I miss them. I miss those glorious towers. I miss seeing the sun shine in between them. I miss seeing them glitter at night over a downtown neighborhood that closed after dark. I miss using them to guide me thru the streets of the city. It didn't matter where I was or what time of day it was, I could look up and be guided by it.

I miss the days I worked in NYC and came up out of Penn Station and saw the Twin Towers. Now that I think about it, I miss the days we called them the Twin Towers. To this day, my heart leaps when I see them in a movie or TV show. I no longer look at them with sadness. but with gratitude of having the experience of seeing them. They were a part of my life. It took a long time, and I am not closed off to the sadness of that day, but I am at a place where I just miss those towers.

I don't have much more to say. Once again, as it did a few years ago, this song comes to mind.
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43 comments (Latest Comment: 09/12/2013 01:07:23 by livingonli)

It's been months since the shooting in Sandy Hook. Since then we've had numerous other stories, the latest being the NSA, spying, and Syria. The "guns will keep you safe" nonsense is not as prevalent anymore because the push for common-sense gun control regulations has taken a back seat to other "priorities". But as each day passes, more people die from gunshots.
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60 comments (Latest Comment: 09/09/2013 23:14:01 by Will in Chicago)

Hi all.

Running late this am - I'm heading out for an LL Bean walk this morning, then on to a soccer game. Everybody play nice!

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1 comments (Latest Comment: 09/08/2013 02:09:25 by livingonli)

The conundrum that is Syria continues to confound. What is the proper action? Who should take it? What do terms like "military action" mean? What happens if the UN decides against military action? What if the House decides against it? These are difficult and troubling times. People have to think about Germany in the late 1930s and Rwanda and the Belgian Congo and decide when it's appropriate to intervene. Are a few deaths at the hands of the U.S. military okay if it means saving many thousands more? Are we the world's police? Should we be? Will intervention just make matters worse?
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54 comments (Latest Comment: 09/05/2013 23:33:45 by Will in Chicago)

Good Morning.

Today is our 42349th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,265
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,102

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 469, 372, 900, 000. 00

If you haven't visited the actual cost of war link in a while, I recommend that you do so today. They've revamped the website over Labor Day weekend, and there is far more information and some new features worth your time to check out.
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35 comments (Latest Comment: 09/04/2013 00:27:16 by wickedpam)