The Potty Mouth Granny

What do you love about where you live? What do I love about where I live? I love the fact that I am surrounded by books and music. I live in the Hyde Park area, the University of Chicago is right down the street, and it’s like I’m living in a college town in an…

What positive emotion do you feel most often? Laughter although I don’t know if laughter is considered an emotion. I love to laugh because it brings me joy. I laugh when my cat is running around being a cat. The antics of my grandchildren. The conversations between me and my best friend when we are…

What is a word you feel that too many people use? A word that people use too much is “capping” which is urban slang for “lying.” I can admit my old ass didn’t have a clue what this word was until I asked some young people and at first, I was amused, and then irritated.…

What brings you peace? Books. Lots and lots of books. Cats. My grandchildren, my brown browns as I call them. The smiling, happy faces of other little children. Cartoons. And music. All types of music from Too Short to Madonna.

What profession do you admire most and why? The profession I admire are the librarians of the world. The reason why is because they are the gatekeepers of knowledge and books. They help people learn and develop skills that are valuable. One of the people I admired for almost my entire life was my grade…

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? If I was going to open up a shop, I would sell products for cats. The neighborhood I live in is dog centered with very little products for cats. I would call my shop Kat’s House and it would be filled with…

Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? I have so many childhood favorites but my best of all is the novel Gone With the Wind written by Margaret Mitchell. I read it in 1981 and I was totally obsessed.

What jobs have you had? I’ve worked as a teacher’s assistant, cashier, retail, social work, customer service, but mainly in the administrative/clerical field. Because it’s easy and I get to sit on my ass for 8 hours per day.

What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable? Having it all means to me is having peace of mind and enough money to live comfortably. We live in a culture that encourages people to work themselves to the bone but that comes with stress and I’m not living a stressful life for…

Who would you like to talk to soon? I would love to talk to former NBA player Jim Jackson just to tell him how fine he is💋💋💋💋