Newsletter: Transplant evokes memories for columnist, Seymour students learn driving skills

Dear readers,

Today's newsletter features more on my kidney transplant surgery written by my journalism mentor, among other topics.

Please click here to read all about it.

Thanks as always,

~ Patti 

Holiday breakfast tradition to continue at St. Mary Church in Derby

The breakfast will be held in St. Mary Church hall, 212 Elizabeth St., Derby.

Shelton artist to show paintings at Easton Public Library

* Sharing this info for a fellow member of the Valley Arts Council.

On midnight snacks and a need to relax

Two hours of tossin' and turnin' is my limit.
It's 12:30 a.m. and I'm back up. And writing on the computer (but I guess you could figure that part out).

I hardly slept Saturday night and had hoped to recoup several hours of sleep Sunday. But I only napped for an hour. A long snooze wasn't in the cards.

I'm considering having a midnight snack. I can't remember the last time I had a true midnight snack. I think I may have been in college (!)

Since peanut butter is a high potassium and high phosphorus food, I was told to avoid it on the renal diet I had to follow pre-transplant. 
But now I can consume it. 
PB & J sandwiches are a newfound treat.
I think I'll have peanut butter on a few low-sodium crackers. Maybe that will bring some sleep.