Chat with Pat

Reminisce with our resident chatterbox, Pat, and share your memories of the old days or chat about current and future topics.

Or as Pat would say, "Let's Chat!"

Wanna Bet?
Chat with Pat remembers the Gamblers in her family

The Scale is Evil!
Chat with Pat goes on a diet

Away in a ... Cabin?
Chat with Pat shares a special holiday memory

Shop Till You Drop
Chat with Pat has always loved to shop!

Face it - I need friends
Chat with Pat discovers Facebook

The neighborhood's adopted dog
Pat chats about stray dog 'Brown'

January is Evil!
Pat chats about her January Blues

Cable and Toasters and Phones - Oh My!
Pat chats about some consumer gripes

Storms are coming - grab the booze!
Pat chats about how we react to weather

Spring Forward? Fall back? Leap Year?
Pat wonders about changing the time

Pat's letter to Santa
She asks for some unusual gifts

Halloween Memories
Is that Pat under the mask?

Cleveland Browns Opener 2007
Pat wants some answers

Scaredy Cat Pat
Pat chats about Euclid Beach Park

My Dad - James Francis "Bud" Sweeney
Pat chats about her dad on Father's Day

Can you hear me now?
Pat chats about the noises in our life

Do you know your neighbors?
Pat says we need more nosey neighbors

Music, music, music!
Pat chats about family sing-alongs

Peaches in January?
Pat chats about seasonal foods

It's a Dog's Life
Pat chats about how we treat our dogs

Best Location in the Nation
Pat chats about our 4 seasons

Gas Prices and Car Pooling
Pat chats about sharing rides as a kid

Grade School memories
Did we really have ink wells?

Why I still celebrate my anniversary
though my husband is deceased

From winter to summer
Pat finally puts away the snow shovels

Strange new foods
Pat longs for a club sandwich on white

People Watching
Pat chats about people leaving the store

The Black Toe Club
Pat chats about a "happy" accident

Colors of Spring
Pat wonders if Spring will ever come

Alternative Danny Boy words - By Request
From Pat's Chat about the Irish Wake

Out of Step?
Pat chats about being different from the norm

A younger male - at my age?
Pat is smitten by youth and good looks

Back to School?
Pat chats about the annual September ritual

Doilies, porch swings and the parlor
Pat chats about changes in home furnishing

Ronald Reagan
Pat chats about our 40th president

The "good" china and silver
Pat chats about their real value

Pat chats about Customer Service
More like Dis-service

Pat acts as Fashion Police
And chats about Clothes and Fashion

A Very Special St Patricks Day
Pat chats about the big day

The Superbowl Halftime Show
Didn't you know Pat would Chat about this?

Colds and Flu
Pat chats about remedies then and now

How can it be 2004 so soon?
Pat chats about New Years

Christmases Past
Pat looks back on the Holiday

What's for Dinner?
Pat chats about foods - then and now

Cleveland's Changing Seasons
As the weather turns cold, Pat chats about the changes in our lives

Where Do Grandma's Come From?
Pat reminds kids that there was life before them

The Blackout!
Pat chats about when the power went out

Ever have a Garage Sale?
Pat chats about her latest adventure

From Paper X to FedEx
Pat chats about how home delivery has changed

Happy 100th Bob Hope
Pat says Thanks for the Memories

Telling the world all about ourselves
Pat follows the clues

Feedback from the Old Time Candy Chat
School kids want to make Turkish Taffy

Green Thumb? Hardly!
Pat chats about being gardening-challenged

Valentine's Day
Pat chats about the changes to this holiday

Reader Feedback
Your responses to recent Chats with Pat

Jim Thome
Pat chats about Thome's move to Philadelphia

TV Shows
Pat chats about what's on the tube

Entertaining - Then and Now
How partys, and we, have changed

More old-time candy (by popular demand)
Remember wax lips, Pumpkin Seeds, Necco wafers, Turkish taffy?

Thank Heaven for Little Boys

Candy - The Staff of Life!

Enjoy yourself - what are you saving it for?

The Mystery of Time

Getting in Trouble

Chat with Pat - Terrorism hits the US

Chat with Pat - Playing Games

Chat with Pat - Introductory Column