Tall tales time; s’mores optional
Storytelling in the long winter nights has been a hot ticket since Paleolithic times. National Public Radio’s raconteur series “Living on Earth†continues the tradition, with a lively mix of Earth news, interviews, stories and commentaries about a broad range of environmental issues.
On last week’s show, writer Judy Blunt read from “Breaking Clean,†a tale of isolation, work and weather in remote Montana, regaling listeners with spare, moving stories of schoolhouse dances, runaway mares and tough rancher fathers demanding their young children “make a hand†at farm chores. Jake Halpern investigated settlers’ roots forged at the bizarre Alaskan high-rise “city†of Whittier, where “everybody’s running from something.†South Africa’s Lyall Watson read tales from his book “Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephants,†recounting his unfettered boyhood vacations spent foraging on Cape Town’s wild beaches.
Tuck in, tune in and enjoy late-night radio storytelling at its best.
-- Susan Dworski
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