Looking Back… (kind of the Get-Outta-My-Yard-You-Damn-Kids version)

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ Leave a comment

While December 31, 2019 is not technically the end of the decade, it is the end of the 20teens, and despite my fussiness about calendar time (which is arbitrary anyway), I was still drawn to a question someone posted on Twitter a few weeks ago: “As we near the end of the decade, what is … Continue reading Looking Back… (kind of the Get-Outta-My-Yard-You-Damn-Kids version)

Remembering 9-11

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ Leave a comment

I wrote this column a week after the 9-11 attacks in 2001, when I worked for The Clarion News. Reading it again today, on the 18th anniversary, I vividly recall the fear, confusion, sadness, and anger almost everyone in this country felt that day. Some things you can never not feel or see no matter … Continue reading Remembering 9-11