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...
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,...
Henry
My pack member Henry passed 3.3.2015 at 4:29 am, he had been ill. (You will hear a lot about Henry later.) We walked together for years, three to five miles a day. Let’s get this straight he walked me, I considered him smarter than me and he knew we needed our exercise. About two weeks before that day I noticed he was acting differently, a slow decline, two trips to the vet, and then he just closed his eyes and left us. That day...
chemistry
I like math and chemistry, at least I tell my kids that. I course I had to brainstorm ideas with my daughter Lucy last week when she had the assignment to bring a chemistry theme ornament to hang on a tree for school. This had it all, chemistry, mother-daughter time, creativity. Well, all of my (almost brilliant) ideas were nixed. The winner was the one we kinda thought was funny. The periodic “table” of elements. Step 1: print out...
The wind, the weather and the mini cooper
My mini cooper and I go everywhere together, most times with lots of stuff. Presentation materials, teens, dogs, whatever. We have a love-hate relationship, mostly because I am uncoordinated and the mini requires a small amount of finesse. The doors are heavy and always give me problems. Now, the wind always seems bad at my clients in the strip, but today it was impossible. I couldn’t get out of the car! Parked where people were...