tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17643279850881292032024-03-27T01:42:45.061-04:00 Bonni Brodnick Blog A Blurb-ologist's PerspectiveBonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.comBlogger1042125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-55082298855621082642024-03-26T14:34:00.003-04:002024-03-26T14:34:24.740-04:00On MEDIUM: "Woman Overboard WIth Watching Ships & Surfers on YouTube: Who gets the biggest wave?"<p> </p><div class="fw fx fy fz ga" style="box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="ab ca" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="ch bg fa fb fc fd" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 24px; max-width: 680px; min-width: 0px; width: 680px;"><h2 aria-label="kicker paragraph" class="gb gc gd be b dx ge gf gg gh gi gj dw gk" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="6358" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.077em; line-height: 18px; margin: 16px 0px -0.31em; text-transform: uppercase;">WHEN THINGS GET FISHY</h2><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="pw-post-title gl gm gd be gn go gp gq gr gs gt gu gv gw gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" data-testid="storyTitle" id="b442" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 42px; letter-spacing: -0.011em; line-height: 52px; margin: 12px 0px -0.27em;"><span class="vc ef vd ve" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><span class="l" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: block;"><span class="ep fj n vf vg lh vh" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0px; left: 0px; line-height: 0; position: absolute; top: 0px; user-select: none;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><button class="af eg ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap lx" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure></div><div class="ab ca" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="ch bg fa fb fc fd" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 24px; max-width: 680px; min-width: 0px; width: 680px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2NEdo2Jc71a8ox_UsE4Ktq9Zu8ps9RyQsWCK53YZV97Uqcjvjng6M_rwTnjQslYMM_PPvtKAO7PqIceep8tqSlbyd4zviURCpkye5mkcQfsYykNlYzm34V6QWMVMSGKL4dpOco7bDMulmA_Hlo4ET6Xlz9CI0j7z2jAK9LHcfjc7PEyey0qysEFACFiAx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="520" data-original-width="924" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2NEdo2Jc71a8ox_UsE4Ktq9Zu8ps9RyQsWCK53YZV97Uqcjvjng6M_rwTnjQslYMM_PPvtKAO7PqIceep8tqSlbyd4zviURCpkye5mkcQfsYykNlYzm34V6QWMVMSGKL4dpOco7bDMulmA_Hlo4ET6Xlz9CI0j7z2jAK9LHcfjc7PEyey0qysEFACFiAx=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></div><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj ol" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="7522" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: left; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span class="l om on oo bn op oq or os ot ef" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: block; float: left; font-size: 66px; line-height: 0.83; margin-right: 12px; padding-top: 7px; position: relative;">Y</span>ou know those people who can spend hours on YouTube on any subject? <em class="ou" style="box-sizing: inherit;">I am one of them. </em>I am obsessed with big waves. The more massive, the better.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="0828" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">I love watching ships on stormy seas (especially with a view from the helm of a Russian cargo ship where you can look out and see the 50-foot wave coming). Then you’ll find me deep into the rabbit hole with anything pertaining to boats in general: day sailors, cargo ships, luxury liners, tugboats, and vessels of any sort in foul weather. <span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">There is something thrilling about watching ill-tempered waves crash over the bow. The higher and scarier the wave, the better.</span></p></div></div><div class="ab ca" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="ch bg fa fb fc fd" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 24px; max-width: 680px; min-width: 0px; width: 680px;"><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="3ca7" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF0feucOrjfKUREn9SGS8Luv6ysLwoD10NNq8YnT4E-R_2OxX3fh8IQnsRSx2-3vdxmAByuxORA2KmID-ugZbG6ndT4zl0ngEnzgojJINYo4dmMKUPjMALJ7hKOyWBQdlXpqCrEw_0nLAgCF_kaMigKLMuCTUumIvatPnL33cfG4niEE3Z2PiNuULce7KD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2552" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF0feucOrjfKUREn9SGS8Luv6ysLwoD10NNq8YnT4E-R_2OxX3fh8IQnsRSx2-3vdxmAByuxORA2KmID-ugZbG6ndT4zl0ngEnzgojJINYo4dmMKUPjMALJ7hKOyWBQdlXpqCrEw_0nLAgCF_kaMigKLMuCTUumIvatPnL33cfG4niEE3Z2PiNuULce7KD=w640-h342" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"> Photo by Torsten Dederichs on Unsplash</span><p></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="3ca7" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;">There is equal mesmerization with surfers riding big waves. What would it feel like to be in the barrel of one of Oahu’s North Shore Backyards, a brutal reef-filled surf where the waves are fast and furious? Or in the epic mecca of Nazaré, Portugal, where waves can reach 80 feet and over and intimidate even professional surfers? </span></span><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.003em;">Watch these surfers as they dare the waves of</span><span style="color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;"> </span></span><a class="af no" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_I-96f7moQ" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;" target="_blank"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Nazaré.</span></a><span style="color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;"> (For full impact, hit all of the underlined links and go to fullscreen format.)</span></span></span></div><p></p></div></div><div class="ab ca" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="ch bg fa fb fc fd" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 24px; max-width: 680px; min-width: 0px; width: 680px;"><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="6961" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghN-xOfZ4j4Prp34Ms0fb0nyPJhK-2TtgqhUKZzfNhKHyUO7kawSxuhd4ZRs7EoH6biw9Ci5TapTJ8pFfOZe8o_dw4Duh_dl7YrZhhUwvMOdBmTsEEQQnn-2di4-TxbmoY0kbtyToIt5rf0mzhITZ1NTJvA3EF2ivFSJF06ecWaUpaE7UZw8Q_IJfex9EL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="2932" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghN-xOfZ4j4Prp34Ms0fb0nyPJhK-2TtgqhUKZzfNhKHyUO7kawSxuhd4ZRs7EoH6biw9Ci5TapTJ8pFfOZe8o_dw4Duh_dl7YrZhhUwvMOdBmTsEEQQnn-2di4-TxbmoY0kbtyToIt5rf0mzhITZ1NTJvA3EF2ivFSJF06ecWaUpaE7UZw8Q_IJfex9EL=w640-h412" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Photo by dailystoke.com</span><p></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="6961" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.003em;">I can watch these YouTube clips, and others like them, for literally hours:</span></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="de79" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><a class="af no" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3u-ASI3G1o" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Mavericks, CA</span></a></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="853a" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><a class="af no" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCRmXYkkDUA" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Jaws, </span><b><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ma</span>ui</b></a></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="e7e6" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><a class="af no" href="https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Teahupoo+Surf&mid=D6F52CA0E17E283B8BE4D6F52CA0E17E283B8BE4&FORM=VRDGAR" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Teahupo’o, Tahiti</span></a></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="fc38" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><a class="af no" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHbLTPi_5w0&list=RDCMUCrL4HtiKWddH-9jkMXgudEA&index=2" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Mullaghore Head, Ireland</span></a></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="376a" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><a class="af no" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv1b8rf9I9A" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Punta de Lobos, Chile</span></a></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="6360" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">When I watch them, I feel exhilarated, like an electrifying fixation. I feel a heightened rush and madness all while sitting at my desk. That’s when the rabbit hole thing takes over, which, I’ll admit, is a problem in our household.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="6360" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><em class="ou" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Husband: </em></span>“Hon, what did you do today?”</p><p></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="821b" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Me:</span> “I watched surfing clips on YouTube.”</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="666b" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><em class="ou" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Husband:</em> </span>“The<em class="ou" style="box-sizing: inherit;"> entire</em> day?”</p><figure class="nb nc nd ne nf na nk nl paragraph-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 56px auto 0px;"><div class="pd pe ef pf bg pg" role="button" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: zoom-in; position: relative; 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box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 680px;" width="700" /></picture></div></div><figcaption class="nh ni nj nk nl nm nn be b bf z dw" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 728px; text-align: center;">Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash</figcaption></figure><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="ff7d" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">This zealousness for surfers and surfing is shared with the venerable Diana Vreeland. (Check out my blog, <a class="af no" href="https://www.bonnibrodnick.com/2014/11/diana-vreeland-surfer-wannabe.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">“Diana Vreeland: A Wannabe Surfer”)</span></a>. In it, she states:</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="ff7d" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b> </b><b>"I'm really only envious of one thing, and that is a surfer. I <span> <span> </span></span>think it's the most beautiful thing. See, I'm <i>mad </i>about water. I think that water is God's tranquilizer.</b></span></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg ns nt nu hj nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="ff7d" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> To be in it, to drink it, to look at it, and to be a surfer -- oh, between the sky and the water -- that would be to me, the most wonderful thing."</span></b></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg pu nt nu hj pv nw nx ny pw oa ob oc px oe of og py oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="fa83" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.64em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">Before you go, <a class="af no" href="http://vimeo.com/108799588" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span class="nr gn" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">click here</span></a> to experience the rush that D.V. and I share when we watch surfers.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg pu nt nu hj pv nw nx ny pw oa ob oc px oe of og py oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="fa83" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.64em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">Whether you're on a boat steering <i>into a wave</i>, or a surfer riding <i>on top of a wave, </i>if you put it on YouTube, think of me; armchair traveling from my home computer, far from any splash, feverishly sharing the titillation and excitement from afar.