CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte
22 TIDYTOP STYLISH DINING WEAR - AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY - CARLA KIRBY artwork
CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

22 TIDYTOP STYLISH DINING WEAR - AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY - CARLA KIRBY

  • S2019E22
  • 28:56
  • March 4th 2019

Carla Pennington Kirby grew up in California and received a Teaching Credential, Reading Specialist Credential and master’s degree from San Diego State University in the 1970’s. She worked 10 years teaching Remedial Reading, wrote and made Personalized Children’s books, published free “Kidz Reading Tips” newsletters and was Director of Fan Mail for the San Diego Chargers. Today, she lives in the quaint mountain town of Sandpoint, Idaho on Lake Pend o’ reille with her husband, Steve, co-founder of TidyTop.

CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

Monday 11:30 am + Wed 5:30 pm

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.


Host Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. He is right now co-writing a new novel set in 1930’s Los Angeles.