pauldavidmcdonald

Mary Elizabeth Flaugherty is the mother of twins Pat and Patty. She appears in many, but not all, of the stories. Mary Elizabeth is a widow and single mother in her mid-forties when the stories begin. Her husband died tragically when the twins were only two years old. She has never sought to remarry. Mary Elizabeth was born Mary Elizabeth Kelly, and I swear, I did not realize at the time I named this character, that the name I chose was the name of my actual paternal grandmother. The...

My first sketch of the twins. When I first created my characters over 50 years ago, I pretty much knew what I wanted them to look like. I had a picture in my “mind’s eye,” but I still wanted to be able to see them with my actual eyes. My first step to accomplish that was to sketch them myself. I am not by any means an artist, but I have enough talent to create something that is not altogether ugly, so I did my best to start by coming up with a sketch of Pat and Patty. I liked the thumbnail...

Cathy Brent is Pat’s sometimes girlfriend. She does not appear in every story, but is usually mentioned in most. The image you see above is a composite photograph created to show what I believe Cathy should look like. Catherine Melissa Brent is an attractive girl, considered by many to be the most beautiful girl at Temple High. Her long, wavy hair is coppery-red and her skin is like porcelain. She has large green eyes. Cathy is the only daughter of Howard Brent, the wealthy owner of Brent’s...