At A Dark Year's End, Rationality And Hope Beckon Us

KSMU | By Marideth Sisco

Published December 4, 2020 at 6:56 AM CST

File photo credit: lmaresz

Pixabay, Used with permission

Credit File photo credit: lmaresz / Pixabay, Used with permission

Pixabay, Used with permission

In this episode of These Ozarks Hills, longtime storyteller Marideth Sisco reflects on how the human psyche deals with catastrophe, bringing in parallels between the 2020 pandemic a major earthquake that occurred decades earlier. Listen to the audio of this month's essay here.

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Marideth Sisco

Marideth is a Missouri storyteller, veteran journalist, teacher, author, musician and student of folklore focusing on stories relevant to Ozarks culture and history. Each month, she’s the voice behind "These Ozarks Hills.” Sisco spent 20 years as an investigative and environmental writer for the West Plains Quill and was well known for her gardening column, “Crosspatch,” on which her new book is based. Sisco was a music consultant and featured singer in the 2010 award-winning feature film “Winter's Bone.”

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