Bonni Brodnick Blog

This is a photo of my husband and me at our friends' cow farm in Normandy on February 7, 2020, which seems like a million years ago. It was right before the coronavirus pandemic really hit. We still had friends going to  Austin for SXSW. Weddings were being planned, meetings and conferences were unchanged, and the Summer 2020 Olympics were set for Tokyo. We had no idea that the U.S. would even come close (and now surpass) Wuhan, China. Today, billions of people are ordered to stay home, the economy is at a standstill, thousands and thousands of schools and universities are closed ... and people are  dying . Nearly 200 U.S. cities reported a DIRE need for masks, test kits, ventilators, and other emergency equipment vital to fighting the virus. Coronavirus Cases 577,619 view by country Deaths 26,447 COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Last updated: March 27, 2020, 17:53 GMT Source:  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

"Socially distanced, Spiritually connected." ~ Andrew Cuomo, Mayor of NYC Last night, we had a Zoom commune with the best of friends. Every couple had to pick a song that was special to them. (Mine was " The Way You Look Tonight ,". I danced to this song with my son at his wedding. I LIVED for this mother/groom dance after my stroke. It was very emotional for both me and my son, and all of the guests watching us. Not a dry eye in the room. Being able to dance with David for this incredibly special moment was one of the most precious of my entire life. Bar. None.) Reach out to your friends with a Zoom invite. ( Click here for instructions on how to download the app.) While the country is being ravaged by this coronavirus pandemic, and we are forced to stay inside, Zoom is an uplifting way in which to connect with friends. Keep the good vibes going!

In a letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald, quarantined in 1920 in the south of France during the Spanish influenza outbreak, he writes: " . . . The streets are that empty. It seems as though the bulk of the city has retreated to their quarters, rightfully so. At this time, it seems very poignant to avoid all public spaces. Even the bars, as I told Hemingway, but to that he punched me in the stomach, to which I asked if he had washed his hands. He hadn’t. He is much the denier, that one. Why, he considers the virus to be just influenza. I’m curious of his sources. "And yet, amongst the cracked cloudline of an evening’s cast, I focus on a single strain of light, calling me forth to believe in a better morrow ." * * * * * I just got a news flash that Italy's coronavirus death toll reached 3,405, becoming the highest in the world, and surpassing China's reported title. Scary times, indeed. But there is a Facebook group of moms here in Tarrytown and Sleepy...

Look at this prediction about coronavirus from "End of Days: Predictions and Prophesies About the End of the World," by Sylvia Browne (1936-2013). She was a #1 New York Times bestselling author and psychic. She nailed it in her book that was published in September 2008. #corona #coronavirus #trumpsucks #moronavirus #thecword

          Years after graduation, I was invited by my college to a cocktail party in New York City. They were looking for money and the swanky-ness of this chic, loft setting was a good starting point.             While mingling with those gathered, I ended up in conversation with a woman whom I had no idea who she was. We talked about the school and when I attended.             “But I had the absolute worst advisor while I was there,” I said. I explained how I graduated from what should have been a 4-year college in a scant 2 ½ years.                         “That’s impressive. How did you do that?” she asked. I was used to most people asking this question.          ...