Surviving the Great Depression

I was born at the beginning of the Great Depression and survived it.

I often write about how I had a good childhood in Palouse where I was born and went to school.

I was the fifth of five in our family, four boys and one girl.

My next youngest was my brother Bob, who was nearly five years older than me.

They were all born in Minneapolis.

Our house had a partial basement, with a dirt floor. My Dad...