Boomers on Trial

I’m an old woman, and I don’t feel safe

Photo by Caspian Dahlström on Unsplash

I can’t remember exactly when I first heard about the Salem witch trials. It was when I was in elementary school; I’m not sure which grade, and they barely got a mention in my social studies class. Our teacher, mindful of our tender youth, spared us many of the gory details; still, I can recall my horror at learning that innocent people were jailed, brought to trial…