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June 11, 2012

"Gaza plunged into darkness" -- Say what?

This is funny (I think). An Arabic site picked up my Huffington Post piece, "Ode to my Mother ... I Swear."

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Bonni Brodnick: Bonni Brodnick is the author of “My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery” and “Pound Ridge Past,” now in its second edition. She is a contributor to HuffPost and Medium, and was formerly with Condé Nast Publications. Bonni has written scripts for Children’s Television Workshop, was a weekly newspaper columnist, and editor of two academic magazines. She is a member of Pound Ridge Authors Society and has a blog (bonnibrodnick.com). Bonni is also an ambassador for the American Heart Association and a proud Stroke Survivor.

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