I remember being five years old and realizing that it was already New Years again and saying “Wow! This year went by really fast!”. Oh, silly five year old me. You are silly. Now it’s like a blink and a year goes by. I’m still trying to figure out how my nieces are those full-grown girls up there and my… Read more →
Category: The Not-So-Trivial
Blogging It Out.
I literally just had a pep-talk with myself that ended with “C’mon Morgan, blog it out.” No, seriously. In case my radio-silence-followed-by-jealousy-post didn’t tip you off, I am having a week (or two) and while I stared aimlessly at my computer monitor trying to will myself to work, I imagined myself typing HARD a’la Kevin Bacon in footloose, jump starting… Read more →
Under Pressure
Sometimes I feel like I need to take my brain out, soak it in bleach for a while while the rest of me gets a massage and then put it back in. Then, and ONLY THEN will I feel completely refreshed. I guess it would help to do that with my To-Do list as well. Oh look. Another To-Do. I… Read more →
The More You Know…
Have you heard the rumblings about Prop 37? It’s a California ballot initiative that aims to require nearly all food sold in California containing genetically modified ingredients to be labeled accordingly. If passed, it would likely roll out to the entire nation. I’m digging in to the how and why (or why not?) on Babble with my friend Leah from… Read more →
Never Forget.
{photo by Sara Moe} I was twenty years old and sleeping about a mile uptown when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Life changed in an instant. When Osama Bin Laden was killed, I found this letter I’d written to my Rabbi after a day of horror. Hi Rabbi Brown: It’s good to hear that the Temple will… Read more →
Freak You In Your Snooter, Body Image.
{I’m trying to clean up the sailor-mouth, okay?} {Play the song. It’s good for a laugh, and if you were a teenager in the 90s you might remember it.} I just stretched my arms as far as I could above my head and let out a loud sigh. No, more like an AHHHHHHHHHH. Because exasperated is the word to describe… Read more →
Things and Things and Stuff
Sometimes, especially in the summer when the internet traffic slows down, having a blog becomes a real off-line experience. The people I get to meet, and the weird stuff I get to do as a result of you lovely friends and lurkers visiting me here on a regular basis is really something I don’t thank you all enough for. REALLY.… Read more →
Must Love Dogs
Seven years ago, when Scott came home from the restaurant he managed and told me he was going to start a dog walking business, I was not super psyched. But as it turned out, this was no ordinary dog walking business. Scott and his partner Jesse had big plans, and they got to work FAST on putting those plans into… Read more →
Could Mermaids Really Be Part Of Our World?
{via Animal Planet} It was billed as a documentary. I caught wind of it on Twitter and immediately set my TIVO (or, y’know, the crappy cable company loaner I call a TIVO — whatever). We put the kiddo to bed, and settled in to watch the two hour Charlie Foley piece Mermaids: The Body Found. I actually started it while… Read more →
I’m a F*cking Fraud.
All day, every day, I’m pretty much waiting for someone to figure out how unqualified I am at life. Each small success terrifies me because I’m certain that this time, THIS TIME? The gig will be up and the person on the other end of each opportunity will finally figure out that I have no business writing/editing/momming/being a grown up/generally… Read more →