It takes a lot for me to get on a plane. I stopped flying for twenty years, so it’s almost a miracle that I can even get on one now. […]

My brother Robert died a year ago. I can’t tell you how much it sucked getting that unexpected news on a train. I rarely shed tears, yet I couldn’t keep […]

“Gloria, keep up your drumbeat. It produces a positive effect, I’m sure.” That’s a response I received to a recent newsletter. Since I actually live inside of me—I can tell […]

I don’t like the “business” of writing. When I released the first book in my C’mon Funk series I didn’t realize I was starting another business. Still, I know from […]

I have some great news! My book, May Cause Drowsiness and Blurred Vision: The Side Effects of Bravery, is 50% off on Amazon for the next few days. I can’t […]

Women are so sensual, so powerful and so underrated. Sweet Sixty! That’s what Funk calls me now, and he’s right. I went from giving a sh*t, to maybe only giving […]

She slipped her hand in mine On my left I looked down To innocence That face Sun-filled Smiling up at me I died to be living Couldn’t resist but to […]

I am a terrible Lady Boss. I take that back. Sometimes I’m terrible being the boss of women in my employment. When I give direction to a man, I usually […]

New York Italian dads are really weird. Or, at least mine was. My father was proud of me for things that ordinary parents wouldn’t be proud of their daughters for. […]

I matter. You Matter. We Matter. When I was little, I was an anxious child. I think it came from my voice going unheard in the family I grew up […]