Patty Ann Guide
Almost everyone I know has some issue with their name, but I say I have the worst name ever. Not one time in my life have I been called anything consistently. Patty, Patsy, Pat, P, Trish,Trisha, Tisa, Tish, P.A. and Patricia. For a long time in grade school I gave myself and used another name all together Lisa Bonnie Diamond, it just sounded good! For years my good friend Ruth and I were known as “ruthless and misguided” we worked...
Finding beauty everywhere
Sometimes the most beautiful natural arrangements are just outside your door. They don’t have to be fancy, they don’t even have to be in bloom or even anything more than a stick. Go out! Look for branches, wild flowers, buds, evergreens, old leaves on a branch from winter, see what is around you. Cut them. (Careful!) Now put them in a vase that matches the colors. Pretty,...
five toed cats and hershey bars
Looking way back. Both my Grandfathers passed when I was young, I do remember their essence and their spirits were kept alive through my Grandmothers’ stories. John, my Moms’ Dad had a knack for sports. Played baseball for the East McKeesport team and was friends with the legionary Homestead Grays, my Mom has memories of them all playing catch in the alley behind their house. I always heard the stories of his perfect bowling scores,...
score!
The baseballs in the basket on the dresser/drum storage are from little league, so start early. (remember the vision) We saved most balls and wrote something about each game on the ball. Some were game balls, some have a date or story, some have the names of the team, whatever was simple and easy at the time. Now years later, they are a great conversation piece and design...
Mangia- Lasagne Grandma’s way
Way back, my Grandma Guide owned a bar in McKeesport PA called the Terminal Cafe. Not because of the man who died while eating a plate of spaghetti, but because the train station was next door! I guess it was a happening place, everyone went there. As the legend goes the dancer Gene Kelly and his partner danced on the bar for money. This is her recipe for lasagne and is in my “Cook till I drop Sunday” rotation. Everyone then and now...