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Sending earrings to the big garage sale in the sky

It was a good, long run. Most people don’t have even half the time we had together. If I’m being honest, I knew the day would come that we’d be separated ... that we would lose contact entirely and that one, sad, cold, lonely day, er, in August, as it turns out, that it would be completely, utterly, sadly over. My first pair of pierced earrings. SIGH. What ... wait, did you think I was talking about Kerry? Nah, we’re stuck together for the long haul, yo. But I know I saw those little teeny, tiny 14-karat gold balls sometime during quarantine. Yes, one day during ...

What goes around always comes around

There’s this newer show on Bravo aka one of my new “only-viewing these channels” channel. The others include: the History Channel, the Food Network, E! and, natch, my all-time favorite -or- “it could only happen this way in the movies” network, Hallmark. Well, those and pretty much anything on Netflix, of course. This is the PK lineup of post-COVID-19 television viewing. I call it the: “I’m Tired of the Real World’s Depressing News so I’m Now Watching Only Networks with Either Historically-Significant, Chef-Inspired, Brilliance, or Fabulously Fake Show” channel ...

Snarky Patty alert: You have been warned

Sometimes life gives you lemons. Sometimes it gives you limes. Or Lyme disease. Snarky Patty alert: This past week did not go well for me, my friends. In fact, it’s been one that not only has been the absolute Stink-A-Palooza 2021, but also has been one I would not wish on anyone. Except ...

Remembering a sweet, quirky, funny runner

I can still remember it as if it happened this past Christmas. I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when I got the call from my niece / goddaughter / No. 1 girl-on-the-planet, Kelly Marie. “Aunt Patty, I need to tell you something…” her voice trailed off the phone for a ...

This columnist endured a week from cell

How was your week? Probably, like mine, a little wonky from the start, right? Let’s face it, whenever there’s a legal holiday that, in essence, causes Monday to become Sunday, the whole week is just off. You head back into the office feeling like it’s the day it should be, not the day ...

Let me tell you why America doesn’t stink

My fellow Americans: I’m not positive why I started things out that way this Independence Day. I guess it’s just that I’ve just always really, really wanted to say that, you know? Sounds so very presidential. Oh, I get it, I couldn’t be further from being an even remotely electable ...