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg pu nt nu hj pv nw nx ny pw oa ob oc px oe of og py oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="fa83" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.64em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph np nq gd nr b hg pu nt nu hj pv nw nx ny pw oa ob oc px oe of og py oi oj ok fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="fa83" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.64em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p></div></div></div><div class="ab ca pz qa qb qc" role="separator" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 24px;"><span class="qd bx bl qe qf qg" style="background-color: black; border-radius: 50%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); display: inline-block; font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; height: 3px; margin-right: 20px; width: 3px;"></span></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-39723951993147343022024-03-18T12:11:00.002-04:002024-03-21T15:19:47.491-04:00Part II: Crazy Surfing on Truly Massive Waves<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghxat_SNHl3zZE-cTR5_rmp2TOuSV2jQqyNKuB-MSBh-VzPzGaQ7ob9XVGCBJq87V0-VkERm8pgDRogqXc_kBVM9dKdYWyTYZm-6tNQcOCm2p5Exu9pBCUwrv7AZ7YrhFNMl6mCXEtFHg0avaqn-FN1kVPpirNp2PvEMmstnyO7z058njaPu0P_UW8KdQG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghxat_SNHl3zZE-cTR5_rmp2TOuSV2jQqyNKuB-MSBh-VzPzGaQ7ob9XVGCBJq87V0-VkERm8pgDRogqXc_kBVM9dKdYWyTYZm-6tNQcOCm2p5Exu9pBCUwrv7AZ7YrhFNMl6mCXEtFHg0avaqn-FN1kVPpirNp2PvEMmstnyO7z058njaPu0P_UW8KdQG=s16000" /></a></span><br /></p><div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I'm completely (and equally) mesmerized by surfers riding big waves. What would it feel like to be in the barrel of one of Oahu's North Shore Backyards, a brutal yet rewarding reef-filled surf where the waves are fast and furious? Or in the epic mecca of<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58a9xYOweU8"> </a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58a9xYOweU8">Nazar</a></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58a9xYOweU8" style="font-weight: bold;">é, Portugal</a>, where waves can reach 80 feet and over and intimidate even professional big-wave surfers. (Check out the video ... scary/exhilarating/hail the dudes that dare the waves of </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; font-weight: inherit;">Nazaré.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I can watch these clips for hours:</span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3u-ASI3G1o" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Mavericks, CA</b></a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E5An_yMMvQ"><b>Jaws, Maui<br /></b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNwzDHJHA_g"><b>Teahupo'o, Tahiti</b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUsNjR-rhnA"><b>Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania</b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxW_JD6aZ68"><b>Punta de Lobos, Chile</b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The rabbit hole thing takes over. It can be a household problem.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Husband: "Hon, what did you do today?" </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Me: "I watched surfing clips on YouTube."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Husband: "The<i> entire</i> day?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The fixation may have been ignited with "Subway Surfer," a writing project I did for a music video. To kick it off, I rode every subway line in Manhattan from start to finish. </span></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How to "Subway Surf?" </span></b></p><p><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Walk to the first car, stand at the window, and don't grab onto anything. Your arms need</span></b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> to help you keep balance as you </span></b></span><b style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">sway to the subway's twists and turns.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I share my obsession/passion for surfers and surfing with the venerable Diana Vreeland. (Check out <a href="https://www.bonnibrodnick.com/search?q=Diana+vreeland"><b>"Diana Vreeland: A Wannabe Surfer"</b></a>). She said,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><b>"I'm really only envious of one thing, and that is a surfer. I think it's the most beautiful thing. See I'm <i>mad</i> about water. I think water is God's tranquilizer. To be in it, to drink it, to look at it, and to be a surfer -- oh, between the sky and the water -- would be to me, the most wonderful thing."</b></span><br style="color: #444444; font-size: 13px;" /><span face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"> <b><i>~ Diana Vreeland</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #444444;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">~ ~ ~ </span><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">To get the full drift, b</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">e su</span><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">re to read "</span><i style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Part I: Crazy Ships on Wild Waves</span><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span></b> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">~ ~ ~</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-49399802768436689562024-03-13T15:35:00.003-04:002024-03-17T18:46:32.183-04:00Part I: Crazy Ships on Wild Waves<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4Ic4OXkMzDT-_s6D8AHqWxCHtA_XyRfLpaFk2eYjXt4iu2ggAbMIU6v0t1FTSuk5U-GU2eMbXTnlj09-Ie-eJFQOFCtNVXEyF7s6FOM3P7pDj9QwP0cbDBO_vgu4yqdlykboU7MMzNuJTsOaJxilNvffntYft3BLyyHSW-eJCmoqF2MQvHF2Dxb7H7M13" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1820" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4Ic4OXkMzDT-_s6D8AHqWxCHtA_XyRfLpaFk2eYjXt4iu2ggAbMIU6v0t1FTSuk5U-GU2eMbXTnlj09-Ie-eJFQOFCtNVXEyF7s6FOM3P7pDj9QwP0cbDBO_vgu4yqdlykboU7MMzNuJTsOaJxilNvffntYft3BLyyHSW-eJCmoqF2MQvHF2Dxb7H7M13=w640-h300" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You know those people who can spend hours on Instagram Reels or YouTube on any subject? </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I am one of them. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I can go deep into the rabbit hole with anything pertaining to boats, cargo ships, luxury liners, and vessels of any sort in foul weather. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I love watching ill-tempered waves crash over the bow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The higher and scarier the wave, the better. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXL3KsjmAEpv6VMep5GVrbpjXee8ZVSmeK-wlvCdUqjqVHhard69Dn7JRKamRdU5wm54u4yerpMA8WzengtCcXsIwZmy9cNvmrf_XJgHw4bn5w1u288wcFr-iYFs5RcCZNQdTuQnIgIXCd4a0C0w5kHEgIV09A7Drx4GyqH0k58lw1NCzlx86ZF69Z3uU3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1628" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXL3KsjmAEpv6VMep5GVrbpjXee8ZVSmeK-wlvCdUqjqVHhard69Dn7JRKamRdU5wm54u4yerpMA8WzengtCcXsIwZmy9cNvmrf_XJgHw4bn5w1u288wcFr-iYFs5RcCZNQdTuQnIgIXCd4a0C0w5kHEgIV09A7Drx4GyqH0k58lw1NCzlx86ZF69Z3uU3=w640-h350" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1748" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNlYgQyEsieEjQEl3Dqx3nF8hkYA-ydJBKmMM9qg_nng9vmjD94s4ra5Uf1qGnfFLBT5TsXAC77uEt563M8VOmDAM0CDo7YKPM80XiLwF5UiLLTqOWKHxPGQaPjw_yH6HyYwXdWleC7TmgxHvckHGW2-qhCEpG-W8uMxDcqSdC1oblAvIkL4NpZTAxFM3N=w400-h210" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Can't you just feel the thrill?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Stay tuned for Part II: Obsession with</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>~ ~ ~ SURFING ~ ~ ~</b></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-80155075470880554922024-03-07T15:20:00.002-05:002024-03-07T15:21:50.701-05:00Cole Brauer, 1st American woman to sail, single-handed, non-stop, around the world <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4LnxrNtJsrcKg9wA-vQOn2-COOUAJ1cGCrSVU3m68T1cldzuUC6UFjZjaus_Wt3WuHvNmpKC8Bg0lanzoL77Tqm5oVA-nQjj4-jqK7JyTOrDw6n8_kiTAs_BZJtY0QFE3SYg-iwHpwfO0By4X4VQN5dDSq35fL2ugVvzF_Sc5mK1XuhjL818SREk6q4k/s2796/IMG_1856.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4LnxrNtJsrcKg9wA-vQOn2-COOUAJ1cGCrSVU3m68T1cldzuUC6UFjZjaus_Wt3WuHvNmpKC8Bg0lanzoL77Tqm5oVA-nQjj4-jqK7JyTOrDw6n8_kiTAs_BZJtY0QFE3SYg-iwHpwfO0By4X4VQN5dDSq35fL2ugVvzF_Sc5mK1XuhjL818SREk6q4k/w295-h640/IMG_1856.png" width="295" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I was mesmerized last night and stayed up until 3:30am, glued to Instagram. Cole Brauer, 29, was tacking her way to the finish line of the Global Solo Challenge, a 26,000-mile race around the world. She's been three months alone at sea, being challenged by Mother Nature with wind blowing more than 58 knots and mighty seas reaching over 20 feet. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dHIvlrgyWmvY98kJ85mET238ip5trGLS_XPqjqQBOKWgOxtLKs79619b52DVhhJbsjUlhkwAE69MVvULUEtVYO5qLGQKnOqKEvUKxSjlcfv0HKJdHwjSq2joO2w3qhX2bHlJ6JHhH8zohZ25J5273rL_pSjN9xsd0KE6YMYJL8VsKHAOlMfdNvZoL2au/s2796/IMG_1851.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dHIvlrgyWmvY98kJ85mET238ip5trGLS_XPqjqQBOKWgOxtLKs79619b52DVhhJbsjUlhkwAE69MVvULUEtVYO5qLGQKnOqKEvUKxSjlcfv0HKJdHwjSq2joO2w3qhX2bHlJ6JHhH8zohZ25J5273rL_pSjN9xsd0KE6YMYJL8VsKHAOlMfdNvZoL2au/w296-h640/IMG_1851.png" width="296" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS44BlXGDj5kC6V7d8kjwAbCCuylIDcBAua9M8zSknbyilARsoHJED7OOMKLaMDdu7uG5H7OCt8uusnNjehA-zmr3J2lFH0IatTj_r__LJrJURuUrto3KtiCDKcLU8CZP9tblHLbycyK1RjPFfYDasYt-g5facRyjwBkgn7yZLjbyPIPg_D-4s14t7glKH/s2796/IMG_1857.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS44BlXGDj5kC6V7d8kjwAbCCuylIDcBAua9M8zSknbyilARsoHJED7OOMKLaMDdu7uG5H7OCt8uusnNjehA-zmr3J2lFH0IatTj_r__LJrJURuUrto3KtiCDKcLU8CZP9tblHLbycyK1RjPFfYDasYt-g5facRyjwBkgn7yZLjbyPIPg_D-4s14t7glKH/w296-h640/IMG_1857.png" width="296" /></a></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Cole's boat is called "First Light." Appropriately enough, she slowed her course so that she would arrive at first light of the day.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh8C6tMeTS3mULnmZBiBtyYGdAzckFm2hO2JGmgXu4SlJoWEq-0hfclO1NLbeeHOfqkzA9psaO2UZjQgxK32VMsW2K9JjfDVinAYa3XR0jKQxJmHDzVr8_nb6e2Yijns9AtBQfp7MRvYev8wHqFfzvAEfeAxMof6Z_BzYz2FCzmriLj9shxbbOagM6pMW/s2796/IMG_1864.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="1290" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh8C6tMeTS3mULnmZBiBtyYGdAzckFm2hO2JGmgXu4SlJoWEq-0hfclO1NLbeeHOfqkzA9psaO2UZjQgxK32VMsW2K9JjfDVinAYa3XR0jKQxJmHDzVr8_nb6e2Yijns9AtBQfp7MRvYev8wHqFfzvAEfeAxMof6Z_BzYz2FCzmriLj9shxbbOagM6pMW/w296-h640/IMG_1864.png" width="296" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This inspiring woman, who shared nearly every step of the voyage on ColeBrauerOceanRacing, proves that WOMEN CAN DO IT!! </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">She's the first American woman to sail, single-handed, non-stop, around the world. Cole is our "Amelia Earhart of the Seas."</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"<i>They</i>" said, "You're just a girl," "You can't do this," and she said, "Hold my beer!" Whattabadass!!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-59704404770031850712024-03-05T09:58:00.002-05:002024-03-05T09:58:52.016-05:00Upcoming book talks in April at BEDFORD PLAYHOUSE (4/9) & POUND RIDGE LIBRARY (4/20)<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">April will be a busy month. Mark your calendars for . . .</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9LCly6_CxXbhxGK0NZLUAwhKKF2RQQtn11K8cN93TSEa11gUrvbVAyqzVFAagMbHCYm_9ezevziDC7bHN-St4qIk4rWw66IpBPumYLFgeZ8EGTGfOmeVxuM-wsKoX-5r9laAKAC4LJT4EzmZ7qOK2y9dKe0W_EI30_B96AMaA3rHCPmEOy2CzCSisZae1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="290" data-original-width="1048" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9LCly6_CxXbhxGK0NZLUAwhKKF2RQQtn11K8cN93TSEa11gUrvbVAyqzVFAagMbHCYm_9ezevziDC7bHN-St4qIk4rWw66IpBPumYLFgeZ8EGTGfOmeVxuM-wsKoX-5r9laAKAC4LJT4EzmZ7qOK2y9dKe0W_EI30_B96AMaA3rHCPmEOy2CzCSisZae1=w640-h178" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday, April 9 at 7pm</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">A N D</span></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEielEmLOHhl3UuKltA5WYRJLuZw0CGGz8-BoZqUPCHyrXLvRrz8ANFqBdF5BbWqdcBThVAsypy32oDOZ__0TS8mWaaVw8B-DRMrKGhhdPN6WSQhkSzebsFMbR963zRvaTVc929nL00dCyQTRzBQ0j4onxyALxlly8DoigxdkRh9NmT5Jw02B0vxi5Z_FLfH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="284" data-original-width="578" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEielEmLOHhl3UuKltA5WYRJLuZw0CGGz8-BoZqUPCHyrXLvRrz8ANFqBdF5BbWqdcBThVAsypy32oDOZ__0TS8mWaaVw8B-DRMrKGhhdPN6WSQhkSzebsFMbR963zRvaTVc929nL00dCyQTRzBQ0j4onxyALxlly8DoigxdkRh9NmT5Jw02B0vxi5Z_FLfH=w400-h196" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Saturday, April 20 at 3pm</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">More info to come!!!</span></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div><br /></div></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-11773155271117307772024-02-27T12:57:00.001-05:002024-02-27T12:58:12.826-05:00"What to do after spilling your guts in a memoir?" 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letter-spacing: -0.003em;">“What do I do now?”