A world no longer familiar When I try to recall the my life on 9/11, what comes are moments, feelings, a handful of lines, but somewhere a loose story that is pieced together by bursts of panic, what I think are my own memories washed with the images playing non-stop on the news, and a narrative that gets further away… Read more →
Author: Morgan
Amy Hunt: Speech Pathologist, Thrift Store Connoisseur, Romantic.
{Amy and I on the roof of our East Village Apartment, 9.11.2001 — M} At 8:45am on September 11th, 2001, I went to class. I woke up early that morning, before my alarm had gone off, presumably because the noise of the first airplane startled me awake. I watched as the second airplane hit the World Trade Center and the… Read more →
Dan Brown: Father, Author, Teacher
I witnessed 9/11 in New York at age twenty. A decade later, the experience feels remote. I’m now living in a different city, married to someone I didn’t know then, taking care of a daughter whom I certainly couldn’t have envisioned, and pursuing a career I hadn’t at that time considered. My account below reflects the surreal, shocked numbness that… Read more →
10 Years Later.
Me and the Towers, September 11th, 2001 On September 11th, 2001 I was a twenty year old college student living in New York. My Mom had departed NY for LA on a red-eye the previous evening, and at 11am I had my first internship interview at Miramax Films. I had my own apartment for the first time ever. I was… Read more →
Okay, I finally figured out what I wanted to say about Sister Wives.
Yes, I know that this show is completely five minutes ago, but I’m talking about it anyway. I am a jealous beast. I don’t remember being so damned envious as a kid – it’s not until Scott entered the scene when I was around 17 or so that I really realized just how viciously jealous I could be. Before that,… Read more →
Fall
I don’t know why I couldn’t wake up this first day of fall feeling chipper and raring to go. But I didn’t. I woke up feeling stupid and clumsy and shitty. I had a panic attack before breakfast. Yesterday, I went and put my big foot in my mouth on the internet. You can’t take that shit back. It’s… Read more →
Cool or Crazy? Plus John Legend & Sade in a Box.
Like, a super sweet suite box: Thanks to Jen and Barb of Mom Life for the invite. It’s rad when fellow working Moms recognize each other and treat each other to nice things. I really can’t thank Jen and Barb enough for this much needed break. But first, before spending an evening in a fancy-ass box at Staples Center drinking wine… Read more →
You Can Fly! You Can Fly!
Don’t judge me. And if you like helping babies, click HERE to help me win a donation of $5,000 to the Getty Owl Foundation. All it takes is a “like.” Here’s the thing: I know it’s annoying when sites force you to post to your Facebook wall to vote, but honestly? No one is going to unfriend you on… Read more →
The Elephant on the Blog
I’ve hesitated to write this post for like…ever. Mostly because I know that a lot of people are really sensitive about weight and weight loss as a topic in general, and with my penchant for self-deprecation of the fiercest nature, I’m sure to say something nasty about my own self and mortally offend someone else in the process. And I… Read more →
REI, Beach Cabanas, and NOT Glamping.
Me and Dee – August 2010 So when REI and BlogHer offered me the opportunity to go on a mini REI shopping spree in preparation for our family’s beach camp-out at the end of the summer, I jumped at the chance. The closest one is in the town of my youth (where my parents still live) so you know I… Read more →