Gloria Ferris

Last night was our final Cleveland Weblogger Meetup for 2007.  George has been a bit flummoxed about the erratic attendance at these events lately, but last night is a testimony to the value of these meetups and how they enhance our Northeast Ohio blogger community.  There we were fourteen of us gathered around a grouping of [...]

Each Saturday Tim and I slow down the pace a bit and attend Mass at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.  We usually ride the bus and have a quiet supper at one of the stops on the way home, but before that happens we have a long wait at our bus stop on [...]

For quite some time now the question of “what is a blogger?” has been swirling through the blogosphere.  Is a blogger a journalist? If not, who or what is a blogger?  The comparisons to traditional journalists abound, but none of the defiinitions that other bloggers and journalists have offered seemed to fit me.  Now, if [...]

While browsing at BFD today, I noticed this post and although I did leave a comment  I knew that  what I really wanted to say would be a full blown post and I should do it here instead of there. It is a bit left of center to the topic but does in a way address the [...]

Please vote today. Our right to vote as American citizens is one of the gifts that our forefathers saw fit to give us.  Through the years, fewer and fewer of us have seen the need to vote, and so, fewer and fewer of us decide our fate.
What a shame it would be that through our apathy, [...]

Although many of us kept our thoughts to ourselves because we were hopeful that the WIDE OPEN experiment would work, many of us thought that it was only a matter of time before the blog would be shut down for some nefarious reason.  Little did we know that it would happen so quickly and for [...]

Usually when you hear the phrase “hope gap” it refers to the gap that exists between those in extreme poverty from the others who live in Third World countries.  I believe that we are experiencing our own brand of the hope gap, here in Northeast Ohio.  And again, it coincides oftentimes to socioeconomic conditions, just [...]

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 [...]