</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph ne nf gd ng b gx nh ni nj ha nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="e63b" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">Is it despondency? A big let-down? Yes and no. When I have my wits together, I feel proud that the six years of the practically full-time writing project is f-i-n-i-s-h-e-d. That there is a book! With chapters! And Acknowledgements!</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph ne nf gd ng b gx nh ni nj ha nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="31aa" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">Then I think back to the days and nights writing, and 24-hour obsession with the title alone. Does this work? Is this one better? What about keywords? Do I continue even though it’s flippin’ difficult after having a stroke?</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph ne nf gd ng b gx nh ni nj ha nk nl nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="3f74" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">For inspiration along the way, I have a magnet from <a class="af ob" href="https://www.strandbooks.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Strand Bookstore</a> on my desk. “Keep Calm and Write On.” Okay. 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Visit me at <a class="af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar ob fx" href="http://bonnibrodnick.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border: inherit; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; fill: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">bonnibrodnick.com</a></p></div></div><div class="h k" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="pz qa qb qc qd l bw" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; box-sizing: inherit; padding-top: 72px;"><div class="ab ca" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="ch bg fa fb fc fd" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 24px; max-width: 680px; min-width: 0px; width: 680px;"><div class="ab cm co" style="align-items: flex-start; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); display: flex; font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; 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word-break: break-word;">bimonthly newsletter to all of their incredible team members. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidUjntQOXzJQNMCy7xuZrJVsHVU2mIkuN0v7d305X6hIFs_gjYc_PnVH2NvxynQBlfYrTxtM3JKVokmJ5vNnNAHFH_0TdaRTFPRw-xA9cnpnvLhVvlue4oCYlieavSf2LbD10g7YfSZjm2QktpxIaeYir5Ak7gJRWtT1FlMPWY5GeawS1O2nsfvYUOvKm1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidUjntQOXzJQNMCy7xuZrJVsHVU2mIkuN0v7d305X6hIFs_gjYc_PnVH2NvxynQBlfYrTxtM3JKVokmJ5vNnNAHFH_0TdaRTFPRw-xA9cnpnvLhVvlue4oCYlieavSf2LbD10g7YfSZjm2QktpxIaeYir5Ak7gJRWtT1FlMPWY5GeawS1O2nsfvYUOvKm1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY-LpRGzmjXJpd1Rq-9ZBD3OFjL4IOLgDK6OLIk5dQ4Kt3b60kqTqxwYEQeLBXnZIARY5_m9T4kByxlPT-bNjFReq0pslS-BhCdC0bYpgQzS3A7Wb4RlAEJpzOpX5t4HuSAa7be_WmHoGysFt35r_DkKQ1bXxeJe6bSFmPG_dKPlD3Uc6N8U5BwRKN0sv1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border-spacing: 0px !important; table-layout: auto; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 419px;"><tbody style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tr style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><td align="center" style="padding: 30px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; border-spacing: 0px !important; table-layout: auto; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tr style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="ee_editable h1" style="color: #4f4f4f; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; position: static; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: 400; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"><b style="color: #4f4f4f; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: large;">With Gratitude to All We Do At Phelps: Bonni Brodnick’s Stroke Story</span></b></p><p style="color: #3a3a3a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"></p></div></td></tr><tr style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><td align="center" class="paragraph" style="padding-bottom: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="ee_editable paragraph" style="color: #3a3a3a; line-height: 20px; position: static; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://r1.ddlnk.net/c/AQi_iA8Qt9RkGLynmVQg15TEFFQp47bf1W0JQBiVgzenBKuvza-oEeVIK71yOjPnfT1J" style="color: rgb(0, 154, 223) !important; font-weight: bold !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In January, author Bonni Brodnick, former rehabilitation patient at Phelps, returned for a signing of her memoir, "My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery" and to thank staff for the care she received. With reference to individuals and experiences mentioned in her book, she further reinforced the pivotal role Phelps played in her recovery during a recent conversation. Puja Agarwal, Carolyn Bossinas, and Dr. Binoy Singh provide supportive explanations for her cited treatments in the <a href="https://r1.ddlnk.net/c/AQi_iA8Qt9RkGLynmVQgsdvGFC2cjl6QPKxNbw2aF_gUd0ybnGbDpg7fLbOSpdV7cBOi" style="color: rgb(0, 154, 223) !important; font-weight: bold !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">attached article</a>.</span></p><p style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"></p><p style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://r1.ddlnk.net/c/AQi_iA8Qt9RkGLynmVQg15TEFFQp47bf1W0JQBiVgzenBKuvza-oEeVIK71yOjPnfT1J" style="color: rgb(0, 154, 223) !important; font-weight: bold !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p><p style="font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://r1.ddlnk.net/c/AQi_iA8Qt9RkGLynmVQg15TEFFQp47bf1W0JQBiVgzenBKuvza-oEeVIK71yOjPnfT1J" style="color: rgb(0, 154, 223) !important; font-weight: bold !important; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="left" class="nopadding-noleftborder" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); border-left: 1px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mob-column" ee-type="element" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse !important; border-spacing: 0px !important; table-layout: auto; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 209px;"><tbody style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tr style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><td align="left" style="font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" class="ee_editable ee_pnggif_image" src="https://i.emlfiles4.com/cmpimg/7/4/8/6/4/2/files/imagecache/1649207/w660_1698172_2222024bonnipx5.jpg" style="color: #3a3a3a; display: block; font-size: 13px; height: auto; line-height: 20px; max-width: 100%; min-height: auto; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 209px;" width="209" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-17827717200375090002024-02-19T15:04:00.004-05:002024-02-20T11:18:11.384-05:00William Shakespeare & 5 Words of Inspiration<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-K4q05ftQPGRq-DbbnfTe_oUzYyKw65DZ1yDf7WmeAQaVYVuRGYX9P5rNzyX41EIDDLkifT65GSS5RYdcb56EGEaVWm2ICq9tWnItfBlXaH0dewp751GiOsahsXstLTUHCw2c5WNiDCXv6EKBWLDVDwBwqsT3xxYkvyckFmJLogvMFI4VCryrgHJModT/s1622/AF7FD531-F9CB-4A25-BE72-243DB9D0B7B8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1622" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-K4q05ftQPGRq-DbbnfTe_oUzYyKw65DZ1yDf7WmeAQaVYVuRGYX9P5rNzyX41EIDDLkifT65GSS5RYdcb56EGEaVWm2ICq9tWnItfBlXaH0dewp751GiOsahsXstLTUHCw2c5WNiDCXv6EKBWLDVDwBwqsT3xxYkvyckFmJLogvMFI4VCryrgHJModT/w568-h640/AF7FD531-F9CB-4A25-BE72-243DB9D0B7B8.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"> Amidst the breathtaking stained glass windows at <a href="https://www.westminster-abbey.org/" target="_blank">Westminster Abbey</a>, this one stood out:</span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b> WE FEW. WE HAPPY FEW. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Stop to think about everything that graces your life. After the stroke, I am grateful for <i>everything, </i>including being here this very second, writing to you, and sharing my words. It's a miracle that I am here! I am surely one of the few.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-49262754605865687932024-02-13T12:25:00.000-05:002024-02-13T12:25:11.577-05:00London: National Portrait Gallery: SOHO GEORGE looks dapper as ever<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02dHzEIg2I10JlL4i_XXCF5KNLgGsDKJ1Q9t3NNLcEnBreaZgf6JFoq_nEHiR-iLhTsLrD4JrMlqvX0nAXnKYkN5ABhQaZ6vS6mn3BXrcQuhDXBGoC9laW4jLzoR788plX7r8sNLomALWn3k3dWlCo7A7ogmbjk62eUBHuvLFzjvltSNhmstQ5evI3CBb/s1565/84A79D8B-9758-4E69-B0CB-9E3455471505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02dHzEIg2I10JlL4i_XXCF5KNLgGsDKJ1Q9t3NNLcEnBreaZgf6JFoq_nEHiR-iLhTsLrD4JrMlqvX0nAXnKYkN5ABhQaZ6vS6mn3BXrcQuhDXBGoC9laW4jLzoR788plX7r8sNLomALWn3k3dWlCo7A7ogmbjk62eUBHuvLFzjvltSNhmstQ5evI3CBb/w588-h640/84A79D8B-9758-4E69-B0CB-9E3455471505.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Just back from a trip to London. This gentleman was too good to pass by. We started chatting and he immediately opened his jacket: <b>SOHO GEORGE</b>. I picked one of the coolest dudes to talk with at the National Portrait Gallery. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"I design all of my clothes, which are made by my tailor, Tony Phillips. He does a beautiful job," George said. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"May I take your picture?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">"Certainly."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">He straightened his tie and took this wonderful fashionista pose. ("Must be someone famous," I thought. "He took this pose so naturally.")</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Came home to our flat and found this article in <i>LDN NEWS</i>, by Martin Elvery:</span></p><p><span face=""Signika Negative", "Signika Negative-fallback", "Open Sans", "Open Sans-fallback", system-ui, sans-serif" style="color: #141414; font-size: large; letter-spacing: -1px;"><b><a href="https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/1960s-london-legend-soho-george-24889576" target="_blank">"The 1960s London legend 'Soho George', 80, who still wears dapper suits and struts around the West End</a></b></span></p><p class="sub-title" itemprop="description" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #626262; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You'll see him wearing stunning suits around Soho, but there's much more to the man than meets the eye</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">He's George Skeggs, AKA Soho George, a great grandfather who struts local cafes and bars decked out in his signature blue/grey checked suit, Bolero style hat ... and dig the shoes!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8-7DFV9r0yb1eQ9d1EwqZeA4XkHflMmrFdGsn1MCUJs036udohHlzKzXPeAqx624VTrn0hf5lPdfwwh1q-Y37IJkKsQOPqE7bMLoBy4wh6pWVB1hYmBaxV66GHHgP0dJBRhXJtdkpplkmpkWrGuj1654Kz5naWJCIbz7Mj1ZbsuZULIUCkppeLKM6pwp/s1563/7C23561D-F341-4698-9C22-5102836B1B81.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8-7DFV9r0yb1eQ9d1EwqZeA4XkHflMmrFdGsn1MCUJs036udohHlzKzXPeAqx624VTrn0hf5lPdfwwh1q-Y37IJkKsQOPqE7bMLoBy4wh6pWVB1hYmBaxV66GHHgP0dJBRhXJtdkpplkmpkWrGuj1654Kz5naWJCIbz7Mj1ZbsuZULIUCkppeLKM6pwp/w369-h400/7C23561D-F341-4698-9C22-5102836B1B81.jpeg" width="369" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="taboola recommended-stories tm-commercial-integrations-taboola populated" data-config="{"mode":"thumbnails-mm","componentType":"taboola","injectionConditions":[{"condition":"stopONAdvertorialContent"},{"condition":"stopONAffiliateContent"},{"condition":"stopONActiveLegalProceedings"}],"slotType":"taboola","referenceNode":".article-body > p:nth-of-type(8)","hideOnSensitiveArticle":true,"relativePos":"after","name":"taboolaMidArticle","selector":"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails","targetType":"mix","placement":"Mid Article Thumbnails","type":"taboolaDesktopMidArticleThumbnails"}" data-response-end="1539" data-response-start="170.2000000178814" data-taboola-placeholder="" data-type="taboola" id="taboolaMidArticle" style="background-attachment: initial; 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"I go into the Royal Academy, the bookshops. I used to always say to my daughter, 'If I don't go out, nothing happens."</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Well, it happened to me. I was struck by George's originality, his suave gestures and confidence, and his strong sense of self. And he's flippin' 80 years old!!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>You gotta love it.