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Patty Unleashed: 12.4.19
I got an email on a recent Thursday reminding me my column was due. My first thought was, “Poor Karyn, those three kids sure must be keeping her up at night.” Karyn Williams, of course, …Read More
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Patty Unleashed: 10.16.19
I will be 60 years old in January, and I need your help! I now am officially an adult, and I need to do something meaningful with my life. Sure, I had a career in the financial services …Read More
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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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