Bonni Brodnick Blog

Clearly, our weather is meshugganah .   It's sno wing.  Again.  The fourth nor'easter in three weeks ... and it's the first day of spring.  (Happy Spring!)   The trend for global warming is accelerating. If we don't curb emissions, average temperatures in the U.S. could increase by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century. Internationally, Alliance for Climate Protection advocates laws to reduce CO2 emissions, working to persuade everyone -- from individuals to corporations -- to become "carbon neutral." What does our esteemed and lucid president think?  "Well, I think the climate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax.  A lot of people are making a lot of money. I know much about climate change. I'd be—received environmental awards. And I often joke that this is done for the benefit of China. Obviously, I joke. But this is done for the benefit of China, because China does not do anything to help c...

Although this originally appeared in Gannett's County Post , it was also picked up by Washington Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald,  and U.S. News & World Report.  It's getting the word out there that you don't have to be with EMS to save someone's life.   Call 9-1-1. Here's the story. It's a good one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bonni Brodnick doesn’t take life for granted after coming so close to losing her own. Each day lived, she is grateful to a South Jersey couple for the kindness and care they offered last Easter Sunday. “I was picking up my mother to bring her to my house,” said Brodnick, a Tarrytown, New York resident. “It’s no big deal, on a good day I can do it in 35 minutes.” Joe Manno and Janie Parks, in Connecticut for a friend’s wedding, were headed home to Pittsgrove for a holiday family gathering. Both vehicles were traveling in the middle lane of I-95, heading south through Darien, Conn., when B...

Janie and Joe did it!! They saved my life. Deb Marko, a reporter at The Daily Journal said, "I cover so many awful stories. How did you know this is the kind of story I love to write?" Read  "South Jersey couple hailed as 'Good Samaritan saviors'" .

Here is my mom, Betty Kogen ... the woman who gave me life, not once, but TWICE!! ( See HuffPost , "My Stroke: Still Here." ) Here she is contemplating which store she liked most: Uniqlo or IKea. Decided it was a tie ... "But then there's Neiman-Marcus, of course." 87 years young ... and full of wonder!

"Please deliver requests for marriage at least six weeks before the legal event," writes The New York Times . I had started writing David and Libby's in the beginning of April and made a self-deadline to submit it by mid-month. Surely, that was enough time for a June 17 wedding.  The problem was: I had a stroke on April 16.  The announcement languished on my desktop for months as I began my recovery from Strokeland.  "I have to get the announcement in!" I said to my daughter. She helped me finish and submit it. Alas, we were too late. So here, for your reading pleasure, is the announcement of the beautiful marriage of David and Libby. *  *  * Elizabeth (Libby) Marie Mattern and David Hale Brodnick are to be married on June 17 at Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury, Mass.   Kate Mattern, sister of the bride, received a marriage designation from the State of Massachusetts to officiate the wedding. The bride, 28...

Janie Parks and Joe Manno In my HuffPost, My Stroke: I'm Still Here , I write, "... She (my 86-year-old mother) leaned over and veered the car into the right shoulder, where it collided into the metal beam guard raid. I remember two college-age people in a white car run up to the side of the car. Imagine driving and seeing a car slowly crash. They must have known something must be very wrong. ... The next thing I remember is watching these two Good Samaritans run back to their car. They must have called 911. And then, I was out. Now, 7 months later, I wish I knew who they were. I would them profusely. They saved my life. ... ___________ My quest was to find them. Surely, the Darien EMS would have the information: it was their ambulance that brought me to the hospital. When I called they said they don't have reports from State highways. I was referred to Troop G, who patrols that leg of Interstate 95. They referred me to the Connecticut Department of Emergency Se...

It's  a great  day for SQUIRRELS! Check out my HuffPost,  "Squirrel Appreciation Day: Don't Miss Celebrating!"