Wil Haslup

Return of the Night Owl

Men had landed on the moon in July of 1969, but my days that year had mostly been about packing and getting ready for school in September. Moving meant leaving what was familiar. The end of August was only about my entire personal reality changing. When you are nine years old, moving from the only house you have ever lived in is all-encompassing, and even men on the moon didn't seem like more than a small detail of my life.