Bonni Brodnick Blog

I've never been more excited in my life than I am today making bookmarks for book events! I'll have them handy, too, for my appearance as a featured speaker at the upcoming American Heart Association fundraiser, "Go Red For Women" fundraiser on Thursday, March 30, 5:30-7:30pm, at  Surf Club on The Sound (280 Davenport Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10805). Side 1: Side 2: Side 1 + Side 2 = Some hotshot bookmark for "My Stroke in the Fast Lane." Stay tuned!!  

 Originally appeared in MEDIUM, Illumination Remember When the World Shut Down? Coronavirus Loomed Photo by  Julian Wan  on  Unsplash It’s impossible not to think back to March 2020, when we were at the beginning of an international pandemic. The world was scared. Unknowing. On my daily walk, I passed an empty hotel. Red tulips were in bloom at the entrance. I wanted to pick them but feared they’d bring COVID into my house. Everyone was Zooming. Toilet paper was a commodity. In fact, the shelves of all paper goods were bare. And remember the video circulating on how to wipe off every surface of your groceries? And to leave packages outside for 24-hours before bringing them inside? An article I wrote now seems so far away.  Did this really happen? CORONAVIRUS NEWS: Fashion Houses in Brooklyn Pivot to Make Isolation Gowns During COVID-19 Pandemic Libby Mattern, Founder of Course of Trade / Photo by the Author When Covid-19 hit, one thing was blatantly clear: the s...