The Big Table

Stories of family life

Patty Murphy Luzzi

Family Life Columnist

"Your Christmas Columnist"

Patty Murphy Luzzi: lives near Kirkland, Washington with her American/Italian husband Lenny, a beagle, and six accordions. She and Lenny have two sons in their 20s. Her goal has been to keep her family from chaos, which has been a full-time job. She is the part of the third generation born to an Irish family in Butte, Montana. Patty (aka "Patrice") graduated from Butte High School, and Montana State University in Bozeman. Her husband, children, friends, four siblings, in-laws, and outlaws provide her with endless fodder for her work. Patty wrote a weekly column called Family Life for the dearly departed King County Journal from 2001 to 2007. Below it says "View my complete profile." If you click on that it will take you to a page that has a web page link (a web page my husband created years ago to immortalize me...it must be an Italian thing). You will see my original photo and an archive of some of my early columns.