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Patty Unleashed
I don’t know why but the expression ‘I’ve been blessed’ has always bothered me. It has nothing to do with religion—I would consider myself quasi-religious. (I definitely want a …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 10.5.16
I have puppy problems. Last December, after much convincing from our daughter, we added a new member to the Hannum family: Stanley, a rescue puppy from East St. Louis. We knew he was …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 9.21.16
You should know I am not a crier. That’s mostly because I’m not a cute crier—you know, the kind you see in the movies, the beautiful woman who has a single tear falling down her …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 9.14.16
Who do you think you are? The question often is asked indignantly, but it also happens to be the name of a pretty popular TV series on TLC that follows celebrities—and I use that term …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 9.7.16
How did you learn to cook? You would think with my big family, the girls would be in the kitchen and the boys would be, I don’t know, chopping wood or something. But that wasn’t the …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 8.31.16
My doctor told me to stop acting old. During my annual physical, as I went through a list of all the diseases I might have, her response was, “You’re 56. Stop acting old.” She was …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 8.17.16
I learned I was allergic to bees by stepping on one in my backyard when I was a teenager. My sister, Teresa, and I watched in horror as my foot doubled in size and I started …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 8.10.16
Where did you go to high school? Yes, that question—the one that seems bizarre to people who have not grown up in St. Louis, and in many ways off-putting to those who did. Am I being …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 7.27.16
I’ve been researching my family’s genealogy. It’s been interesting, but I got stuck on my dad’s side. His grandfather, Pat Fitzgerald, immigrated from Ireland via New York in …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 7.20.16
There is a State Farm commercial that causes me to pause every time I see it. In it, a man claims he will never get married, have kids or live in the suburbs, but you see him doing all the …Read More
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