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141414;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-5428327883605207902024-02-09T16:32:00.001-05:002024-02-09T16:32:24.522-05:00RIVER JOURNAL coverage of "My Stroke in the Fast Lane"<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZMbdVPSQ3i05EFxEWaNrJZsUCDJMIbLDMtaOfM7_7g0YGXUTTrCaYVXq5sBUQ1JFGq7o1-APMAfEy_L2O0MmM3EH4z21Tz61QO4NrT4Ya3DQNir_R20WlE_OEhxtGdcgYJYRkH2cU6N8vl9xFJmrC5W2MjGCNvIrtOQaYve8lKD4rpWODBLc9u9BgYxDS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="516" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZMbdVPSQ3i05EFxEWaNrJZsUCDJMIbLDMtaOfM7_7g0YGXUTTrCaYVXq5sBUQ1JFGq7o1-APMAfEy_L2O0MmM3EH4z21Tz61QO4NrT4Ya3DQNir_R20WlE_OEhxtGdcgYJYRkH2cU6N8vl9xFJmrC5W2MjGCNvIrtOQaYve8lKD4rpWODBLc9u9BgYxDS=w443-h164" width="443" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmGU_OQNp11hzXCalMGbsOTOMdT08S5Is31agKoRVcap-GjMBPe9vfOy4e9L6uHu1sDI9aufo-pDunF6QtPSQiYfaZcqxZcb6TYI0_KuHLjhophO77JIsaKrMXJSd5Q753dYp-6SPkzu70m5Z1xpvrKVCxxRz5R6ciW2LjnfiZ-Get4c2VF5DG-G4fAleb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1862" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmGU_OQNp11hzXCalMGbsOTOMdT08S5Is31agKoRVcap-GjMBPe9vfOy4e9L6uHu1sDI9aufo-pDunF6QtPSQiYfaZcqxZcb6TYI0_KuHLjhophO77JIsaKrMXJSd5Q753dYp-6SPkzu70m5Z1xpvrKVCxxRz5R6ciW2LjnfiZ-Get4c2VF5DG-G4fAleb=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><a href="https://riverjournalonline.com/category/around-town/arts-culture/" style="background: rgb(0, 145, 205); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 22px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;" title="View all posts in Arts & Culture">ARTS & CULTURE</a></p><header class="entry-header clear" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 34px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 18px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Local Authors. 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border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-99037" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_99037" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 224px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-99037" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="300" src="https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bonni-Brodnick_HEADSHOT-224x300.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="224" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-99037" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px; margin: 0.5075em 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘With this book, I want to share the importance of staying motivated, persevering, and being a person with positivity, optimism, and grace.’ Photo supplied</figcaption></figure><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It was Easter Sunday morning. I was picking up my mother in Westport, Connecticut, to bring her back to </span><b style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tarrytown</b><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> for Easter dinner. This was the first time I was driving her to our house. </span><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At 86, visually impaired and deaf in one ear, my two siblings and I put the kibosh on her driving. What if – God forbid – she had an accident and killed someone? The family couldn’t bear the thought of it, especially with my son getting married that year.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On the return to Tarrytown, my mother and I chatted about wedding plans. What to wear? Yep, I had the quintessential dress for a June afternoon country wedding. Even had the shoes: slingback kitten heels with diamonds and pearls on the vamp, in the exact blue and yellow print on leather as my dress. (</span><i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How do they do that?)</i><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The lovely mother-daughter banter ensued. Then, only 10 minutes into the ride, while driving 65 miles per hour on I-95, I looked down at my right hand trembling on the console between us. I heard my mother shriek in the distance. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bonni!</i><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As the car barreled down the highway, my gaze remained fixated on my hand. My mother began to panic. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bonni, pull over! Pull over!</i><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">She grabbed the wheel, veered it hard right, and crashed us into a guardrail. I was one of the more than 795,000 people a year i</span><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">n the United States </span><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">to suffer a stroke.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-99038" decoding="async" height="300" src="https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/My-Stroke-in-the-Fast-Lane_book-cover-232x300.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="232" />I was taken to Stamford Hospital in critical condition and given a tPA, or tissue Plasminogen Activator. It didn’t work. I was soon transferred to Yale-New Haven Hospital, which had a more advanced neurology center. My condition remained critical: My heartbeat was 30 beats per minute, with occasional eight-second pauses in between. I was teetering between life and death.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-99036" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_99036" style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 0px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 169px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-99036" decoding="async" height="300" loading="lazy" src="https://riverjournalonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Bonni-Resting-at-Phelps.jpg-169x300.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="169" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-99036" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px; margin: 0.5075em 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brodnick spent two weeks at Phelps Hospital where she underwent physical and occupational therapy (PT and OT) and speech therapy. Photo supplied</figcaption></figure><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The accident made my words vanish and my thoughts confused. I was left unable to walk, talk, or swallow.</span> <span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But since waking up in the ICU, I felt determined to tell my story and what it’s like to be inside of someone who had a stroke. As a writer, I had to find the strength to voice my journey, hoping it would inspire others.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am lucky. Most people don’t think I had a stroke, although my vision is double with ghost images. I have right-side weakness, which affects the tremor in my hand when writing or eating (especially soup). Mild aphasia stilts my conversation. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But I am blessed with an inner strength. It doesn’t always work together as smoothly with the awkwardness I often feel with my outer physical being, but I accept my vulnerabilities. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I wrote </span><i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery</i><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> for anyone who has ever endured not only a medical emergency but any experience that requires strength to go forward. With this book, I want to share the importance of staying motivated, persevering, and being a person with positivity, optimism, and grace. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Live each day as if something dire awaits you, like a stroke. Like me, you could be driving along the highway and …</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. . .</span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery</i><span data-contrast="none" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> is available at your favorite bookstore and on Amazon.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bonni Brodnick is also the author of Pound Ridge Past. Formerly with Glamour and House & Garden magazines, she has written scripts for Children’s Television Workshop and is a member of the Pound Ridge Author Society. She lives with her husband Andrew in Tarrytown.</i></p></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-78417000978645319742024-01-27T01:05:00.000-05:002024-01-27T01:05:57.312-05:00CRINGE-Y MOMENTS OF OUR YOUTH: "Cafe Wha? + Sixth Graders Playing Hooky"<h2 aria-label="kicker paragraph" class="pa pb pc be b ix pd pe pf pg ph pi fz pj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="56b0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.077em; line-height: 18px; margin: 16px 0px -0.31em; text-transform: uppercase;">CRINGE-Y MOMENTS OF OUR YOUTH</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="background-color: white; 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display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="ch bg fa fb fc fd" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 24px; max-width: 680px; min-width: 0px; width: 680px;"><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="3854" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">What in <em class="op" style="box-sizing: inherit;">sam-</em>hell were we thinking? Me and my friends (to use the vernacular, notice I’m not writing “My friends and I”) were in sixth grade and decided to cut school one day. My best friend and I would make this clandestine outing to New York City along with two other guys.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="c9af" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">That meant leaving the cushy suburbs of Maplewood, New Jersey to take the Erie Lackawanna train to New York City. Get off in Hoboken because the train didn’t connect to the city at that point, and grab a subway to West 14th Street.</p><h1 class="oq or gd be os ot ou hi ov ow ox hl oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="0933" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.016em; line-height: 30px; margin: 1.95em 0px -0.28em;"><span class="al" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Destination:</span> <mark class="afd wi ao" style="background-color: #ffc7bd; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer;">Cafe Wha?, a joint in the West Village with live music where Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Allen Ginsberg, Bruce Springsteen, and others used to hang out. Since 1959, folk singers, artists, poets, beatniks, and anarchists have come to the club. As sixth graders, we’d fit right in.</mark></h1><h1 class="oq or gd be os ot ou hi ov ow ox hl oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="d66c" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.016em; line-height: 30px; margin: 1.95em 0px -0.28em;"><span class="al" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">The Problem</span></h1><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg pm nx ny hj pn oa ob oc po oe of og pp oi oj ok pq om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="21aa" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 0.94em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">How to disguise myself at the town train station? My father commuted daily to the city. With an office in the renowned Empire State Building, he was an executive for Buster Brown Shoes (See <a class="af pr" href="https://medium.com/the-memoirist/my-familys-personal-obsession-with-buster-brown-shoes-df6174c3928f" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit;">“My Family’s Obsession with Buster Brown Shoes”</a>). Which meant … what if someone he worked with, or a neighbor, caught me? What would they say?</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="0373" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><em class="op" style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Isn’t there school today, Bonni?”</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="0373" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.003em;">Or:</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.003em;"> </span><em class="op" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.003em;">“Aren’t you David Kogen’s daughter?” </em><span style="letter-spacing: -0.003em;">(Whereupon they would circle back to that first sentence.”)</span></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="e9b3" style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">I had the perfect disguise: my forest-green corduroy coat with a red plaid lining. The coat had a large collar that I cleverly wore folded up around my neck, a </span><span style="color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;">la </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_the_Spy" style="font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;" target="_blank">Harriet the Spy,</a><span style="color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em;"> the circulating novel among Jefferson School fifth and sixth graders. Harriet was an eleven-year-old girl who was an aspiring writer. She observed others and wrote her thoughts down in a notebook for her future career. </span></p><p style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: medium;"></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="acc8" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">But that wasn’t enough of a camouflage: I took my mother’s round sunglasses and put them on. No one would see my eyes and, therefore, not recognize me. I was sure this spy-like look would add a touch of mystery to the Maplewood train station platform at ten o’clock in the morning.