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Patty's Page
My newest book and
most recent music video:
 River-Lations, Revisited
More Inspirational Stories and Photos from the Thousand
Islands
What
Kind of Love is This?
A song I wrote, sung, and set to
some beautiful Thousand Islands Sunsets. Check it out
on YouTube.
Welcome to Patty's Page. I hope you enjoy my music,
photos, and articles. I know it is a little
unorganized but that is because I keep adding new
stuff! So, please stop back now and then. In fact, North
Wind Publishing recently released A
Bird Lover's Reflections: A 90-day Devotional and
Journal for People Who Love Birds. This is
the third book in my new outdoor devotional series.
The first book, River
Reflections: A 90-day Devotional and Journal for
People Who Love the Water came out in 2012
followed by Nature
Reflections: A 90-day Devotional and Journal for
People Who Love Nature in 2013.
The summer before that, we released
River-Lations: Inspirational Stories and Photos from
the Thousand Islands which is a collection of
articles I wrote for the Thousand Islands Sun
Newspaper along with some of the photos I have taken
of the Thousand Islands. In 2017, North Wind
Publishing released River-Lations
Revisited: More Inspirational Stories and Photos
from the Thousand Islands with over 30 new
stories and pictures. This is my most recent
publication.
In 2010, I was the recipient of a national Amy Award
for one of the articles that are included in the book.
You can read the Thousand
Islands Sun's Press Release about the award or
you can read the article, Kayaking
for Dummies, on the Amy Foundation's web site.
I also write ariticles occasionally for Thousand
Islands Life.com including Songs
in the Night which has some of the sights and
sounds of our Thousand Islands loons.
Of course I also love to sing and write music.
Along with the songs above, my other recent
songs include,
Come Into His Rest (set to my nature
photography),You'll
Soon Make All Things Right, Alpha
& Omega, I
Was There (mp3) and Light
of
Love. Please let me know if you would like the
lyrics/chords to any of my music. I recently uploaded
a recording of my song, Psalm
130, that was recorded many years
earlier at my college recital at Houghton College
(thanks to Mary (Smith) Phillips and Connie Finney for
your help!). I also play keyboard and sing on
the worship
team at my church, the Syracuse
Alliance Church on Midland Ave in Syracuse, New
York. Check out the article
recently done about our church in a local newspaper.
In my other (non-musical) life, I work in the Department
of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University
in Syracuse. But once I leave for the day, I enjoy a
number of other activies. In the summer, I'm always
somewhere near the water. That includes the Thousand
Islands. I love to be outdoors jogging, kayaking,
gardening,
fishing, swimming, and taking pictures (check out my photography
pages or you can see some of my photography
featured in The Thousand Islands Life
Magazine). During the long, cold winter months I
keep busy by writing. Inspired by the magnificent
splendor of God's creation, I enjoy composing and
singing my own songs, as well as writing inspirational
books and articles (click
here to read one of my nature articles
originally published in the Syracuse Good
Newspaper). We recently released our newest
music video, River-Lations,
which completes our Thousand Islands music video
triology. You can even view our 3-minute
movie trailer on YouTube.
We are really excited about it and believe it is our
best work yet. We were thrilled to have River-Lations
receive the highest possible 5-Dove
rating from the Dove
Foundation. If you love music and nature we
think you will too!
In 2007, I had two new books published including To
Love, Honor, and OH BOY!, which is a book about
love and marriage published by CSS Publishing Company ( see
the
neat review this book got from the American Authors
Association). Earlier in the year, CSS
released, A
Good Paddling, inspired by some of my kayaking
adventures.
My most recent music album is my 12-song CD, Wondrous Love
(pictured above --note, I am the one on the right, not
the left). I express some of my deepest thoughts and
feelings in my songs and I love to be able to share them
with others through my music. Here is one of the songs
(mp3), " What Kind of Love is This?"
to give you a small taste of the album. You can read the
latest
review in the Syracuse Post Standard. Several of
the songs on this album are included in the River-Lations
music DVD.
My previous album is The
Treasure of Your Love (which includes the song, " I
Was There" that was written for the victims of the
hurricanes in 2005). I was interviewed
on
WHMR radio where I talked about the making of this
album. My previous CD, Heaven
& Nature Sing, includes 10 original songs all
inspired by nature and Scriptures with all kinds of neat
new special effects. You'll hear the mourning dove, the
waves of the River, a forest full of birds, Christmas
bells and a few additional surprises. I was
honored to have it reviewed
by the Syracuse Newspapers. But wait! It gets even
better. You can now watch while you listen. We have also
released the Heaven
& Nature Sing Music Video that sets seven of
the new songs to exquisite scenes of nature, wildlife
and the Thousand Islands area. Want a sneak peek?
You can now see the title song, "Heaven & Nature Sing"
on YouTube. Special Note: You can purchase
the Heaven & Nature Sing CD or the movie and help
support the new CNY
Children's Hospital at the same time (see the Heaven
&
Nature Sing movie page to learn more).
