Jan Bono’s Blog

This Saturday, December 14, concludes my 2013 incredibly strenuous 8-week bazaar marathon. On Saturday, I’ll be at the Astoria Event Center, (on 9th between Commerical ad Marine) hawking my books during the Winter Brew Cup Event, from 10-4. And shortly thereafter,...

On this date in 1854, Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England. In January, 1860, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow released “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” and in 1906, yet another English Alfred, Alfred Noyes, added “The...

My mother was the somewhat unwilling collector of black and white cow paraphernalia. From refrigerator magnets, to stuffed animals, to cookie jars, to earrings, if it had the familiar markings of a Holstein on it, we all thought Mom should have it. Aunt Jo, on the...

Definitely an underreported news item, I recently read that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation had sponsored a contest to design a new and improved condom. Yes, that Bill Gates. The inspired idea for the competition was that condoms need to be easier to use, and...

The Weight Report: YES, I have successfully kept my “Stay the Course” mantra throughout the month of November. I’ve even lost a few more pounds than I’d originally set out to lose. So I was feeling pretty cocky when I decided to check out where I fit on the official...

It must be something in my genetic make-up. I must be missing some kind of chromosomal cog in my brain wheel. There’s got to be someone or something I can blame for my lack of ability to truly see “outside the box.” I’ve known about my “deficiency” for quite some...