I didn’t live in NYC in 2001, so it didn’t occur to me that I could have seen the World Trade Towers from my apartment until I saw these spotlights last year from my bedroom window.
In the Midwest, we see 9/11 as a large scale event. We’re compassionate, but we still it through the lens [...]
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I used to listen to The Eagles often. Good news! When I was living in New York, I occasionally watched Cardinals games with a group of New York-based St. Louisans. On one particular occassion, I brought a friend along who was a Staten Island, NY native. A journalist with a passion for local cultures and cuisines, he asked the St. Louis crew what foods we felt [...] Having not read the news over the last two weeks, I caught up a bit tonight. First, my prayers are going out to the families the three Pittsburgh police officers killed this week. I lived in Pittsburgh for two years, and I loved it there. I was so sad to hear this story. Coming a bit closer [...] What’s become of my bumbling little country bumpkin of a home state, Missouri. And don’t get me started on the national bicycle race coming through town. We never [...] Part One: Missouri is so nice, and people here are so nice. It’s all so…NICE. Where’s the grit? Where’s the texture? Where’s the edge? Oh, that’s right. It’s Missouri. It’s not gritty or textured or edgy. It’s nice. Photo by smalltowngirl Thank God for blogging, FB, and Twitter…And thanks to my NY friends who are following my blogs, [...] Photos and Cupcakes by Smalltowngirl Happy Thursday night! I’ll bet you wish you were at my house right about now… These cupcakes are chocolate and peanut butter with homemade milk chocolate icing, topped with Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips. (They’re really as good as they look.) *** I spent my morning in downtown Farmington, Missouri. What a delight to walk down brick [...] I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the number of people who have been popping in to read this small town girl’s perspectives on the move from NYC back to small town Missouri. |
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