If you want to know all the random things bouncing around my head lately …
I get frequent calls from people who ask for help. It might be money, ideas or connections, though I have never been asked for a puppy. I recently heard from a long-time friend. A mom and daughter had been hit with cancer a second time, first brain, now breast. You think you’re having a bad day? Money was tight. Anything I could do? I remembered the Pink Ribbon Ribbon Girls, which provides meals, house cleaning, transportation and peer support to women going through breast and gynecological cancers. I called their regional director, Cory Smallwood, who took it from there. They received my largest charitable donation dollars last year because every cent stays right here in the greater St. Louis area. I hope you check them out at pinkribbongirls.org.
And then of course it continued. As I was getting my hair blown dry at Blown Away Blow Dry Bar I told JJ Krane, the owner, about the situation. She does a birthday celebration for her business in October and a holiday fundraiser. Yep, after talking to Cory, she selected PRG as the nonprofit. More details to come, but plan on getting a blow dry very soon!
If you watched the Emmys, you know Schitt’s Creek won big. I was late to this amazing series and did not start watching it until the quarantine. It is quirky, weird and bizarre but oh-so-funny. Plus, the series shows a family that loves each other, warts and all. It may take you a few episodes to start feeling the love, but don’t give up. When the weather turns chilly and you are hunkering down, binge this show. And hey, if you see a blue Audi SUV with the decal ‘Eww David,’ roll down the window and tell me what you think.
I have a Pearl Jam problem. Several years ago, my friend and co-writer Raschelle asked me to go to a concert. She is younger, and honestly, I missed the whole grunge scene. Anyway, we went, and I wanted to run from Scottrade Center. I keep getting an offer on Instagram for a contest to meet Eddie Vedder and some other Pearl Jam guy. I never win anything. But if I enter this, I know I will because it would cause me pain and that is how my karma works! Do I owe it to Raschelle to enter?
Sadly, we said good-bye to John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently. They both lived long. amazing lives ‘making good trouble.’
So, that’s what’s on my mind. Stay healthy. Follow me on Instagram @Pfitzhannum, where I only post cute pictures—nothing political. If you want those rants, you have to follow me on Facebook.
Peace out peeps!