By Dan Haag Another blood-spattered street. Another incredulous family member claiming “we never saw this coming.” Another impromptu memorial fence filling up with stuffed animals, candles and balloons. It’s all too familiar,…
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The Littoral Life: We’ll Always Have Summerland Key
By Dan Haag “I’m moving to the Florida Keys,” I said out of nowhere. My roommate shrugged and turned up the volume on the television. “Leave me the rent,” he said. Not…
The Littoral Life: Summer, Bloody Summer
By Dan Haag Labor Day marks the symbolic end of the summer season as children head back to school. It’s a mixed bag of emotions for kids as they reflect on the…
The Littoral Life: Living in a post eclipse-alyptic world
By Dan Haag Just like that, it was over. The Great Eclipse of 2017 came and went like gifts under the Christmas tree: months of anxious build-up and fevered anticipation, followed by…
The Littoral Life: Say Anything
By Dan Haag I was born and raised in the heart of the Midwest, a small town combining the musings of Garrison Kellior and the paintings of Norman Rockwell: Boy Scouts, parades,…