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Sometimes I really hate living inside of me

Sometimes I really hate living inside of me. In addition to walking four miles each day, I’ve been working out at the gym. My reward? I pulled my back out on Saturday, innocently bending down to pick something off my kitchen floor. That’s punishment enough. But where my obsessive mind goes with these things is much, much worse. “Funk, I pulled my back out!” “I’m sorry darling.” “No Funk, it’s really bad this time. What if I slipped a disc?” “Gloria, you’re fine. That’s just your mind getting the best of you.” “How do you know Funk? For all you […]

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Sometimes I hate living inside of me!

Sometimes I really hate living inside of me. In addition to walking my four miles, I’ve been working out at the gym. My reward? I pulled my back out on Saturday, innocently bending down to pick something off my kitchen floor. That’s punishment enough. But where my obsessive mind goes with these things is much, much worse. “Funk, I pulled my back out!” “I’m sorry darling.” “No Funk, it’s really bad this time. What if I slipped a disc?” “Gloria, that’s just you’re mind getting the best of you.” “How do you know Funk? For all you know I can […]

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If you ever wondered why I call my husband Funk

If you ever wondered why I call my husband Funk, OR, the Hick from West Vagina, please join me on my new Facebook page. It’s less formal than this page, AND, this one has topped out with adding new friends. https://www.facebook.com/GloriaSquitiroAuthor/ The photo: Funk’s 1st campaign button, running as an unconventional, for-the-people-mayor. #BeNice! #SneakPeak #NeverTheRegularWay #C’monFunkMoveYourAss!

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Sneak Peak: C’mon Funk, Move Your Ass!

Sneak Peak: C’mon Funk, Move Your Ass! “I banged into the doublewide – balancing my bundles in my arms and my body over the buckled up carpet – and went straight to Dottie’s desk. She took the kennel from me, opened the wire door, and placed the scared-stiff puppy between her breasts, murmuring words of adoration in the dog’s ear the whole time. I didn’t know Dottie was as big a dog-nut as my kids are. I left her and the pup behind the reception desk and took my remaining packages to my office. There I had to set up […]

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Women are the civilizers of mankind

Ralph Waldo Emerson said that women are the civilizers of mankind. I believe this is true, yet women remain 2nd class in our country, as evidenced by the last presidential election. Why is that? My daughter’s childhood friend, Marilynne Meikenhous, answered that question so eloquently, “Feminism even includes support for the internally misogynistic women, it is inclusive of ALL women.” But the way I see it, the in-country fighting going on over the election is a good thing! Why? Because people have been apathetic regarding our government for so long, and at least they are becoming part of the conversation. […]

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Sneak Peak: C’mon Funk, Move Your Ass!

“I banged into the doublewide – balancing my bundles in my arms and my body over the buckled up carpet – and went straight to Dottie’s desk. She took the kennel from me, opened the wire door, and placed the scared-stiff puppy between her breasts, murmuring words of adoration in the dog’s ear the whole time. I didn’t know Dottie was as big a dog-nut as my kids are. I left her and the pup behind the reception desk and took my remaining packages to my office. There I had to set up a second home for the dog in […]

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To promote change

To promote change, one must do the agonizing deed of putting aside individual differences for the common ground, lest we remain stagnated. In the past few months, I have seen people become more active in conversations around what is best for our country as a whole, and how government can best help. That has been heartening. Where I have seen people argue, I try to remember it is because they feel powerless. That bogs us down. Let’s find our common ground, so that we may continue doing what we do best: evolve our culture and help us grow, together. #BeNice! […]

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To analyze the recent presidential election

To analyze the recent presidential election, I repeat the words of my daughter, Tara, circa 8 years old, somewhere along 1993. “Mama, it seems that in our country, the people that come first are: a. White men b. Black men c. White women d. Black women” “It does kinda seem like that, babe,” said me, her less-intelligent-than-her mother. “It must suck to be a black lady,” said Tara. I think her 8-year-old self was right. In the hierarchy that is America, it appears that we’d rather have a black man as president, and – diplomatically speaking – a less statesman-like […]

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My Daughter Said it Best

The lowdown on the recent presidential election. There’s been a bunch of talk from experts and laymen alike about how it came to be that our new president is our president. But like a lot of things in life, sometimes the best source of information comes from children. To analyze the election, I repeat the words of my daughter, Tara, circa 8 years old, somewhere along 1993. “Mama, it seems that in our country, the people that come first are: a. White menb. Black menc. White womend. Black women” “It does kinda seem like that, babe,” said me, her less-intelligent-than-her […]

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It’s not my fault; THEY created this animal!

It’s not my fault; THEY created this animal! From the time I was little, I couldn’t wait to be a wife and a mother. Once Funk and I started dating, I couldn’t wait to do his laundry! Problem was, my knight in “grey” armor was a feminist to the extreme, and wouldn’t have any of it. When we married, he wouldn’t even “let” me take his last name. It probably took me 15 years to be grateful that the Gods didn’t allow me to hook up with the type of guy I was looking for. Because now, I can’t imagine […]

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