Author: hylanmclaughlin

Ok, so I try not to bring my politics into the open too often and I feel pretty good about keeping things private, but this is one with which I…

The last picture is what was wasted… or actually what I will throw back into the woods near my apartment complex. Because this is untreated Cedar, there is NO HARM…

March is “Women’s History Month.” I always find it strange when “someone” or some “entity” tells me I should celebrate some person or group of people for a day or…

I have been searching the entirety of my years for an artistic project to “balance” my life. I have finally found it. As I have mentioned publicly many times, I…

This has been a heavy week for me. I was told that one of my high school classmates ended his life this past week. I did not keep in touch…

I don't know why I thought these words... I think it is because some of the students I used to work with now carry guns... and I feel like they…

I am pretty sure we have all seen the headline, "The Taliban leaders warn Afghan women to stay inside because the Taliban fighters are 'not trained to respect women'." I…

A young boy I know wanted to fight another boy, a few years older than himself, earlier this week. I know both of these young men pretty well, but what…