Patricia Bunin

Pasadena

Columnist and Author at Freelance

Columnist, Senior Moments @ Southern CA News Grp, Author Password: SeniorMoment, Creator https://t.co/IkItScDQGR

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Articles

How the kitten I smuggled home got turned into a dog

1 week ago | dailybreeze.com | Patricia Bunin

How the kitten I smuggled home got turned into a dog
How the kitten I smuggled home got turned into a dog

1 week ago | sgvtribune.com | Patricia Bunin

Metaphorically speaking, the cat turned into a dog. In last week’s column about my love of newspapers, I wrote that I had once smuggled home a kitten from day camp even though my mother was afraid of cats. A community of feline parents last no time in asking an important question. What happened to the kitty that I hid in a newspaper-lined box? Here’s the scoop:My mother, born and raised in a small apartment in the Bronx, didn’t know from house pets.
Read all all about it: Why my love of newspapers hasn’t waned

2 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Patricia Bunin |West Covina

Newspapers have beguiled me from an early age. The summer I smuggled a kitten home from day camp, even though I knew my mother was terrified of cats, I placed the gold and white kitty in a shoe box lined with newspaper and covered her with my camp T-shirt. With the kitten happily hidden in my bedroom closet, I liked thinking about her snuggled up in the news, surely a safe place.
Read all all about it: Why my love of newspapers hasn’t waned

2 weeks ago | dailybreeze.com | Patricia Bunin

Read all all about it: Why my love of newspapers hasn’t waned
Read all all about it: Why my love of newspapers hasn’t waned

2 weeks ago | sgvtribune.com | Patricia Bunin

Newspapers have beguiled me from an early age. The summer I smuggled a kitten home from day camp, even though I knew my mother was terrified of cats, I placed the gold and white kitty in a shoe box lined with newspaper and covered her with my camp T-shirt. With the kitten happily hidden in my bedroom closet, I liked thinking about her snuggled up in the news, surely a safe place.
Why Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow are my romantic ideal

3 weeks ago | sgvtribune.com | Patricia Bunin

They may not have exchanged traditional wedding vows but they have this “’til death do we part” thing down. He’s bald and she’s a bit overbearing, but a more devoted couple I’ve never seen. It seems Jackie and Shadow burst onto the world stage to remind us what love is all about. Although the two bald eagles live in the ski town of Big Bear, their daily lives leave little time for relaxation. Yet they are fine that way.
When I needed a hand, a sheriff’s deputy was ready to step up

1 month ago | sacbee.com | Patricia Bunin |West Covina

I was on a step stool trying to throw a sheet over my bedroom window when I heard a noise outside. I peeked out before I went out and was relieved to find one of Altadena's finest checking out my backyard. The Sheriff's Department has been providing this service since the fires two months ago to those of us not back in our homes yet. After two months, I was familiar with the drill and went inside to get my driver's license for ID.
When I needed a hand, a sheriff’s deputy was ready to step up

1 month ago | dailybreeze.com | Patricia Bunin
When I needed a hand, a sheriff’s deputy was ready to step up

1 month ago | sgvtribune.com | Patricia Bunin

I was on a step stool trying to throw a sheet over my bedroom window when I heard a noise outside. I peeked out before I went out and was relieved to find one of Altadena’s finest checking out my backyard. The Sheriff’s Department has been providing this service since the fires two months ago to those of us not back in our homes yet. After two months, I was familiar with the drill and went inside to get my driver’s license for ID.
Why choosing what to eat as you age can be more complicated

1 month ago | sacbee.com | Patricia Bunin |West Covina

Has aging changed the way we eat? The topic came up at a recent lunch with friends. As I took a bite of my baked salmon, my mind snapped back to another lifetime. A teenaged me, sporting the requisite pony tail and saddle shoes of the era, was sitting on a round, red, faux leather stool at the counter in Murden's Drug Store in Norfolk, VA, where she grew up. She was sharing a chocolate milkshake and french fries with a friend.