</p></div></div></div><div class="ab ca ps pt pu pv" role="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); display: flex; font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: medium; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 24px;"><span class="pw bx bl px py pz" style="background-color: black; border-radius: 50%; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: 3px; margin-right: 20px; width: 3px;"></span><span class="pw bx bl px py pz" style="background-color: black; border-radius: 50%; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: 3px; margin-right: 20px; width: 3px;"></span><span class="pw bx bl px py" style="background-color: black; border-radius: 50%; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: 3px; width: 3px;"></span></div><div class="fw fx fy fz ga" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="ab ca" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="ch bg fa fb fc fd" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 24px; max-width: 680px; min-width: 0px; width: 680px;"><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="df9b" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">When we finally got to the city, this band of sixth graders entered Cafe Wha?. It was dank and dark. I had never seen a room painted black. Live music played. (I briefly thought of Mr. Seid, my sixth-grade teacher, and wondered what subject I was missing.)</p><h1 class="oq or gd be os ot ou hi ov ow ox hl oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="dce4" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: -0.016em; line-height: 30px; margin: 1.95em 0px -0.28em;">Then came the shocker</h1><blockquote class="qa" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding-left: 30px;"><p class="qb qc gd be qd qe qf qg qh qi qj oo dw" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="ce58" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; letter-spacing: -0.009em; line-height: 40px; margin: 1.75em 0px -0.46em;">Seventy-five cents for a Coke? Were they out of their minds? Yes, it came in a tall glass with ice, but<span class="qk" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit;"> seventy-five cents</span>? Today, that would be like paying $5m for a drink.</p></blockquote><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg ql nx ny hj qm oa ob oc qn oe of og qo oi oj ok qp om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="a206" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.64em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">I took baby sips so as not to encourage the waiter to ask if I wanted to order another one.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg ql nx ny hj qm oa ob oc qn oe of og qo oi oj ok qp om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="a206" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.64em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">We spent the afternoon sitting in the dark. Listening to live house bands. Oh, did I forget to mention we smoked, too? Yes! Marlboros, or "Marbies," as we called them. To other club-goers on this mid-day, mid-week gig, we probably looked like a bunch of toddlers sitting at the bar, sipping soda and smoking cigarettes.</p><p style="font-size: medium;"></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="91c8" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">I can only remember not having enough money for the subway, let alone the train back to Maplewood. So we stood outside the subway, our hands out, and “grubbed” (= begged). We finally had enough change.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="d42d" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">The other night, my husband and I walked past Cafe Wha? after leaving The Minetta Lane Theatre.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="e804" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">“Did I ever tell you about ‘The day I played hooky in sixth grade and went to Cafe Wha?’ story?” I asked.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gd nv b hg nw nx ny hj nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="6892" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">Unamused, he said, “A thousand times.”</p></div></div></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="ab ca ps pt pu pv" role="separator" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); display: flex; font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: medium; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-top: 32px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 24px;"></div></span></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></figcaption><figcaption class="ve ey vf uq ur vg vh be b bf z fz" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 728px; text-align: center;"><br /></figcaption></figure></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-33680064361610059572024-01-22T20:11:00.003-05:002024-01-23T10:21:14.083-05:00Thanks to Ellen Best, RECORD-REVIEW "Talk of the Town," for this awesome mention in the column I founded in 1997<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn21s7MS5p0wlCmvFo1z3VjEJlwNERRpoHu-gv_P4n4UmfWHq4Nj0IcVxLaXf4JKlH6bmzP0fndf9kXYkyAWUKzbauuHWZaIdRasPYJ3pgd5qPP8to7J5C4aSqtgXmJuw2nLfh4n7Cz-2O7gQPjuTAULnYwgjPi6o3ECGJ9-hgyfzvwP5e1PmN1brlaWy/s3827/Talk%20of%20the%20Town%20-%20Brodnick%20RES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3827" data-original-width="2800" height="836" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMn21s7MS5p0wlCmvFo1z3VjEJlwNERRpoHu-gv_P4n4UmfWHq4Nj0IcVxLaXf4JKlH6bmzP0fndf9kXYkyAWUKzbauuHWZaIdRasPYJ3pgd5qPP8to7J5C4aSqtgXmJuw2nLfh4n7Cz-2O7gQPjuTAULnYwgjPi6o3ECGJ9-hgyfzvwP5e1PmN1brlaWy/w691-h836/Talk%20of%20the%20Town%20-%20Brodnick%20RES.jpg" width="691" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-16255675133537788252024-01-20T23:32:00.002-05:002024-01-20T23:32:56.497-05:00It's NATIONAL SQUIRREL APPRECIATION DAY: Pahhhhhhhhty, Pahhhhhty!!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 42px; letter-spacing: -0.011em;">National Squirrel Appreciation Day</span></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;"><h2 class="pw-subtitle-paragraph gw gc gd be b gx gy gz ha hb hc hd he hf hg hh hi hj hk hl cp dw" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="7114" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0.92em 0px 24px; text-align: center;">An Annual Celebration of Those Annoying Critters</h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXhiRpfUnec_Glc_AIgx602NYAYl4Gpz4I6Thzugyj9paOjwFOOoEXXSYOoKJ0kzLI_SlB3cdOkaowy7GHy3lC-nfgg9mdx_sH6jR7k5UZmBym7mVmHzwbbWvnq_yr7-JcYzvz2eyGFVF8RYrdeY-9LP6f-4bj7qQhi5Xc_mXgBB60O5nF3mfgcY5mucIt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1216" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXhiRpfUnec_Glc_AIgx602NYAYl4Gpz4I6Thzugyj9paOjwFOOoEXXSYOoKJ0kzLI_SlB3cdOkaowy7GHy3lC-nfgg9mdx_sH6jR7k5UZmBym7mVmHzwbbWvnq_yr7-JcYzvz2eyGFVF8RYrdeY-9LP6f-4bj7qQhi5Xc_mXgBB60O5nF3mfgcY5mucIt=w400-h290" width="400" /></a></div><div class="fw fx fy fz ga" style="box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="ab ca" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center;"><div class="ch bg fa fb fc fd" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 24px; max-width: 680px; min-width: 0px; width: 680px;"><h2 class="nk nl gd be nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="3130" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 1.72em 0px -0.31em;">On January 21 — every year — it’s a big celebration in our house. It’s National Squirrel Appreciation Day!</h2><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx ol om on ha oo op oq nv or os ot nz ou ov ow od ox oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="ec53" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 0.94em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">I’m thankful for many things, and my list runneth over, but I never thought squirrels would hover at the top. Christy Hargrove, a wildlife rehabilitator in North Carolina, founded National Squirrel Appreciation Day to make us aware that food sources were scarce for them in mid-winter.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="82db" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">And be they shades of gray, pale orange, deep reddish-brown or black; Ground, Tree, or Flying squirrels, on this particular day, we’ve got Hargrove’s blessing to honor them and make them feel as if they matter.</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="5720" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">For background, these creatures are at it 24/7. As pure opportunists, squirrels will break into your attic any time. They’ll leave cracked acorns on your lawn when they think it looks too neat. Have overflowing bird feeder problems? Need an attic pilfered? Count on these ubiquitous rodents to show you a thing or two. <span class="ok ge" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Watch them skitter, hop, run, jump, and fly as they test their might, moxie, and your patience.</span></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="1275" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">Here are a few important facts to help you embrace these critters that range in size from the five-inch African Pygmy Squirrel to the three-foot Indian Giant Squirrel:</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="986b" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">1. </em><mark class="vb va ao" style="background-color: #e8e7e7; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer;">They have four front teeth that grow continuously, at a rate of about six inches per year. (Charming.)</mark></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="b4d7" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">2. Their strength can rule the world. In 1987 and 1994, trading on the NASDAQ market was briefly shut down due to squirrels chewing through power lines. In 2012, more than 3,000 Northern Virginians lost power because one “curious” squirrel got into substation equipment and caused a transformer to blow.</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="dda2" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">3. A group of squirrels is called <em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">“scurry,”</em> or a <em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">“drey.” </em>Knowing this fact can be an excellent conversation breaker. (As in, “<em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hello. And Happy National Squirrel Appreciation Day! Do you know what they call a group of squirrels?”</em>)</p><blockquote class="ph" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding-left: 30px;"><p class="pi pj gd be pk pl pm pn po pp pq pa dw" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="574b" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; letter-spacing: -0.009em; line-height: 40px; margin: 1.75em 0px -0.46em;"><span class="pr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit;">4. Most ground squirrels kiss when they see each other. Mouth-to-nose and mouth-to-mouth. (Ewwww.)</span></p></blockquote><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx ps om on ha pt op oq nv pu os ot nz pv ov ow od pw oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="4ba0" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.64em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">5. The brainy Rocket J. Squirrel (aka “Rocky the Flying Squirrel”), created in 1959 by cartoonist Jay Ward, is one of the world’s most famous of the <em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sciurus</em> genus. He buds around with Bullwinkle the Moose.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="d1b1" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">6. Adjectives used to describe squirrels include “annoying,” “cute,” “scurrilous, “messy,” “entertaining,” “invasive,” “jittery,” “adorable.” <mark class="vb va ao" style="background-color: #e8e7e7; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer;"><em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">(Do you have a favorite adjective for your favorite squirrel?)</em></mark></p><h2 class="nk nl gd be nm nn no np nq nr ns nt nu nv nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="037e" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: sohne, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin: 1.72em 0px -0.31em;">7. They communicate by making shrill sounds. <span class="pr" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit;">(Who doesn’t from time to time?)