Jan Bono’s Blog

There are few things I enjoy more than going out to see a good movie. And there are few movies better than the classic Wizard of Oz. Hard to believe the timeless (and definitely iconic) film is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary. I wonder how many times I’ve...

More and more (and with alarming frequency), I find myself shaking my head and asking, “What’s the world coming to?” And this is not necessarily a bad thing. Technology changes our world on an almost daily basis, and my friend Rick has recently become a beneficiary of...

On December 27, 2012, just nine months and a few days ago, I started seriously working to reclaim some semblance of health and fitness. When I first began eating right, keeping a food log, exercising daily, and adhering to my self-created over-the-counter regime of...

I recently flipped back through the notes I took during the “Killer Nashville” mystery writers’ conference in August, and the memories came flooding back. I had left the conference walking on the infamous “pink cloud” of inspiration. Returning home, reality set in,...

I attended the “first annual” Oregon Renaissance Festival of Hillsboro at the Washington County Fair Complex a couple weekends ago. This particular event ran for four consecutive weekends, so I timed one of my trips “into the city” to land on a Sunday. I don’t have to...

Some people are just inherently more fascinating than others. And judging by the audience’s rapt attention at the “Killer Nashville” conference last month, hundreds of mystery writers undoubtedly agree  that D.P. Lyle is one of those people. A truly fabulous...