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Bonnie McCune

Bonnie McCune has been writing since age ten, when the Saturday Evening Post rejected a submission. She lives in Colorado and is the author of articles, novels, and short stories. Her entire family is book-mad. Her interest in writing facilitated her career in nonprofits doing public and community relations. Simultaneously, she’s been a free-lance feature writer. Her secret love is live theater. Had she been nine inches taller and thirty pounds lighter, she might have been an actress. Her civic involvement includes grass-roots organizations, political campaigns, writers’ and arts’ groups, and children’s literacy. For years, she entered recipe contests and was a finalist once in the Pillsbury Bake Off. Bonnie’s writing explores the highs and lows of everyday people and their unique lives with humor, close attention, and appreciation. Email: bfmccune [at] gmail.com

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Those Not Busy Being Born Are Busy Kicking The Bucket

Posted on Sunday, Nov 16, 2025 5:00AMMonday, November 10, 2025 by Bonnie McCune

by Bonnie McCune To me, the most surprising fact of old age life so far has been the decline in my own condition. Physical and mental. There is no way I can reach the heights I used to, i.e., even jogging a mile or two. It’s sufficient to WALK a mile or two. I’ll never…

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At what age are you officially “old” and why? Or, I got eye blooows. Do you?

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 16, 2025 5:00AMMonday, September 15, 2025 by Bonnie McCune

by Bonnie McCune When my grandson was about two, I heard him stirring from his nap and went to his bedroom to get him up. He saw me at the door and clambered to his feet, clinging to the rail of his crib. “I got eye blooows,” he announced with pride, indicating with a pointed…

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30 Years Down the Road: When and How We Grow Old

Posted on Monday, Jul 21, 2025 5:00AMMonday, July 21, 2025 by Bonnie McCune

by Bonnie McCune I used to feel depressed when I read those notices in newspapers or chat with others about people’s multiple accomplishments. Compared to me, everyone in the world seems to be a raving success. They publish several novels a year, start businesses, win awards, are asked to speak at conferences and, even more,…

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