</span></h2><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx ol om on ha oo op oq nv or os ot nz ou ov ow od ox oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="0503" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 0.94em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">8. Squirrels have big tails for several reasons. Its primary function is balance by enabling them to dart around quickly without falling. However, should they step amiss, the tail is also used as a parachute when they fall and a cushion when they land.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="fcb4" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">In addition, tail gestures are a form of communication. (We do not know if the term “tattle tail” was invented by a squirrel.) When the tail quivers, it means, “Get the flick away from me.” And lastly, those fluffy tails serve as excellent blankets in the winter.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="6bcb" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">9. Though their brawn with hauling nuts might flirt with your affection, squirrels do not make good pets. In fact, in many states, it’s illegal to keep wild animals. <em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">(Please don’t remind me of the pet chimpanzee-who-tore-off-someone’s-face story in Connecticut a few years back. So while a squirrel wouldn’t quite do that, they are not a species you can fully trust. Plus, they can’t [I’ll repeat that: THEY CAN NOT] be litter box trained.)</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="3813" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;"><em class="pg" style="box-sizing: inherit;">10. It is a little-known fact that mother squirrels are occasionally cannibals. But only if she is stressed out or stuck in the attic with some of her pups, and there’s no food or water.</em></p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="b68b" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">Let’s face it — there’s not a lot to forage for in January. So help celebrate National Squirrel Appreciation Day by putting some extra food outside by the bird feeder.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="51ac" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">Toss them a handful of sunflower seeds. They also like dried corn.</p><p class="pw-post-body-paragraph oi oj gd ok b gx pb om on ha pc op oq nv pd os ot nz pe ov ow od pf oy oz pa fw bj" data-selectable-paragraph="" id="7b1a" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #242424; font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.003em; line-height: 32px; margin: 2.14em 0px -0.46em; word-break: break-word;">If you’re feeling exceptionally generous, offer a few tulip bulbs. 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box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 400ms ease 0ms; vertical-align: middle;" width="433" /></span></span><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-172862" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666;">Bonni Brodnick, author of “My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery, a Memoir,” was reunited with her acute rehabilitation team at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow on Wednesday, Jan. 10. From left, Kathy Gibbs, senior occupational therapist at Phelps Hospital; Brodnick; Joanne Gelsi, senior physical therapist at Phelps Hospital; and Caroly Bossinas M.A., CCC, director, speech and hearing at Phelps Hospital. Courtesy Northwell Health. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="color: #a0a0a0;">Author photographs by Andrew Brodnick.</span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Easter Sunday morning, 2017, Tarrytown writer Bonni Brodnick was cruising along I-95 when one of anyone’s worst nightmares happened: She suffered a stroke traveling at 65 miles per hour. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":1440,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559991":1440}" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brodnick’s quick-thinking 86-year-old mother, seated in the front passenger’s seat, grabbed the wheel – crashing the car into a guardrail and saving them both. What happened next, eight weeks before Brodnick’s son was to be married on Martha’s Vineyard, is the subject of her new book, </span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Fast-Lane-Recovery/dp/B0CHL7XBW3#:~:text=This%20profoundly%20moving%20memoir%20is,a%20compelling%20and%20inspirational%20journey." style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My Stroke in The Fast Lane</a><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":1440,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559991":1440}" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Wednesday, Jan. 10, Brodnick recounted that story in a reading and reunion with her acute rehabilitation team at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, to which she was transferred from Yale New Haven Hospital and which she credits with helping her recover her “magnificent life.” It was not a forgone conclusion. The stroke left her unable to walk, talk and even swallow. Brodnick s</span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pent several weeks at Phelps as an inpatient before transitioning to an outpatient, learning to speak and walk again with </span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the motivation to walk down the aisle with her son and have the mother-son dance she always dreamed about.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":1440,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559991":1440}" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As she writes on </span><a href="https://www.bonnibrodnick.com/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">her blog, </span></a><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“</span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For two weeks, (Phelps’) entire team gave me the confidence and compassion to get stronger.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":1440,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559991":1440}" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 5px auto 1.25em; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; text-align: center; transition: opacity 400ms ease 0ms; vertical-align: middle;" width="407" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Among those team members taking part in the event were </span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Caroly Bossinas, M.A., CCC, </span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">di</span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rector of speech and hearing; Kathy Gibbs</span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">senior o</span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ccupational therapist; and J</span><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">oanne Gelsi, senior physical therapist.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559685":1440,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559991":1440}" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-172864 alignleft lazyloaded" data-pin-no-hover="true" data-sizes="(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px" data-src="https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-300x402.jpg" data-srcset="https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-300x402.jpg 300w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-600x804.jpg 600w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-768x1029.jpg 768w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-313x420.jpg 313w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-640x858.jpg 640w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-681x913.jpg 681w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT.jpg 776w" decoding="async" height="340" sizes="(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px" src="https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-300x402.jpg" srcset="https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-300x402.jpg 300w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-600x804.jpg 600w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-768x1029.jpg 768w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-313x420.jpg 313w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-640x858.jpg 640w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT-681x913.jpg 681w, https://westfaironline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/HEADSHOT.jpg 776w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 5px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px 25px 0px 0px; transition: opacity 400ms ease 0ms; vertical-align: middle;" width="254" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brodnick is the author of “Pound Ridge Past,” now in its second edition. For</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">merly with Condé Nast’s Glamour and House & Garden magazines, she has written scripts for Children’s Television Workshop</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (CTW) – creator of PBS’ “Sesame Street” and now called Sesame Workshop – and was a weekly newspaper columnist and editor of two academic magazines. She is an award-winning communications specialist, a member of the Pound Ridge Authors Society, an ambassador for the American Heart Association (AHA) and, as she writes, “a proud stroke survivor.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":false,"335559685":1440,"335559739":0,"335559991":1440}" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-contrast="none" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Still have certain coordination and speech deficits that the stroke has left me with,” she writes on her blog, “but I am here!!!!” </span></p></div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"># # #</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-73753666969939712832024-01-14T14:00:00.041-05:002024-01-14T23:04:38.334-05:00THE HUDSON INDEPENDENT: Returning to Phelps Hospital to say "thank you"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinLvmekAxjvCEROosHNjaqKxpaTDbzSovT6z9jLX2bjbNPW2ca_qbyxDBi6Valw54iHPZfU7VIZDHuYbgd1TdajnT4gzv2BkN3Ry_Ejo1jOnHHh5cFYLwLp0zNvQi1fDZiuu6-6m5RYgcYM_9PLdqjwxmQU4nUktAI4UIi0tu6GKNxSkBkTqz4HumunYg9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="356" data-original-width="2226" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinLvmekAxjvCEROosHNjaqKxpaTDbzSovT6z9jLX2bjbNPW2ca_qbyxDBi6Valw54iHPZfU7VIZDHuYbgd1TdajnT4gzv2BkN3Ry_Ejo1jOnHHh5cFYLwLp0zNvQi1fDZiuu6-6m5RYgcYM_9PLdqjwxmQU4nUktAI4UIi0tu6GKNxSkBkTqz4HumunYg9=w640-h102" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="introduction" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Work Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 52px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif"; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 48px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px 0px 22px; max-width: 590px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">Tarrytown Author and Stroke Victim Returns to Phelps to Say “Thank You”</span></h1></div><figure class="featured-image" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Work Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 40px 23px 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="attachment-single-thumb size-single-thumb wp-post-image" height="674" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 780px, (min-width:1200px) and (min-aspect-ratio:2) 1560px, (min-width:600px) 700px, (min-width:600px) and (min-aspect-ratio:2) 1400px, (min-width:360px) 360px, (min-width:360px) and (min-aspect-ratio:2) 720px, 100vw" srcset="https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.Bonnie-and-staff-360x303.jpg 360w, https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.Bonnie-and-staff-700x590.jpg 700w, https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.Bonnie-and-staff-720x607.jpg 720w, https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.Bonnie-and-staff-780x657.jpg 780w, https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.Bonnie-and-staff.jpg 1120w, https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.Bonnie-and-staff.jpg 1400w, https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.Bonnie-and-staff.jpg 1560w, https://thehudsonindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.Bonnie-and-staff.jpg 2240w" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;" width="800" /><figcaption style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #bbbbbb; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: -0.4px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 6px 44px 0px 12px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Bonni Brodnick (second from left) with Occupational Therapist Kathy Gibbs (left), Senior Physical Therapist Joanne Gelsi ( to her right) and Speech Therapist Carolyn Bossinas (right)</figcaption></figure><div class="content bass" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Domine, Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 52px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.85em; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">January 12, 2024</div><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;" /><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #707070; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.76471em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bolder; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">By Barrett Seaman–</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.76471em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Easter morning 2017 started out like most mornings for Bonni Brodnick, except that she would be driving that day to Connecticut to pick up her mother and bringing her back to Tarrytown for Easter dinner with her family. At 86, visually impaired and deaf in one ear, her mother could no longer be trusted behind the wheel of a car—or so Bonni and her siblings had concluded.