Funk is like a dog. No matter how grumpy I am, or how disheveled I look, my husband always comes home from work with a big, “Hello Beautiful!” Other than dogs, loyalty like that is hard to come by anymore. The photo: our “real” dog, Ginny. The pet that wouldn’t die.
There’s a backstory to this post: My husband was mayor of a large city, so I have the most minuscule taste of what it’s like to be recognized on the street. Little nothing me helped run his grassroots campaign. And because he was a populist, I could actually feel the prayers of those who wanted him in office. Now, for the post: I just got done reading Dark Star, by Robert Greenfield, and was moved by a line from Dr. Randy Baker. “The most likely way for Jerry to die would have been from something sudden. I think he might […]
Raise your hand if you’d go here! Photo: this sign was seen by my daughter Tara and I yesterday as we walked in DuPont Circle. Since we both have a sick sense of humor, our minds were drawn directly into the gutter when viewing it!
Raise your hand if you’d go here! Photo: this sign was seen by my daughter Tara and I yesterday as we walked in DuPont Circle. Since we both have a sick sense of humor, our minds were drawn directly into the gutter when viewing it! #BeNice, #LoveToLaugh
I am a terrible mother – just ask my son Andrew, he’ll tell you! The designation today, though, comes from me. I missed my Italian exchange daughter Anna’s wedding, because I couldn’t bring myself to get on a plane. But loving child that she is (she’ll always be a child to me!) she and her new husband Marco, couldn’t have been kinder. I have a tradition going that I gift newlyweds with an antique, perfectly seasoned, Griswold cast iron pan. Those who are not in the know have viewed the present like it was the cheapest thing! When really, a […]
I am a terrible mother – just ask my son Andrew, he’ll tell you! The designation today, though, comes from me. I missed my Italian exchange daughter Anna’s wedding, because I couldn’t bring myself to get on a plane. But loving child that she is (she’ll always be a child to me!) she and her new husband Marco, couldn’t have been kinder. I have a tradition going that I gift newlyweds with an antique, perfectly seasoned, Griswold cast iron pan. Those who are not in the know have viewed the present like it was the cheapest thing! When really, a […]
See what I mean! Accompaniment to the post below! https://shar.es/1Ugepp
Living with a brainiac is so boring. Why? Because I know things that I really don’t care to know. For instance, what is a debt ratio, and how does a city balance its books. http://gloriasquitiro.com/politics/living-brainiac-boring/
Living with a brainiac is so boring. Why? Because I know things that I really don’t care to know. For instance, what is a debt ratio, and how does a city balance its books. Funk inherited quite the disaster when he became mayor in 2007. The city’s credit rating (the ability to borrow money) had a negative outlook, and Kansas City was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Most of his time in office was spent reversing that situation. When he handed back the reins in 2011, he left the city with an AA rating and a stable outlook, and […]
Is there an AA meeting for neurotic people? Everyone has issues. Overcoming them is more difficult than they need to be, because we have been led to believe that STRONG people DON’T have any! However, believing that nonsense hinders us from evolving to where we want to be. So…I’m going first! I am risking putting myself out there for all to make fun of – showing the world how I am a chickenshit at heart – but how I am also forcing myself to overcome the inadequacies that get in my way. An embarrassing fact about me: I will wait […]
