Today is inauguration day. “Gloriosky, Zero!” my Mom would have said.
My Mom was a lifelong Democrat who proudly sported a “Placer County Democrat” sticker on the back of her car and who didn’t care what the politically conservative members of her church thought when they saw her drive into the parking lot. In fact, I think she kind of thrived on the attention. “Gloriosky Zero” was one of her favorite phrases. She said it all the time. Here is a gift from Mr. Google, something I never knew until I thought to look it up just now. “Gloriosky” was the catchphrase of Little Annie Rooney, the main character of a comic strip that launched in 1927 and ran until 1966. Little Annie had a dog named Zero. Evidently, Little Annie said, “Gloriosky, Zero!” a lot. There you have it.
All these years I thought my Mom invented that crazy phrase.
Nope. She was just repeating something from a comic that she probably enjoyed as a little girl, and which she was able to read for years and years, even up until the time I was born.
This inauguration day feels very sweet. Because it’s been a long four years, friends. Continue Reading…