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.76471em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">As she washed her face, she felt “little blips inside my head,” which she had been experiencing lately but had concluded that they weren’t enough to warrant calling her doctor. “You can’t call your doctor about everything,” she lectured herself.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.76471em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">On the drive back on I-95, Bonni and her mother chatted excitedly about plans for her son David’s upcoming wedding. But about 10 minutes into the drive, she found herself staring at her right hand, which was shaking on the console between the seats. She heard her mother shriek “pull over” as they barreled down the interstate at 65-mph. “I wasn’t lightheaded,” she recalled. “I wasn’t dizzy,” but she had no control over the car. It took her mother to reach over, grab the wheel and steer them into the guardrail.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.76471em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">A passing couple, Janie Parks and Joe Manna, whom Bonni would come to call her “good Samaritans,” stopped, called 911 and stayed with them until help came. She was taken to Stamford Hospital, where TPA (tissue plasminogen activator, an anticoagulant used to break up clots in the early stages of a stroke) was administered. She was then transported to Yale New Haven, a major medical center authorized to perform thrombectomies, a procedure in which a wire-born mechanism is threaded up into the brain where it clips off the offending clot. Yale New Haven had been performing thrombectomies for only two years. The procedure took four hours.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.76471em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Discharged and back home in Tarrytown, Bonni was sent to Phelps Hospital, just ten minutes up the road, where for two weeks she underwent Physical and Occupational Therapy (PT and OT) and speech therapy, with specialists Kathy Gibbs, Joanne Gelsi and Carolyn Bossinas. In her book about her ordeal, <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery</em>, Bonnie credits these three not only for their medical skills but for the moral support they provided. In a “thank you” event at Phelps this past week, she recalled in particular Carolyn’s encouragement to retrieve words. She analogized finding a file cabinet in her brain where words were stories. “Well,” she told Carolyn, who was in the audience at the time, “I found the file cabinet.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.76471em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">In retrospect, Bonni wishes she had been taken directly to Phelps following her stroke—because of “the fact that they have a heart unit, a neuropathy unit, thrombectomies ,,, such a complete center for someone like me.”</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.76471em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">My Stroke in the Fast Lane</em> is available through Amazon. For further information on Phelps’s stroke treatment capabilities, see <span style="color: #707070;">(</span><em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://thehudsonindependent.com/phelps-state-of-the-art-stroke-center-saves-time-and-thus-lives/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6299a9; font-family: "Work Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">https://thehudsonindependent.com/phelps-state-of-the-art-stroke-center-saves-time-and-thus-lives/</a>)</em><span style="color: #707070;"> and (</span><a href="https://thehudsonindependent.com/phelps-opens-state-of-the-art-neurosurgery-center/" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset, rgb(98, 153, 169) 0px -2px 0px inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6299a9; font-family: "Work Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -3px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -4px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 3px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 4px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">https://thehudsonindependent.com/phelps-opens-state-of-the-art-neurosurgery-center/</a><span style="color: #707070;">).</span></p></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-46279209446062459522024-01-11T10:50:00.000-05:002024-01-11T10:50:37.940-05:00Bonni Meets Her Support Team at Phelps!!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQgG44fqkzUIg_7pVsRPBGobTU65hqbC2b7lTM_10XImCh7Kl3wgAma1LnW4KaH_uxIYGECF-jtoEV8G7MmxOPcorOBjLyvMx5kKmNSgFFFA71YYH-JB6qrd6v3odu77VLcDvSdqsf6ZgwroVH6rNPIb8Cs-FiAzjwUCJnu1LUp3bdAX8IHALaWqKuNuN/s3587/IMG_2228.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3587" height="509" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQgG44fqkzUIg_7pVsRPBGobTU65hqbC2b7lTM_10XImCh7Kl3wgAma1LnW4KaH_uxIYGECF-jtoEV8G7MmxOPcorOBjLyvMx5kKmNSgFFFA71YYH-JB6qrd6v3odu77VLcDvSdqsf6ZgwroVH6rNPIb8Cs-FiAzjwUCJnu1LUp3bdAX8IHALaWqKuNuN/w602-h509/IMG_2228.jpeg" width="602" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">These women did so much for me while I was an inpatient acute care at Phelps Hospital/Northwell Health. From left to right: </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Kathy (occupational therapist who helped me get the frikkin' pegs from one side of the board to the other and showed me how a strokester can safely shower); Joanne (physical therapist, helped me do what were simple things before, like climb up three stairs, then turn around and walk down three stairs, or walk in the hallway and point out every fire alarm I saw. It was an excruciating exercise at the time because there was so much going on in the hallway ... like people walking!); and Cynthia (speech therapist who helped me discover that the words I lost were still there, in a file cabinet somewhere in my brain.)</span><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGC_ijTj0Ww5QSQCMLvR459tJSyQL_Tp9K0gGdLDjfrDLaVv_RFluUT0hAgJga5eKRcmKouvljsKdd1AM-iKgLbAbbHjNP_-NUsN4Ez-eMm_Pm2raZV1PRx3QbyaFJWRbC8KLjRfiUd05Eh3M4tGs9je98wh-qg498BEumVGjvZyiXaO4ukP83z4MqsjUj/s4032/IMG_2201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGC_ijTj0Ww5QSQCMLvR459tJSyQL_Tp9K0gGdLDjfrDLaVv_RFluUT0hAgJga5eKRcmKouvljsKdd1AM-iKgLbAbbHjNP_-NUsN4Ez-eMm_Pm2raZV1PRx3QbyaFJWRbC8KLjRfiUd05Eh3M4tGs9je98wh-qg498BEumVGjvZyiXaO4ukP83z4MqsjUj/w400-h300/IMG_2201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I was getting a little <i>verklempt</i> while speaking with Joanne. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSbMKgD4VVS097_7i0utDJjyDMEHHrT56OAiRsKYpWsfMVFvcSv2jKfEWbde1FO_0oDJLSe9Djj9nxuIu8qZJggal_DkxT96xa9lebmwSRZS-RsuNuId7DkeVhmNoYmqNCoUGS9OCpVXNSPpNy54EMlTh2TVDCtz4M-idvxiXMimVo9f_-hXmvW8aY1zV/s4032/IMG_2240.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSbMKgD4VVS097_7i0utDJjyDMEHHrT56OAiRsKYpWsfMVFvcSv2jKfEWbde1FO_0oDJLSe9Djj9nxuIu8qZJggal_DkxT96xa9lebmwSRZS-RsuNuId7DkeVhmNoYmqNCoUGS9OCpVXNSPpNy54EMlTh2TVDCtz4M-idvxiXMimVo9f_-hXmvW8aY1zV/w640-h480/IMG_2240.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Andrew, my pillar. He was in the audience, and I called him down. He talked about what it was like after the four-hour brain operation to get that (nearly life-ending) clot out of my brain. "The neurosurgeon finally came out and said, 'This person is not only going to survive but <i>thrive</i>."</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">To learn more, go to your favorite bookstore and order a copy of </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Fast-Lane-Recovery/dp/B0CHL7XBW3/ref=asc_df_B0CHL7XBW3/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=673726909883&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16200078556461234887&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004237&hvtargid=pla-2209200876172&psc=1&mcid=5c8778b6750d3e6590b1e5dceef69321" target="_blank">"My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery"</a> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">or place your order on Amazon. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Fast-Lane-Recovery/dp/B0CHL7XBW3/ref=asc_df_B0CHL7XBW3/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=673726909883&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16200078556461234887&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004237&hvtargid=pla-2209200876172&psc=1&mcid=5c8778b6750d3e6590b1e5dceef69321" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-68717403399674238932024-01-08T12:18:00.005-05:002024-01-08T12:18:44.490-05:00Upcoming Author Talk at Phelps Hospital, the place where I began the journey<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj8S9Zz4h0J1PzDSXNS_9hxI4RO3dm5gql3WHVzMtILuOHaFPgJGNFSwKtxpyfo3Y2hW2zeQfvWHh6-jKEuXv_6SuRbPGz68Os8g4CzmoxTGgbSxD50gEIuK3QIC3AecGHt4M-6kXfFzE1lg70xoO1iCb2ZrDZms6rQsVb4tcMc4k9Y3BhRLuGoRkoaE_Z" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="128" data-original-width="626" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj8S9Zz4h0J1PzDSXNS_9hxI4RO3dm5gql3WHVzMtILuOHaFPgJGNFSwKtxpyfo3Y2hW2zeQfvWHh6-jKEuXv_6SuRbPGz68Os8g4CzmoxTGgbSxD50gEIuK3QIC3AecGHt4M-6kXfFzE1lg70xoO1iCb2ZrDZms6rQsVb4tcMc4k9Y3BhRLuGoRkoaE_Z=w640-h130" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On Wednesday, I'm going to give an author talk at Phelps Hospital (in Sleepy Hollow, NY) to the neuro doctors, nurses, and support staff, as well as occupational and physical therapists, about my journey to recovery. From Yale-New Haven Hospital, it was Phelps that I was brought in on a stretcher for acute inpatient care. For two weeks, their entire team gave me the confidence and compassion to get stronger.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">You can read all about it in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Fast-Lane-Recovery/dp/B0CHL7XBW3/ref=asc_df_B0CHL7XBW3/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=673726909883&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6560950290943768007&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1023419&hvtargid=pla-2209200876172&psc=1&mcid=5c8778b6750d3e6590b1e5dceef69321">"My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery"</a>, specifically in the chapters titled "Transition to Another Hospital," "Learning with my Left Hand," "The Answer is in the File Cabinet (in Your Brain)," and "Lavender Shampoo and Living to Dance."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Still have certain coordination and speech deficits that the stroke has left me with, but I am here!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-372936716114718482024-01-02T13:00:00.002-05:002024-01-02T13:00:56.831-05:00"... I am not a stroke victim, even so, your story is indelible in my mind"<p> <span style="font-size: medium;">This lovely review of "My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery" just came in ....</span></p><div class="a-section" id="cm-cr-local-reviews-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 22px;"><h3 class="a-spacing-medium a-spacing-top-large" data-hook="dp-local-reviews-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 24px !important; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the United States</span></h3></div><div class="a-section a-spacing-small" id="cm-cr-dp-review-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 22px;"></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="cr-translate-cta" style="background-color: white; 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color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 20px !important; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i class="a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating" data-hook="review-star-rating" style="background-image: url("https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/sash/Gt1fHP07TsoILq3.png"); background-position: -2px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 512px 512px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; width: 80px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="box-sizing: border-box; clip-path: circle(0px); display: block; height: 18px; left: auto; line-height: normal; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: auto; width: 80px;">5.0 out of 5 stars</span></i><span class="a-letter-space" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; width: 0.385em;"></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">I am not a stroke victim, even so, your story is indelible in my mind.