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So if you want to date me, or are into 'cougars', or perhaps you're selling some type of technology that will make me millions or t-shirts of a different color, please, please...do not try to comment. I will feel badly pressing the 'send to trash' button and you don't...

I am so thankful that Kelley Young Winery has graciously offered their gorgeous winery for our first ever (after the road trip) event for Shine The Light On Kids! You'll have a tasting of their excellent wines, nibble on appetizers and hear my Stories From The Road!...

So..... Yesterday I was asked by an interviewer on a radio show if we should arrest parents of obese kids. I replied that although I can understand the frustrated sentiment, I would rather focus on education. Yesterday is done, let's educate and set up programs that...

Hello everyone! This is an article I wrote that made the publishing rounds. I hope you enjoy it! More recipes will be on this new web site soon; check back on the Patty's Kitchen soon! Summer Eating The warm months of summer offers us cooling foods with high water...

Hi all: I love it when I have comments submitted from people I didn't know-before they made their comment! I realize that sometimes I write about nothing in particular and sometimes the posts can be pretty personal, but so be it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you...

What does Shine The Light On Kids do? We Educate...kids and their families and anyone else who needs our help. When they are educated, they are empowered. Empowered to make better decisions in many aspects of their lives. When they-kids and adults-are educated and...

Yesterday I was invited to Kelley Young Winery to take a tour and sip on some wonderful wine. Here is the link to their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/KelleyYoungWines While I was there, Kathleen showed me the lightening strike on one of their redwood tress....

Most times we don't get to attend our own end of life parties, because they're called funerals 🙂 Yesterday I did attend such a party, but the honoree was there. This is a man, almost 60 years-old, who has cancer, everywhere, and his doctor told him that he has...

Amanda May from 'To Live By' and I have spent some time designing our t-shirt that we will sell and is kindly giving to Shine The Light a portions of the proceeds. Pardon the non-professional model..(me) I have no idea why there are 3 photos. I really am on...

Here is an article I wrote recently that might be helpful for parents for this new school year... What’s for Lunch? Nearly one-third of our children are either overweight or obese and the sad fact that this generation is the first not to have the life expectancy of...

We all know we need balance in our lives; all areas of our lives. What we eat and drink needs to be balanced. For me that means eating healthy food the majority of the time and limiting my glasses of wine. I'm good at this. Exercise needs to be a combination of...

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Well, after being gone all year with Shine The Light On Kids, I am home and attended my first Commonwealth Club meeting all year...and I am co-chair! ( very nice of Dr. Grant to let me keep my title of co-chair while I was gone) It was good to be there and to be...

Hi all! I was speaking this morning with someone who wants to hire me to teach at his cooking school and I chat, naturally, about Shine The Light and of course, I blubber through most of it. We'll be offering some great classes for adults and for kids. Currently we're...

If you look at the calendar right now there are only a couple events posted. Please do check back frequently as I am working on many more dates, for example: I will be teaching classes at a kid's center in Sonoma County. I will be teaching at a cooking school in Marin...

First of all, let's see some beautiful faces... Now that I'm home after 8 months, 41 states and 18,000 miles (!) Shine The Light needed to be redone. Where is Patty Now?...Home, is where I am....as just one example. We have until September 17th to gather more written...

Hi everyone! After quite a while of working on creating a new and fresher look, here is the new web site! I thank my web master Jim Carniglia for all of his hard work and support, not only with creating this new look, but for supporting me these past 8 months while I...