The Potty Mouth Granny

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? What I enjoy during most during my leisure time is reading. Reading is one of my biggest pleasures right now I am reading Mama written by Terry McMillan who is best known for writing Waiting to Exhale which became a hit movie. Books are like…

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. I live in the same neighborhood as the above mentioned museum but I haven’t visited it since the 1980s. During that time, it was a meeting place for Black teenagers who lived on the South Side of Chicago, and…

If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be? If I could make my pet understand anything is that he needs to be quiet between the hours of 12am and 4am. Because I need my rest. That those hours is not the time to run around like a maniac and howl…

Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc. My first name means pure and it’s a shortened version of the name Katherine. The name Kathy is of Greek origins “Greek καθαρός (katharos)” which is cool, but as a child, I thought I had the most boring name around. During a time when my…

What’s your dream job? My dream job is a writer for either a magazine such as Vanity Fair or a writer for a local newspaper such as The Chicago Sun Times. Both of these entities need some fresh perspectives and I would absolutely perfect with my sense of humor, wit, and middle age around the…

What makes a good leader? What makes a good leader? An individual who is able to take criticism from others, a person who will admit that they are wrong when they make a mistake, and a human who understands that being a leader doesn’t mean that they are a dictator and that no person is…

If you could un-invent something, what would it be? If I could un-invent something, it would be the social media unfortunately. Created to bring people together, it has become a cesspool of ignorance and chaos. Sometimes I wonder if it’s an experiment to see how many people are followers because during my almost 16 years…

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? Next month will be the fourth anniversary of my oldest brother’s death and when he died, he left no insurance so it was up to me to figure out how to bury him. Because funeral arrangements are so expensive, I made the decision to…

Where can you reduce clutter in your life? Realistically, I could reduce a lot of clutter in my life if I got rid of my extensive collection of books but I refuse to do this. Why? Because getting rid of my books would mean denying a huge part of myself. Audiobooks are a thing now…

What is your favorite animal? My favorite animal is a cat. I’ve loved cats since I was a little girl and still love them as a middle age woman. I love them for their majestic manner, how they sit so elegantly with their paws crossed. The loaf of bread pose cats do when they’re lying…