</span></span></a></div><span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" data-hook="review-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(86, 89, 89) !important; line-height: 20px !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023</span></span></div><div class="a-section celwidget" data-cel-widget="customer_review-R246W4327ROUX1" data-csa-c-id="pofibs-iixt89-jmp583-b5epwn" id="customer_review-R246W4327ROUX1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="color: #565959; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin-bottom: 4px !important; width: 680px;"></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin-bottom: 8px !important; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have chronic pain and "My Stroke in the Fast Lane" prompted me to push on. Your telling of the rehabilitation process was so detailed and heartfelt. The strength and courage you showed were immeasurable.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You now use your platform to help others.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Mostly, how your beautiful family and friends rallied around you was awe-inspiring.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A tribute to you as a daughter, sister, wife, mom, and friend.</span></span></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin-bottom: 8px !important; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin-bottom: 8px !important; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="a-row a-spacing-small review-data" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin-bottom: 8px !important; width: 680px;"><span class="a-size-base review-text" data-hook="review-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px !important;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-2650343960575369342023-12-29T16:18:00.001-05:002023-12-30T16:24:23.374-05:00COVID Caused by Laughter (By the woman sitting next to me at a Broadway Show)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpeXiHncZB_Oxl5wz1EQ0G6EJCPSXLfM_qquP2Apt2HPGPNFr3PVRJVW6ykOzZDTAGbupn_fGpdaH5URuuVsA_XldV-Y47HA8F3J67LpHX-sdlLflvufXgSw8NqMFmuGqH7Y2hgQNo3rAXKgVgOOlwby7B2AtSZleRfq5Xd1EgLoRD7tiL06RssqOk470W" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1224" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpeXiHncZB_Oxl5wz1EQ0G6EJCPSXLfM_qquP2Apt2HPGPNFr3PVRJVW6ykOzZDTAGbupn_fGpdaH5URuuVsA_XldV-Y47HA8F3J67LpHX-sdlLflvufXgSw8NqMFmuGqH7Y2hgQNo3rAXKgVgOOlwby7B2AtSZleRfq5Xd1EgLoRD7tiL06RssqOk470W=w504-h640" width="504" /></a></div><p></p><h4 class="graf graf--h4" name="8a39"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I swear. It was the woman sitting next to me.</span></h4><p class="graf graf--p" name="9ddc"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I was at “Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch” on Tuesday. At the appropriate time, and I say <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">appropriate </em>because most of the audience laughed, too, the woman sitting next to me laughed.</span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="d066"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Then, in the most<i> <strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">in</strong></i>appropriate places, she <strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">GARRULOUSLY LAUGHED</strong>. Like, when one of the characters named Lutiebelle Gussie Mae said, “I got this at. . .”</span></p><h3 class="graf graf--h3" name="27ee"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">HA HA HA!!!!</span></h3><p class="graf graf--p" name="e133"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I thought, “What’s so funny about that?” but then gave in. “Okay. Fine. Maybe she thinks that’s funny.”</span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="3d99"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Then, it quickly happened again. I looked over at her. The person sitting directly in front of her turned around, too.</span></p><h3 class="graf graf--h3" name="9d27"><strong class="markup--strong markup--h3-strong"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!</span></strong></h3><p class="graf graf--p" name="0540"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The. Woman. Laughed. Throughout. The. <strong class="markup--strong markup--p-strong"><em class="markup--em markup--p-em">ENTIRE. </em></strong>Play.</span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="c4c5"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">When I glanced at her again, I saw she was wearing (erroneously, I might add, since we were at a <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">matinée) … bright silver-sequin pants.</em></span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="7a19"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Then, the main character, Purlie Victorious, kissed Lutiebelle Gussie Mae.</span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="a677"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">There was a long silence in the audience. Then,</span></p><h3 class="graf graf--h3" name="7daf"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!</span></h3><p class="graf graf--p" name="b94b"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">When the final curtain and applause came, we ran.</span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="a03f"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">And I blame this woman and her hysterical laughter for intruding on my air space at the theatre and giving me COVID. </span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="30a0"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">So, excuse me now as I go and cough my head off.</span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="30a0"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="graf graf--p" name="30a0"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-58966977620956683372023-12-24T22:43:00.002-05:002023-12-24T22:52:31.257-05:00Feeling/Wearing the Holiday Spirit! A Christmas Fashionista!! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9XZnV9ZR9xxeiO7HirkBHJ3p1LMO_zHLRTzPrCdC5H0eBf8iw_4qkUlAljMxyOFZjlADr5-y-548WizgT_rQQ_D3jD_60g0ZOVQAk9O1mQLuQr6cUKUqnXcjCEFH1swk-gcvwp_zN6UOj9LXxHPwBm7FboKvI8tkhsTEWlmwZ4lxvalxs8I2gaYBrqIP/s3259/IMG_0898.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3259" data-original-width="1683" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9XZnV9ZR9xxeiO7HirkBHJ3p1LMO_zHLRTzPrCdC5H0eBf8iw_4qkUlAljMxyOFZjlADr5-y-548WizgT_rQQ_D3jD_60g0ZOVQAk9O1mQLuQr6cUKUqnXcjCEFH1swk-gcvwp_zN6UOj9LXxHPwBm7FboKvI8tkhsTEWlmwZ4lxvalxs8I2gaYBrqIP/w331-h640/IMG_0898.jpeg" width="331" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Merry </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Christmas</span><span style="color: red;">, everyone!!!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">xx</span><span style="color: #38761d;">bb</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></span></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-16420507987077389252023-12-19T12:36:00.000-05:002023-12-19T12:36:01.103-05:00Thank you, Hudson Valley Writers Center<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwNYDxqqDmhpqXiMEUCP2QPNljyQZhAQixIJ6awSRBzidXcMUMl-8yUCKjTaIkwRm0h6NBECg20XO0id8ga5G6ElIlPEzYZ7b5q1ER4MMhlpYfIo2N2bFK_EFlWFvDfW9KoJXk-YNMRhItUBw39446geNgOtJtJvz9ClWV4JL1EZAPWexwHFMY-jtlva9/s3221/IMG_0878.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3221" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbwNYDxqqDmhpqXiMEUCP2QPNljyQZhAQixIJ6awSRBzidXcMUMl-8yUCKjTaIkwRm0h6NBECg20XO0id8ga5G6ElIlPEzYZ7b5q1ER4MMhlpYfIo2N2bFK_EFlWFvDfW9KoJXk-YNMRhItUBw39446geNgOtJtJvz9ClWV4JL1EZAPWexwHFMY-jtlva9/w600-h640/IMG_0878.HEIC" width="600" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Thank you to <a href="https://www.jenniferfranklinpoet.com/">Jen Franklin</a>, Program Director at Hudson Valley Writers Center (upper left); and </span><a href="http://www.susanhodara.com" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Susan Hodaro</a><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">, teacher and mentor (bottom right), for inviting me to read from "My Stroke in the Fast Lane." </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It was an honor to be invited to join this</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> esteemed group of writers: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jeanne Dickey, Wendy K. Mages, Kathryn Weld, Patricia Hemminger, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">and Tony Howarth.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></div><p></p>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-30243407186942776572023-12-17T13:26:00.002-05:002023-12-17T13:27:15.748-05:00TODAY!! 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In this deeply personal account, Bonni shares the harrowing experience of having a stroke while driving with her mother as a passenger. The narrative unfolds grippingly as Bonni details the critical moments when strangers intervened, ultimately saving her life.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /></span><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The book is a testament to the power of the human spirit and the strength found in unexpected places. Bonni's candid storytelling captures the raw emotions of facing mortality and the fragility of life. Her remarkable recovery becomes an inspiring focal point, demonstrating her unwavering determination to reclaim one's health and vitality.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /></span><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With a narrative that seamlessly weaves together vulnerability, humor, and profound insight, Bonni Brodnick invites readers into her world, offering a poignant exploration of the human experience in the face of adversity. "My Stroke in the Fast Lane" is not just a memoir; it's a celebration of survival, the healing power of community, and our resilience. It is a must-read for anyone seeking a story of triumph over life's unexpected challenges.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>~ <i>Robbie Vorhaus</i><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-39866037789740602622023-12-13T13:06:00.001-05:002023-12-13T14:28:39.055-05:00Bunch of Grapes Bookstore, on Martha's Vineyard, now carrying "My Stroke in the Fast Lane"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipC31q6juGhVEGlVSVfTLrr1OQqXTgLSAAP_h5MryAxreEsoYWUfbzW90dhYK5YKX2zj6HzabFD125-5sz8gf1UsaxTW9PAXJJx7EIUUqLd3tYFinz5nVGmDu8PXozS075vO7qGRJ6AFnf7iReJVHXRrOlPmmulubrwsLemzXmlgdGxu_tfNktzHlKUmKp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="630" data-original-width="950" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipC31q6juGhVEGlVSVfTLrr1OQqXTgLSAAP_h5MryAxreEsoYWUfbzW90dhYK5YKX2zj6HzabFD125-5sz8gf1UsaxTW9PAXJJx7EIUUqLd3tYFinz5nVGmDu8PXozS075vO7qGRJ6AFnf7iReJVHXRrOlPmmulubrwsLemzXmlgdGxu_tfNktzHlKUmKp=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am beyond thrilled to announce that <a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Stroke-Fast-Lane-Recovery/dp/B0CHL7XBW3" target="_blank"><i>"My Stroke in the Fast Lane: A Journey to Recovery"</i></a> is now available at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore on Martha's Vineyard. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My stroke was on April 17. My son was getting married in West Tisbury on June 17. Left unable to walk, talk, or swallow, I had <b>a lot </b>of work to do! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One reviewer writes, "<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">With a narrative that radiates authenticity and candor, Bonni's tenacity, unyielding determination, and unique sense of humor become beacons of hope in the darkest corners of 'Stroke Land'. Her exceptional bravery and unwavering determination are profoundly inspiring, rendering this book a deeply engaging and emotionally charged journey into the limitless resilience of the human spirit."</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">Bunch of Grapes Bookstore will also take orders for the book by phone. :-)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Bonni Brodnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17711949955346968785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764327985088129203.post-74378394422114330202023-12-10T15:35:00.002-05:002023-12-10T15:35:56.496-05:00Put down that glass of spiked egg nog! 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