Danner's Manners
Patti is the editor of the Greene County Daily World. She likes sunsets, long walks on the beach and stupid cliches. And good spelling and excellent grammar. If you'd like to share a story, or give her all of your chocolate, she can be reached at pdanner@gcdailyworld.com
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Proverbs 16:28
Posted Thursday, February 8, 2024, at 4:53 PM“A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends”~Proverbs 16:28 You guessed it, folks. Today I want to talk about fake friends and how jealousy is but a symptom of deeply-rooted insecurity. You see, jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius, and when the insecure act out against you, they are showing how deeply they wish they were you. Borrowing from the infinite wisdom of the infinitely-wise Joan Jett:... -
1 Peter 3:8
Posted Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 9:03 PM1“Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.” 1 Peter 3:8 I chose to begin this blog with a bible verse. I chose this particular verse because it applies directly, and even profoundly, to a recent experience I had with a person who needn’t be named here and then, the same day, a different person and a business whose staff could not have been kinder or more compassionate to me, a direct and memorable contrast from the way I had been treated moments before by Mr. ... -
Living up to Luke
Posted Friday, December 22, 2023, at 3:30 PMToday, Luke hands me a beautifully written column to print in Tuesday’s paper that immediately gave me feels, gave me chills and gave my competitive streak something to live for. “Never ask others to do something you won’t do yourself,” some smart human said, and I love this message and have made it one of my personal rules... -
Some days the bear eats you..
Posted Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 6:40 PMYou know the old saying, “Some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you”? Meaning, of course, there will be days in life where everything seems right with the world and there will be days when the world seems like a giant armpit?... -
Some days the bear eats you..
Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 7:15 PMYou know the old saying, “Some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you”? Meaning, of course, there will be days in life where everything seems right with the world and there will be days when the world seems like a giant armpit?... -
Still sighing at Sister Stupid-Part two
Posted Friday, April 14, 2023, at 12:00 AM*DisclaimerI love my big sister with all of my heart and she likes it when I pick on her. I’ve never been able to fake delight in something I’m not delighted with, even though she was thrilled with this lamp that had nothing in common with the lamp depicted in the link she had sent. ... -
Still sighing at Sister Stupid-Part one
Posted Friday, April 7, 2023, at 12:00 AM*DisclaimerI love my big sister with all of my heart and she likes it when I pick on her. I’ve written about my big sister, Judy, before. From a family of seven, she and I are the only ones still standing (well, mostly we prefer sitting because we ain’t no spring chickens anymore). But we are the last living ones of the mom, dad and five siblings our family used to be... -
Keeping promises
Posted Friday, March 31, 2023, at 12:00 AMLast year (procrastinate much, Patti?) I made a New Year’s resolution (which I don’t normally do because I know me too well) to volunteer more. I do as many stories as I can find about people who do a lot for others, and they always inspire me and make me feel really guilty and certain I’m a horrible person with no empathy, in comparison... -
Matthew Victor Pace: the true MVP
Posted Friday, February 10, 2023, at 12:00 AMWhat is it about the sweet smile of a drooling, toothless toddler that can spark such joy in a person’s soul? That can turn the crappiest of dreary days into a field of sunshine and wildflowers? I honestly haven’t the foggiest notion, but that’s what happens every time Nate and/or Emily bring in their son for a visit to the newsroom. ... -
*NOT* your daily horoscope! Again!
Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at 5:12 PMUninspired and rushed for time, I decided to take the weenie way out of a column this week and reprint an old favorite. Forgive. I went through and made it 23% funnier and 18% more entertaining than when I wrote it in March 2018. That’s just an estimate, everything’s funnier when you’re tired, so... -
Denial is my coping mechanism and it works for me
Posted Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 12:00 AMWhen big changes happen, like people leaving or like people you’ve worked with for over a year leaving, I tend to remain steadfastly in denial until the last minute, until I absolutely have to accept it and transition from ignoring their imminent absence to missing them horribly... -
I’m probably on a ferryboat with McDreamy right now
Posted Friday, August 5, 2022, at 12:00 AMAs you read this, I am on vacation. As with every vacation, I am in Washington state with my family. This time, I am staying primarily with my middle son, who lives with his wife and kids on five acres in the state’s capitol city of Olympia... -
Mistacks are proof you are trieing
Posted Friday, July 29, 2022, at 12:00 AM1Being an editor, the above headline was VERY hard to write. In fact, I’m dying to correct it right now, and it’s all I can do to resist but I know I must. I MUST. Having said that, I make plenty of mistakes that don’t involve spelling, grammar or AP style. Just ask my bosses. Or my co-workers... -
(re)mission accomplished!
Posted Thursday, June 16, 2022, at 6:41 PM1A couple of weeks ago, my oncology nurse called to remind me of an upcoming appointment. They always call a couple of days beforehand, because they deal with people who have “cancerbrain” (forgetfulness, lack of focus) every day and they probably quickly grew tired of patients forgetting their appointments. She said it was marked “FINAL” on my chart and I asked, “Does this mean you’re all finally tired of me and you plan to put me to sleep?”... -
From the paws of Meep
Posted Friday, March 11, 2022, at 12:00 AMHello everyone, my name is Meep. I am a black domestic shorthair cat with a white blaze on my chest and I have been the companion of your editor, Patti Danner, for most of my 13 years of existence. Just about every time she tries to use her laptop at home, I make it my job to sprawl across the warm keyboard whenever she leaves the room, looking innocently at her with my irresistible upside-down kitty face when she returns. ... -
Today I met my hero
Posted Thursday, March 3, 2022, at 12:00 AMToday was a very good day. It’s a Wednesday, and Wednesdays tend to be busy for me. I’m usually working on the Shopper, making lists of what we have and where it goes in Friday’s paper, might have a town council or a school board meeting, I’m usually scrambling to complete stories or my column and I start Friday’s paper so I’m a little bit ahead of the game... -
What’s on my desk today?
Posted Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 8:03 PMA short time ago, a favorite reader of mine made some very nice (nicer than I deserve, certainly) and confidence-boosting comments about my blog. She said she always enjoys reading it, whether I’m writing about kitty adventures or just dump out my purse, photograph the contents and describe them to you... -
Cancer: Yep, still talking about it, folks
Posted Friday, February 11, 2022, at 4:53 PM3Part Three Okay, so I promised to tell you about the infusion process in this installment, and I keeps my promises, so here we go: Dr. Waits informed me those ridiculously-high for some reason white cell counts Dr. Vanotti noticed were affecting my red cells, causing a condition called hemolytic anemia. He informed me I had jumped to stage three (gulp) cancer, and those things mean it’s time to treat, like NOW... -
Cancer: the C-quel
Posted Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 9:09 PMPART TWO Last week, when I was finally able to insert a period, stop tap-tap-tapping away on this Mini Mac and just stop endlessly talking about myself, I was at the part in my riveting leukemia journey where I had met all of the hottie doctors, Dr. ... -
I told cancer to shut up...cancer said ‘make me,’ so I did (for now)
Posted Thursday, January 27, 2022, at 12:00 AM3PART ONE Most of you know, as chatty as I can be, I’m actually a pretty private person when it comes to my personal business and I don’t like to be a whiner or reveal too much or complain too much about the gift of life and what it brings and should leave us grateful to have...
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