HBO’s Best of the Local Blogs — 9/11/06

Family Phil writes: Instead of dwelling upon the sadness and horror of that day five years ago, I choose to remember the joy of having a new baby in the house. I took this picture of my daughter not long after September 11, 2001. May she grow up in a world that is safe and happy.

JBelle is one of 2998 bloggers who volunteered to commemorate one of the victims of 9/11. She introduces you to Judy H. Hernandez here .

* Katrina Swaim /Notes on a Napkin was already mourning a loss before the first plane hit the first tower five years ago here . Meanwhile, Granati /Orange Frog and his wife were in the hospital awaiting the birth of their first child here . And Toad remembers what he was doing when the planes hit here .

* Mari Meehan /Dogwalk Musings shares some thoughts about Hollyweird’s First Family of Dysfunctionality (Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie) here .

* Jim Meehan /Idaho Vandals breaks down the UI collapse against WSU at Martin Stadium after his conference call with Vandal football coach Dennis Erickson today here .

* Nicholas Casey /Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts recounts what he was doing each of the last five years on the anniversary of 9/11 here .

* CDADave /Thin Air has been introspective and a bit gloomy of late, thinking of individuals who were part of his life at one time here .

Justin Lamb, a Post Falls stock broker who served two stints in Iraq as an Army interrogator, caught the eye of his former teacher, Marianne Love, with a post on the Sandpoint High Web site re: where he was when he heard the news about 9/11. Definitely worth a read here .

Meanwhile, Frum Helen Back provides a link to a “Beautiful Planet” here , Greg tells us about the sports activities on tap in North Idaho this week here , Kristin encounters real boas on a grocery trip here , Marianne speaks of dirt roads, alfalfa ice cream and garbage transfer here , and Stebbijo sez goodbye to summer here .