Gloria Ferris

Yesterday, I took the dogs out and was admiring the beautiful blue sky when my eyes focused on large gray splatters on the roof of our house. I went in and asked Tim to come out and observe what I saw. We both surmised that the mysterious spots could be coming from the [...]

Contrary to popular belief, few people would choose to spend their days in the following manner.  My friend who is on Medicaid due to a myriad of chronic health problems was thrown into the briar patch once again, and little did I know it but so was I.  I agreed to take her to her latest [...]

While in Atlanta earlier this month two chance meetings happened that I think are worth sharing. The first happened as I had a conversation in one of those glass enclosed elevators that really gives me claustrophia.  Now I know that probably makes no sense to many of you but somehow seeing the expanse of the outside and [...]

So the phrase is usually Spring Forward, Fall Back but down at the Ugly Broad Tavern things are moving forward. New items have been added to the menu and other upcoming events should mean a trip down Denison to join in the fun.
First of all, Dean has moved from behind the bar into the kitchen. [...]

“Rebuilt neighborhoods should be designed for people with a mix of incomes.”  We have neighborhoods with people with a mix   of incomes. I lifted this quote, from this article on Cleveland.Com. We do not need to be rebuilt.  What we need is safety and education.  Although the Put It On The Ballot Campaign was to do just that–put [...]

Just when you thought I had abandoned my blog for other interests, here I come again.  I have longed to take the time to sit and write a few words, but for the last two weeks I have been engulfed by the refrendum initiative to take the 1/4% Sales Tax Increase to the voters.  Some [...]

What a show!  The Drums drumming down Euclid Avenue led by Marcos Santos were incredible.  Who knew that those drummers would exorcise the “rain demon” that plagued last year’s festival.  A whirlwind flew down Euclid Avenue accompanied by its own drummers of pelting rain.  Canopies flew and people ran but it was gone as quickly as it [...]

This week’s CoolCleveland has a great wrap-up to the Cool Community Forum held last Thursday in the Louis Stokes Auditorium at the Cleveland Public Library.  There are photos, there are comments, there are lists of issues and comments and questions.  And, of course, there’s a link to the Meet.The.Bloggers podcast to give those of you unable to [...]

I have tried to stay focused on the Cool Community Forum at the Louis Stokes Auditorium scheduled for noon on Thursday. It is now less than two days away, but Bill Callahan has been focusing on the foreclosure problem over on his blog. As I read his entry for July 8th, I remembered that Ray [...]

Again, today when reading my morning newspaper, I was faced with this quote from Commissioner Hagan–
“This is beyond anything I’ve confronted in my political life,” Hagan said. “An unelected group dictating to commissioners what kind of building should be built in a city where the mayor and City Council president support it. That’s exactly what’s [...]