"Gloria Crawford Kloss Gagnon Euler"
"Grandma, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"
"No! I'm going to color this the best I can."
Meet Grandma Go Go. She is easily one of the most interesting individuals I have ever been fortunate enough to know. Whether it is because of the precious artifacts I would stare at in her study, the casual mention of fairytale adventures abroad, her knack at making magic, or even her principled refusal to wear a branded shirt since she was not being paid to advertise (which made no sense to me when I was 9) - ever since I was a child, I have always thought of my Grandmother as a bit of a fantastic mystery. As I grew older and learned more, I found that the rabbit hole only got deeper.
Deciding to carpe the diem, I hopped a plane to Arizona for an impromptu trip to interview Go Go in the hopes of capturing the essence of this true Lady of the West. I plan on collecting enough material (video interviews, pictures, and mementos) that I could put together her biography as an ultimate end product. But life isn't just about the end product; what about the journey? Hence the blog. While the biography will be about her, this experience is my own, and I think it's one worth documenting. Without further ado, I'll end this post and start anew with reflections on our first interview. (Bay, clay, hay, may, etc).
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