Jan Bono’s Blog

Way back on November 1, 1999, a friend of mine suggested that I begin keeping a gratitude journal. I remember the exact date because November is the month generally known for “giving thanks” and she challenged me to write 10 gratitudes each evening before bed. Ten...

Whenever March 4th landed on a school day, I began each period parading around the perimeter of my classroom, exaggeratedly marching like a bandleader in a tall fuzzy black hat and waving a baton. “What day is today?” I asked my students. Some of them attempted to...

There’s an epidemic striking a lot of adults these days, and it’s hard not to get sucked right into it, despite our best intentions. Life happens. And sometimes the events in our lives are less than desirable. But we don’t have to wallow in the negativity. As I said...

How do you view the world? Do you tend to see major life-changing events in your life as disasters or blessings? Do you have problems and troubles or challenges and opportunities? In other words, do you believe that every cloud has a silver lining, or are you the type...

Last September I started taking beginning belly dancing classes as a way to tone my “core” muscles. I was already doing an hour of water aerobics three times a week, and I walked at least a mile a day, weather-permitting. I also golf, poorly, which just means I get to...

I wanted to do it. I had planned to do it. I went there with the full intention of doing it. But in the end, stage fright prevailed, and I absolutely, positively, could not do it. Saturday night was “Improv Night” at the 2nd Story Playhouse in Ilwaco. This activity is...