Bonni Brodnick Blog

  Our Favorite New Year's Day Baby. Here we are celebrating Mom's 80th Birthday at LYC. My mother will be forever remembered for 1. Saving my life when she grabbede the steering wheel as I had a stroke on I-95 and 2. Her inimitable style, grace, sense of humor, wit, wisdom ... wait, that's 3, 4,5 ... I could go on for eternity. Among the many words received the past few days: "She was always, among other things, our favorite dinner guest. Betty made the room come alive," "Bonni, you are blessed having your mom as your guardian angel. Cherish the memories!" and  " She was a true hero."       Happy First Heavenly birthday, Mom!  <3

(Missing from photo is daughter's husband, who is taking the photo ) (Hahahaha!! This is us in AI version. Yikes!! Help.)  

  Gingerbread houses never looked this good! Forget using M&Ms, mini marshmallows, and gumdrops for the roof, Skittles for the window frames, and candy canes for the shutters. So  meh . For the annual Gingerbread House Festival in Orem, Utah, culinary artist Melodie Dearden and her friend Brenton, an architect, knocked it out of the park with their re-creation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Fallingwater. "                         Read more about how they did it and what FLW's great-granddaughter had to say about it. (It's pretty funny.)

There was a wonderful tribute on PBS to composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, celebrating the 80th anniversary of their brilliant collaboration on "Oklahoma." Its unique blend of storytelling through song and dance was a groundbreaking moment in musical-theater history. It  reminded me of my interview with Andy Oscar Hammerstein for BEDFORD MAGAZINE.    Have a look . . . " Getting to Know You: Oscar Andy Hammerstein III"

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Everyone's worse nightmare has got to be driving on an interstate highway at 65 mph and having a stroke.  My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery  is a tranformative story as Bonni seeks to reclaim her "magnificent life through humor, grit and defiance." True inspiration for anyone who has ever endured an experience that requires strength to move forward.              This holiday season, give the gift of hope and resilience.