a letter by Caroline
Henderson, whose story is one of several told in the film. She must have been an extraordinary
individual and I collected these words from the program:
“To prepare the ground as well we
may, to sow our seeds, to cultivate and care for, that is our part. Yet how difficult it is for some of us to
learn that the results we must leave to the great silent unseen forces of
nature, whether the crop be corn or character.”
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