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PattyJane

PattyJane
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Birthday
November 29
Bio
I am mostly doing dirt-road blogging on my Google blog sustenance4life.blogspot.com now because I find blogging on Open Salon can be so time consuming. I love you people -- but I don't have all that much time to spend here at the moment. Also, my laptop for whatever reason does not allow me to log onto Open Salon. Funny! Excuses, excuses... I am in the middle of an exciting life transition, though -- serving an internship at a Raw Food Community. So I want to occasionally share some posts with my friends on the Open Salon. I am very grateful for the love and kindness so many of you have shown me here.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010 8:00PM

Cookies for Christmas

 

Patty's Omega-Loaded Rawsome Chocolate Chip Cookies

(with homemade raw chocolate chips)

 

Note: I use all organic ingredients

 

Homemade Chocolate Chips

 

1/2 cup melted cacao butter (melt it in the dehydrator for about a half an hour)

1/2 cup melted coconut butter

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DECEMBER 7, 2010 1:08PM

Making cheesecake instead of money

 

 So in case you haven't heard it through the grapevine: The Poor Journalist flopped at sales. Seriously, I could set an appointent with anybody and nobody would say no to me. But I wasn't able to get them to say yes to me, either.

Such is life. I'm not a… Read full post »

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JUNE 13, 2010 11:05PM

blogging elsewhere for now...


  
I now comment and read here at Open Salon but I blog at Google.
I just launched a new blog called Sustenance about my journey into a raw food lifestyle. check it out at... http://sustenance4life.blogspot.com/
sustenance 

  
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JUNE 12, 2010 12:38PM

Peace be with you


 Dear Open Salon,
 
I have decided it's just not emotionally healthy for me to blog at Open Salon where a considerable number of members say things that I find hurtful and not constructive. Most of the people at Open Salon are not this way but my experience here has… Read full post »
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JUNE 12, 2010 9:44AM

Forgiveness Post for Open Call with Index

 
I was thinking earlier this week that it would be so neat to see more stories about forgiveness and less stories and commentaries that are attacking of people's faiths and traditions here on Open Salon. As a practicing Catholic, I especially feel attacked on at least a weekly basis by… Read full post »
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JUNE 11, 2010 9:48AM

Ten Ideas for Vatican Haters

 
 
Guess what? If you hate the Vatican, or want to practice your faith in a way that suits your fancy -- there's hope for you! People who were born Catholic have been leaving the Catholic Church for centuries. And guess what? Those of us who are still practicing Catholics… Read full post »
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JUNE 11, 2010 6:27AM

Happy Birthday Scanner -- Muse of the Day

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 I wanted to post the photo of Little Scanner at about age three getting arrows thrown at him during a cowboy act with his mother and father. Of all the posts I've seen of Scanners during the months since I've been on OS, that was the most compelling to… Read full post »

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JUNE 9, 2010 11:17PM

Stories about Forgiveness: An Open Call Update


 
Dear OS Friends,
 
Peace and happiness be with you and thanks to the many of you who responded already to my Open Call on "Stories About Forgiveness."
 
I have to be honest and admit my life has been such a whirl that I have not had a… Read full post »
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JUNE 7, 2010 9:29PM

Stories about Forgiveness: An Open Call

I have been thinking about forgiveness a bit during the past 24-hours or so after attending a spiritual procession in Downtown Detroit. It was an extremely peaceful celebration of my faith and well received by all the observers I saw at various places in the city. It was extremely touching to… Read full post »
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JUNE 6, 2010 11:46PM

Motown Corpus Christi


Today I had the pleasure of participating in a Corpus Christi Procession through downtown Detroit following a thanksgiving Mass at Old St. Mary's Church in Greektown. The Mass was said by a newly ordained priest whom I had never met. He is a friend of my friends.
 
Corpus Christi… Read full post »
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JUNE 5, 2010 1:44PM

Transitioning

By Patty Jane Maher,

 (Writer's Note: This story is part of my series "Poor Journalist Gets To Business," chronicling my post paper-newspaper career transition into sales and goal to beat the recession in Michigan by learning to be a saleswoman. If you're on Facebook, please visit the fan p… Read full post »

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JUNE 4, 2010 11:55PM

Makin' Money By Friday -- NOT!

