Column: My Family's Hometown Was Destroyed by a Tornado But For Many It Had Already Been Lost - a podcast by time.com

from 2021-12-16T07:17:11

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I’m reminded of Mayfield, Kentucky every day by a poster that hangs in my living room. I found it in my grandfather’s garage after he died and I had it framed. It depicts a young boy in overalls, his feet bare and dirty, a shaggy dog at his side, both of them looking up in wonder as an airplane passes over a patchwork of farms below.