In May of 2002, we released our first music video, Proclaim
His
Praise in the Islands, featuring scenes of the
amazing Thousand
Islands area, its lighthouses, ships, castles and
wildlife all put to seven of my own original
songs. Wildlife, of course, includes Hoover, our
"pet" chipmunk, featured in his very own song ( now featured on YouTube).
For more information about this now world famous
chipmunk, come visit him at his
own web site. After all the feedback we have
gotten about our little friend, we felt that the least
Gold-Mountain could do was to sponsor The
Hoover Page, complete with pictures, chipmunk
links and even his own feature film.
In addition to our music videos, we have also released
several other music CD's of my songs. In Only Natural,
I have combined my love of music with my love of nature
by adding nature sounds to songs I wrote about God's
awesome creation. Proclaim His Praise in
the Islands includes the Chipmunk Song
and my new patriot song, "America Keep Praying" which is
also on the music video. Please feel free to listen to a
short sample on my music
pages.
A few years ago,
I completed another CD that had a different focus from
some of my other music. Through several recent
circumstances, I was reminded of some of the difficult
times I have gone through in the past and how, as I went
through them, I would find comfort by putting my
thoughts and prayers into music. The Lord brought
me through each of those difficult times and, each time,
He put a song on my heart. In Out of the Depths I
share 10 of those songs with the hope that they will
bring comfort and encouragement to others who are
suffering and who need a quiet reminder that they need
not go through it alone. The title comes from Psalm
130 (this is one of the cuts on the album)- "Out
of the depths I cry to you, O LORD...put your hope in
the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing
love” (Ps. 130:1,7). If you, or someone you know,
is hurting I pray the words and music on this album will
truly help you find your way out of
the depths.
As I already
mentioned, I also love to write. My first book was
released in April, 2001 from New Leaf Press. Perennial Faith is now
available at your local bookstore or online through Gold-Mountain.
In
Spring of 2005, Arcadia
Pulishing
Company released the book I co-authored with my
husband Bob, called Singer Castle. It
is the pictorial history of the castle
where I spent many of my summers. You can read the
book or, you can now see the movie. For one of our
most unique projects, the Dark
Island's Castle of Mysteries video, see our major
projects page.
Speaking of the
Castle, for over15 years, until its sale in 2002, I was
actively involved in the music ministry at Jorstadt Castle
(now known as Singer
Castle) in the Thousand Islands. Please come and
visit the web site I have dedicated to this wonderful
part of my life: A Tribute
to Jorstadt Castle. It is our involvement
there, at this remarkable place, that prompted us to
keep its memory and history alive in our new documentary
video.
I also
volunteer at New Hope
Family Services, currently as their online crisis
pregnancy counselor and web page manager. We are a local
agency run almost exclusively by volunteers dedicated to
helping both the unborn and their parents through what,
in many cases, is considered a crisis pregnancy. There
are similar organizations located throughout the
country. If you are interested in more information, or
if you, yourself, are struggling with a crisis pregnancy
there is a place right here on the Web that you can
visit. It is the OptionLine/Pregnancy
Centers Page. Whether I'm at
work or at play, on the River or at my keyboard, none of
those things really define who I am. I would hope that
if only one thing were to come to mind when people
thought of me it would be in terms of my First
Love.
Now,
for
some of Patty's Personal Picks i.e. links you won't want
to miss.
My
two
Vital Links:
A few other
favorites:
Favorite Sights
(great photography and a free screen saver, to boot!)
Favorite Sounds.(this gets me to
work in the morning even without coffee -you can listen
online!)
Favorite Local
Radio Station (Hope in the Journey)
Favorite
source for sending FREE E-cards (Really neat,
inspirational cards for every occasion)
Favorite
source for news on the Web
Favorite Site for Fake News and
Fun (Beware! These people are crazy!)
Favorite Local Outreach
(feeding the hungry, minstering to the refugees and to
the poorest of poor)
Favorite International Outreach
(caring for those in need worldwide)
Favorite
magazine on the Web
Favorite
Source of Inspiration
Favorite
List of Daily Devotionals
Favorite
Science and Apologetics Site
Favorite Site
for Families
Favorite
Site
for
Kids.
Why
wait until Christmas?
Good
News for Everyone
The Truth in Many
Languages
I Was
There
Patty Mondore,
2005
When the storms of life crash down upon you
unannounced
When the life you know is gone before your
eyes
When you ask through tears and anguish why
such sorrow you must bear
Please remember, precious child, I will be
there.
When the winds blow - - I will be there
and when the things you hold so dear are
washed away
I will hold you in My arms
I will keep you from all harm
And you will know that through it all, I was
there.
When the storm has passed and you're left
thinking all is lost
if you'll only turn to Me, I understand
For I died upon a cross, and gave my very
life for you,
And I did it just to show my love is
true.
Come to me - - I will see you through your
pain,
Trust me, I will help you through each day.
Cling to me, I'll love you through it all
and
be with you til I bring you home to
stay.
Thank
you for visiting my web page. I hope you found some
refreshment and encouragement here. I leave you
with this shining symbol of hope. Click on the Lighthouse
to find the true source of Light. 
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