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Books I Love: <\/strong><\/span>Charlotte\u2019s Web; Cold Sassy Tree; The House on Mango Street; Catherine, Called Birdy; Persuas<\/em>ion; <\/em>Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; Peace Like a Rive; Pride and Prejudice; True Grit; A Thousand Acres; A River Runs Through It; Wish; The One and Only Ivan; Flora and Ulysses; Merci Suarez Changes Gear; Heart of a Shepherd.
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Books I loved as a child<\/strong>: <\/span>Everything by Beverly Cleary (<\/em>including Fifteen, The Luckiest Girl, and Jean and Johnny). <\/em>All of Judy Blume, but especially Tiger Eyes. Homer Price; Encyclopedia Brown; Stuart Little; Cheaper by the Dozen; Charlotte\u2019s Web; The Little House on the Prairie <\/em>series; Mary Poppins; The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy; <\/em>the Frog and Toad <\/em>books; The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.<\/em><\/p>\n

Imaginary best friend(s):<\/span><\/strong> Ramona Quimby, Ribsy, and India Opal Bulloni.<\/p>\n

Real life best friend:<\/strong><\/span> My husband, John.<\/p>\n

Things I love:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Ice-cream, road trips, rivers, barbecue potato chips, heavy pens, singing while driving, Crater Lake (and the trail up Mt. Scott<\/a>), sunflower seeds, animals, the Klamath Basin<\/a> in the spring, bookstores, puns, spaghetti, birds in my feeder, a new journal, The Guardian’s Blind Date column, The Guyliner<\/a>, lilacs, Petroglyph Point<\/a> (and the Lava Beds National Monument), freshly cut hay, blue ink, the Oregon coast<\/a>, when things work out.<\/p>\n

My super powers:<\/strong> <\/span>Finding lost items, letting other people talk, attracting strays – pets and people.<\/p>\n

Things most people don\u2019t know about me:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>I once discovered an opal deposit in the woods and filed a claim on it like an old west gold miner. I\u2019ve rafted the Colorado River through The Grand Canyon. I summited Mt. Shasta<\/a> despite suffering from altitude sickness. I have a black belt in aikido. I bake a pretty amazing batch of brownies. I hate folding laundry. I’ll share the last bite of chocolate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Books I Love: Charlotte\u2019s Web; Cold Sassy Tree; The House on Mango Street; Catherine, Called Birdy; Persuasion; Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; Peace Like a Rive; Pride and Prejudice; True Grit; A Thousand Acres; A River Runs Through It; Wish; The One and Only Ivan; Flora and Ulysses; Merci Suarez Changes Gear; Heart of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3441","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n7 Random Things - Patricia Bailey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seven Random Things about Me\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/index.php\/7-random-things\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"7 Random Things - Patricia Bailey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seven Random Things about Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/index.php\/7-random-things\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Patricia Bailey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patriciabaileyauthor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-23T04:40:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/150-Transparentgirlwithdogcropped.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"117\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"79\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@patriciabtweets\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/index.php\\\/7-random-things\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/index.php\\\/7-random-things\\\/\",\"name\":\"7 Random Things - Patricia Bailey\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-31T20:41:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-23T04:40:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Seven Random Things about Me\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/index.php\\\/7-random-things\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/index.php\\\/7-random-things\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/index.php\\\/7-random-things\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"7 Random Things\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Patricia Bailey\",\"description\":\"Children's Author | Bookworm | Imaginary Dog Owner\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f581f06b5bb9d20c199179a8a1b4806c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f581f06b5bb9d20c199179a8a1b4806c\",\"name\":\"Patricia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3a4f5afef1653822f4d56fbcfc4b615?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3a4f5afef1653822f4d56fbcfc4b615?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3a4f5afef1653822f4d56fbcfc4b615?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Patricia\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3a4f5afef1653822f4d56fbcfc4b615?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\"},\"description\":\"Patricia Bailey grew up in a small town in Oregon. 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