Sallyfranz

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1951: I was born in Philadelphia, but it wasn't my fault I was very young. Grew up in Ho-ho-kus, New Jersey. There is even a Ho-ho-kus song that the Andrew Sisters did, but if I sing it then you'll have to kill me. There were five kids in my family. (Now I have two grown daughters and three grown step-children and three grandchildren, with one on the way-YIPPIE!)

1969: Springfield College, marriage, kids, more college, divorce, and the 80-90s were my career years in New York City.

1999: On to semi-retirement in Santa Barbara as a 'Fortune 100' consultant. Re-marriage. Settled in to write 7 books. I'm on book # 8.

2005-Present: I was taken out by a rare immune condition which paralyzed me from the waist down in 30 minutes. I am up and walking again, sorta. I usually look like the poster child for Band-aids.

I have been an activist since I was three. The story goes that I chased a 17 year old boy down the street with a stick for a sword and a garbage can lid for a shield because he picked on my twin brother. I proceeded to work for Save the Children and UNICEF (yes, several after my pre-school debut).

I've produced national fund-raisers and special events (including a one-night event on broadway that I emceed). I've hosted tele-thons, radio-thons, had my own cable TV series and co-hosted a weekly radio show. I love interviewing people of all ages. I use their stories in my books. My recent ones included a 2 year old and a 97 year old.

I've traveled around the world and done a lot of weird jobs, most paid well below a living wage: Stand-up Comic, Non-Profit Director, Artist, Actress, Minister, Author, and Rock Hound. If there is a lower paying job please tell me. Apparently I think I am the heir to "Momma's Bank Account".

What's your favorite public radio show?

Car Talk. I love the genius of Click and Clak having a call-in help radio show that is engaging, fun and informative.

I feel as if I am listening to my family banter around the dinner table.

It might be noted that the way I shop for cars is by color and cup holders. I can’t even find mine in a parking lot (they all look the same to me).

But I can listen to an entire show and not be bored with their do-hickey-thing-a-mabob-duel-cam-shock-filter-cylinder silliness. And, boy oh boy, do they make it sound easy to do.

What's your secret talent?

I can play the spoons and yodel at the same time. I also do animal imitations, my favorite is the crane and the dying pig. And yes, I can still do that spitting blood on demand thing (RE: my audio piece).

I also write funny short stories see my blog at: hysterialanedotcom@blogspot.com

What song is stuck in your head right now, you know, a music wedgie?

The entire movie track of "Cold Mountain" especially Allison Krauss singing "The Scarlet Tide" muy meloncholy.

What sound is most characteristic of where you live?

The buzzing of hummingbirds. They dive-bomb you as if they've seen way too many John Wayne WWII movies. It's hysterical.

I think everyone in Santa Barbara has at least two of these feathered bees in their yard.

What's your favorite sound memory?

Splashing and screaming as my brother and sisters and many cousins had cannonball and can-opener contests off the dock at Deep Creek Lake.

Which station do you listen to most?

I have more than one NPR station in my area. I don't want to play favorites.

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