tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18786852259430560942026-04-01T09:28:02.585-04:00The People Who Live In My HeadI'm Terri. Mother, Daughter, Wife, Sister, Friend, Offerer of frank opinions. I've been told I need to write stuff. So this is me. Writing stuff. Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-56402477439219732932026-03-31T11:37:00.008-04:002026-04-01T09:28:02.547-04:00Stop The Insanity... I haven’t written here in a while. Mainly because life has
been kicking my ass again and again, but it seems there’s no escaping the
rampant assholery that has taken over I wrote
about it already, but it bears repeating.
During this election cycle, the obnoxious ads are
relentless. I just don’t see the point. The large majority are far right
ego maniacs who have no political goals beyond “Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-13541983433884314812025-10-01T13:06:00.002-04:002025-10-01T18:30:41.027-04:00Where Are The Grown Ups... I’m weary. Just exhausted.
Over the past several years, I’ve taken my share of kicks
to the teeth but I’m resilient. With each blow, I got back up, held my head
high, and forged ahead. I still do but even Charlie Brown got tired of the football
being pulled away and questioned whether he should try again.
It seems that the last 10 or 12 years I’ve been in some
sort of Peanuts episode goneTerri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-328528262654959982025-07-02T21:48:00.000-04:002025-07-02T21:48:02.621-04:00Let's Party...
This weekend, I threw a little party. You know, just a
small TWO DAY gathering of a few hundred of my closest friends. This was the
fourth year for BreezeFest and they just keep getting better!
Of course, scheduling the bands was an easy task. I called
my husband’s friends and they were all quick to jump on board. That’s no big
surprise. They loved him and, by proxy, they love me, too.
I’ve Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-90554472490991185732025-05-20T13:53:00.002-04:002025-05-20T13:53:48.295-04:00What's The Hurry...
I just returned from a trip to Colorado that I took for a few reasons:1. My sister Sue told me I should go and she bought me a ticket.
2. My brother Ken had completed a rough chemo treatment and I hadn’t seen him
since before that started.
3. My niece was graduating from college and is now a badass nurse.
4. My brother Pat has a new grandbaby and it’s fun to see him in Grandpa mode.
When Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-80038746842575109822025-03-28T18:27:00.002-04:002025-03-28T19:06:04.893-04:00Be Like Paul... <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-74807195875304352682024-10-06T16:46:00.006-04:002024-10-07T15:55:14.193-04:00Baltimore...I recently talked about Edgewood – our holding place
between our midwestern hometown and our new home in Baltimore. The adventures
didn’t end there. We eventually made it into our Hamilton neighborhood where we
replanted our roots.
I remember walking into the house for the first time. It
was – to my young eyes – a gorgeous mansion! At the entrance atop a short
flight of concrete stairs, was a Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-78161875313857659852024-09-09T12:13:00.001-04:002024-09-16T21:27:38.648-04:00Tested...<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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seriousness – that what they want from me for their 18th birthday is
for me to write my life story for them to read, Huh?!? I’ve been rattling off my old lady tales to my
kids since they arrived and there’s never been any interest, Why now?
Further, how the heck do I do that? Yes, I’m a writer who
writes but I don’t write Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-86719445993242164732024-05-01T11:35:00.001-04:002024-05-01T11:39:42.649-04:00Home... <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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When I find myself in times of trouble, words of wisdom DO
come to me. They don’t come from Mother Mary, they come from Grandma and
Grandpa, and they come from my own mother. Mostly, they just come from unknown
wisdom of the past.
The older I get, the more regularly these things pop out of my
mouth. My kids often ask why I say these “Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878685225943056094.post-75551406163187124352024-01-27T21:23:00.002-05:002024-01-28T10:15:31.768-05:00No Fear...<!--[if !mso]>
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it. Plans never really work out for me
so I just freestyle life.
The last few years for me have required a lot of
freestyling. I’ve met each challenge
with a level of patience I didn’t even know I had. As it turns out, I have quite an arsenal Terri Capotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16011392667040069204noreply@blogger.com0