Welcome to Franklin.
I’m a traveling knitting cook. Here we are in Andermatt, Switzerland, about 4 years ago. I wish I still had that sweater, but I left it in Zurich.
I earn my keep writing. I spent the better part of 20 years in ad agency creative departments writing radio and tv commericals, newspaper ads, brochures, billboards and whatever else was needed. Today I work for a good-sized university. Most of the writing I do now is governed by arcane style guides that often contradict themselves. Not a lot of room for humor or imagination. It’s pretty much the antithesis of an ad agency, but more secure.
Here are a few other tidbits:
- I am left-handed
- I have been married for almost 30 years (see photo above)
- I out-putted a PGA star on a tv commercial shoot once
- I worked for NBC News in Little Rock when Clinton was elected in 1992
- I live in the same small town my family has lived in since the early 1800s
- I am a cancer survivor
- I don’t know what all the light switches in my house are for
- I don’t have ANY gray hair
- I am the world’s worst housekeepper
- I can make a cheese souffle but not ice tea
- I LOVE the Tennessee Volunteers and have my Smoky doll in my lap during close games
- I am actually quite shy and hide from people in the grocery store
- I can knit just about anything
11 Comments
April 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Congratulations! With your sense of humor, your blog should make interesting reading.
Thanks for including me!
Valerie
April 14, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Valerie, thanks for reading. Keep checking back and please forward to anyone you think would like to read this blog.
July 11, 2008 at 7:51 am
What a great observation. I happen to agree with you, but the south of France scores quite high on my list, too!
July 21, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Dear Blogger,
How nice that you are adding your vibrant voice to the world of e-reading. Best for your continued wit coming alive for all to read.
Sincerely,
Nashville Cousin
July 21, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Dear Cousin,
Thanks for reading. Please check back often!
October 8, 2008 at 7:32 am
Love your blog, clever, amusing and very fun to read in general…. plus it’s a great way to start the day with a cup of coffee and hereinfranklin…
Thanks for sharing you talents!
January 7, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I just found your blog in the Alphainventions reading cycle. I really like your style and take on life. That you would post on SEC football as you do is also a delightful read. Just one thing: I am distressed to learn that you are not the cat!
Thanks for a wonderful blog. I shall check back often.
May 1, 2009 at 11:50 am
I’m really enjoying your blog and look forward to reading much more! It’s nice to find a fellow SEC fan, but know that the rivalry has begun. Although I’m a native Texan (go Texas Tech!) I’m a huge Kentucky Wildcats fan as well. Some of my family lives there and I did about a ten year stint in Lexington. Without a doubt some of the most beautiful country in the U.S.
August 24, 2009 at 12:00 am
Left handed female… I’m assuming you already know how rare that is, right?
October 24, 2009 at 10:44 am
YOU SAID: “I can knit just about anything”
You say this now, but let me ask you this: can you knit a fully working combustion engine out of yarn?
October 24, 2009 at 11:47 am
Tom–if you have working pattern, I can make it.