By Patty Jane Maher,

 

(Writer's Note: This story is part of my series "Poor Journalist Gets To Business," chronicling my post paper-newspaper career transition into sales and goal to beat the recession in Michigan by learning to be a saleswoman. If you're on Facebook, please visit the fan… Read full post »

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MAY 11, 2010 8:17PM

Young Dudes Dig Aflac Accident Policy: Compose Song

Bonus Brothers.... some dudes who dig Aflac's Accident Policy so much they made a song about it. :-). 
 
I had been told the Aflac Accident Policy was very popular with teens and twenty-something folks. I had been told these two dudes from California even wrote a song about the… Read full post »
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MAY 10, 2010 2:54PM

Life on Life's Terms

 

One thing I loved about being a daily newspaper reporter was that every day -- literally -- was a brand new day. Every day we worked hard, did our best and put out an entirely new product from start to finish.

Often we scored home runs. I was on some… Read full post »

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MAY 8, 2010 8:45AM

Oops


(Writer's Note: I promised to report the good and the bad for my series Poor Journalist Gets to Business. This is a significant not-so-good news brief. The next official story will be the first Sunday in June.)
 
I completely miscalculated how much money would be going into my account… Read full post »
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MAY 2, 2010 12:13AM

President Obama visits, "Penelope" graduates, etc...


I was so proud at my niece "Penelope's" graduation today and enjoyed all the commotion at the University of Michigan Big House with President Barack Obama. My niece has asked me to change her name to "Penelope" for this blog since she doesn't know what kind of crazy people might… Read full post »
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APRIL 28, 2010 10:02AM

Peas On Earth

 Hi Friends,
 
Though I've no time for stories while I crank up my sales business, I do have time to spread the love here and there.
 
One of my favorite nephews posted this fun Black Eyed Peas video  on my Facebook Wall yesterday. I have a fabulous day… Read full post »
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APRIL 26, 2010 3:11PM

Aflac helps blogger


Dear Open Salon Friends:
 
It has been such a pleasure to do the "Poor Journalist Gets To Business" stories and your encouragement and support has been so instrumental in helping me redefine my life after paper newspapers and pick a product to sell in my new life as a… Read full post »
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APRIL 24, 2010 9:21AM

Enjoying Diversity


By Patty Jane Maher,

(Writer's Note: This story is part of my series Poor Journalist Gets To Business. Just click around my blog for more stories or visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Poor-Journalist-Gets-To-Business/364775722055?ref=mffor for the index and to be a Facebook Fan of this/… Read full post »

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APRIL 21, 2010 4:53PM

Ready to Write

By Patty Jane Maher,

 

(Writer's Note: This story is part of my series Poor Journalist Gets To Business. Just click around my blog for more stories or visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Poor-Journalist-Gets-To-Business/364775722055?ref=mffor for the index and to be a Facebook Fan of th

… Read full post »
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APRIL 18, 2010 4:48PM

Dreaming Dreams

Patty Jane Maher,

(Writer's Note: This story is part of my series Poor Journalist Gets To Business. Just click around my blog for more stories or visit my Facebook Fan Page  http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Poor-Journalist-Gets-To-Business/364775722055?ref=mffor for the index.  I'm document… Read full post »

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APRIL 15, 2010 7:34PM

Learnin' the biz

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Patty Jane Maher,

(Writer's Note: This story is part of my series Poor Journalist Gets To Business. Just click around my blog for more stories or visit my Facebook Fan Page  http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Poor-Journalist-Gets-To-Business/364775722055?ref=mffor for the inde… Read full post »

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APRIL 10, 2010 11:28AM

A baseball cap and jumping rope

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Avaandthe hat 

 

By Patty Jane Maher,

(Writer's Note: This story is part of my series Poor Journalist Gets To Business. Just click around my blog for more stories or visit my Facebook Fan Page  http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Poor-Journalist-… Read full post »

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APRIL 8, 2010 7:03PM

Ducks Galore

By Patty Jane Maher,

(Writer's Note: This story is part of my series Poor Journalist Gets To Business. Just click around my blog for more stories or visit my Facebook Fan Page  http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Poor-Journalist-Gets-To-Business/364775722055?ref=mffor for the index.  I'm docum… Read full post »

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APRIL 6, 2010 10:27PM

I passed, I passed

By Patty Jane Maher,

I'm about to drop dead, I'm so tired. But I wanted to let you know that I passed my State insurance exam today to become certified to sell health and accident insurance. I'll be selling Aflac. I'm looking forward to it.

But for now... that's… Read full post »

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