Katherine Ferry
Bio
Katy Ferry is a writer and former expatriate. She’s a Southerner living in Washington, DC with a husband, two daughters and an old fat basset hound. Katy can be found on Twitter, Instagram and her in-progress website, katyferrywrites.com.
Stories (6/0)
The President of the United States Wants to Steal the Election
The President of the United States is openly attempting to steal the upcoming election. In extraordinary comments to Fox Business News on Thursday, August 13, 2020, he plainly stated that he is blocking legislation to provide the United States Postal Service (USPS) with $25 million in emergency funding because they need that money to process the millions and millions of mail-in ballots. He has installed flunky and donor, Louis DeJoy, as the Postmaster General. Under the direction of the president, Mr. DeJoy has stopped all overtime pay and is removing mail sorting machines from post offices and mailboxes from street corners countrywide. His actions are now being reviewed by the USPS Inspector General for violations of federal ethics rules.
By Katherine Ferry4 years ago in The Swamp
Stuck Inside: Quaran-dreaming of My Home
#PostcardsfromtheWorld. Search that hashtag and you’ll find snaps from some of the most exotic, gorgeous, drool-worthy locations on the globe. Sites like Travel + Leisure have been letting us go on virtual vacations for weeks now, knowing that no one is going on a real life vacation any time soon. We all sit inside, scrolling from one incredible photo to the next, dreaming of the day we get to visit Phuket, Rome, Belize, Patagonia, Madrid, South Africa or Palm Springs. All we want is OUT! Out of our current situation. Out of our houses. Away from the coronavirus and the news and the deaths and destruction.
By Katherine Ferry4 years ago in Wander
Ode to the Amazing People Who Make Our Lives Safer
NOTE: A version of this was originally published on February 20, 2020 on Medium. I feel like it is more important than ever to acknowledge our service workers, our “essential” workers who are keeping the country running while deal with COVID-19. This has been updated and edited.
By Katherine Ferry4 years ago in Journal
Desperate for Control in a Nightmare World
It all feels so out of control. And, this lack of control feels different because there’s no real way to stop it at the moment. It’s like we’re all in a massive group project where the majority of the group is doing what they’re assigned, but the ones that aren’t are causing previously unimaginable problems and threatening to derail the entire project. I knew there was a reason I hated group projects!
By Katherine Ferry4 years ago in Longevity
The Brazen and Beautiful Legacy of Strong-Willed Women
My maternal grandfather called us “strong-willed women”. It was a point of pride with him. I come from a long line of strong-willed women, on both sides of my family, and I am better for it. I mean, there is literally a park in my dad’s hometown named after my grandmother. Pennington Park was a piece of land, owned for many years by my grandparents. After my grandmother’s death, they turned it into a park for the arts and music. So let me tell you about the amazing women in my family.
By Katherine Ferry4 years ago in Viva
