Stray Thoughts

by Bonnie Jae Dane | Aug 18, 2023 | Imperfect Peace

Sometimes, I fail to get ahold of my mind, which allows it to ramble silently over my failures, memories, and aspirations. Yes, even at almost seventy, I have aspirations, although I whittled them down some from wanting to be a Nobel Laureate and a girl champion...

An Arrestable Offence

by Bonnie Jae Dane | Aug 10, 2023 | Imperfect Peace

If one more person tells me I laugh too much, I’m gonna split a gut laughing. I can’t help myself. I was born with a sense of the absurd and an ornery streak that makes the people around me uncomfortable over the possibility I might commit an arrestable offense. The...

A Dog’s Smile

by Bonnie Jae Dane | Jul 24, 2023 | Imperfect Peace

People ask me why I use animals in my social media posts instead of people, especially when I’m calling attention to the life of a writer, the illusory world, or a dog’s smile being worth more than a Van Meer painting. Naturally, they wonder how my mind works and do I...

Inspiration for Where Cows Dance

by Bonnie Jae Dane | Jun 23, 2023 | Imperfect Peace

My novel Where Cows Dance expresses the good fortune of those of us who grew up with cows and experienced the tenderness of their feelings. Unfortunately, they are viewed by many as sub-human and more likely than not to be exploited for every piece of their bodies...

Notes From A Wannabe Mystic 2

by Bonnie Jae Dane | Jun 8, 2020 | Notes From a Wannabe Mystic

Lately my thoughts ramble over the notion of wanting to be a mystic until finally stumbling across the contradiction mystics don’t tend to be goal-oriented people. Mystics allow life to roll on by without letting the heaviness of poverty weigh on them, or even if they...