Bonna Nelson is a former Social Security Administration Director. She has enjoyed teaching memoir and creative writing programs at Harford Community and Chesapeake Colleges, and at the Genesis Pines Healthcare Center, and has served on the board of Pickering Creek Audubon Center and on the Bay to Ocean Writers Conference Steering Committee. She has also served as an Outreach Volunteer for the Talbot County Free Library for several years after moving to the Shore in 2005.
Bonna and her husband John love to travel and enjoy boating from their “base camp” on the Tred Avon River in Easton. She has a passion for writing and takes her notebook and camera wherever they go, always looking for the perfect story or beach! Being a columnist, writer, artist and photographer, Bonna has contributed hundreds of articles, essays, stories and photographs to periodicals and newspapers around the area.
Between traveling and writing, much of Bonna’s time is now spent as a member of the “sandwich generation,” lovingly coordinating care for her mother and spending quality time with her granddaughter.
- April 2007 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Blackwater Biking and Birding
- August 2007 – Tidewater Day Tripping: A Pickering Creek Pilgrimage
- December 2007 – Tidewater Day Tripping: A Tilghman Island Trek
- April 2008 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Adkins Arboretum
- August 2008 – Tidewater Day Tripping: The Salisbury Zoo
- March 2009 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Exploring the World of Wetlands with Environmental Concern
- June 2009 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Walkin’ the Trails at Wye Island
- September 2009 – Tidewater Day Tripping: My Really Big Fish Story
- December 2009 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Duck Blinds
- April 2010 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Discovering the Underground Railroad
- August 2010 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Chasing the Log Canoe
- September 2010 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Exploring Peru
- November 2010 – Jan Kirsh Creates Beauty in Art and Nature
- December 2010 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Poking Around Pocomoke City
- March 2011 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Angling for Antiques
- July 2011 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Contemplating the Labyrinth
- September 2011 – Tidewater Day Tripping: Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
- December 2011 – Tidewater Day Tripping – Holidays in Historic Dover
- April 2012 – Cape Town, South Africa
- September 2012 – Heritage Cruise on the Nathan of Dorchester
- October 2012 – Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia
- December 2012 – The Spirit of Giving: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
- February 2013 – Sampling the Cuisine of Canada’s Eastern Shore
- July 2013 – Tidewater Day Tripping – Mielke’s Work Horse Farm Rescue & Exotics
- August 2013 – Fifty Shades of Blue
- October 2013 – Tidewater Day Tripping – Bison Stomping Grounds: S. B. Farms, Inc.
- December 2013 – Hope for the Homeless – Talbot Interfaith Shelter
- May 2014 – Two Chesapeake Ladies Tour China – Part I
- June 2014 – Two Chesapeake Ladies Tour China – Part II
- September 2014 – Abacos Adventures
- November 2014 – Historic London Town and Gardens
- December 2014 – Keeping the Umbrella Open
- March 2015 – Emerald Surf
- June 2015 – The Sensory Pleasures of “Middle America”
- September 2015 – Indiantown – Sacred Grounds
- October 2015 – Spocott Windmill and Stanley Institute
- November 2015 – Adventures in Ireland
- December 2015 – ACE Mentor Program
- January 2016 – Namaste from India!
- May 2016 – Roatan – The Island of No Shoes
- August 2016 – Speechless at the Pantheon, Parthenon and Pompeii
- October 2016 – Sea Glass and Sunsets on Smith Island
- November 2016 – Calvert Cliffs and Solomons Island
- December 2016 – Mid-Shore Pro Bono – Making Our Community a Better Place
- February 2017 – Disney Cruise Magic
- March 2017 – Jamie Buckley’s Kayaking Quest to End Polio
- May 2017 – Guatemala ~ Land of the Maya
- August 2017 – An Antiguan Escape
- September 2017 – Harper’s Ferry – At the Confluence of History and Nature
- October 2017 – Charming Cape Charles
- November 2017 – A Longwood Gardens Christmas
- December 2017 – The Neighborhood Service Center
- January 2018 – Pennsylvania’s Elk Country
- February 2018 – A Mother-Daughter Afternoon in Havre de Grace
- March 2018 – Inspiration at the Naval Academy
- April 2018 – South America and Antarctica Adventure (Part 1)
- May 2018 – South America and Antarctica Adventure (Part 2)
- June 2018 – South America and Antarctica Adventure (Part 3)
- July 2018 – Harriet Tubman and Bella Travers ~ Emancipator and Junior Ranger
- October 2018 – Ferry Fun and Cape May Caper
- November 2018 – Fells Point
- December 2018 – Talbot Special Riders
- January 2019 – Traveling the Blue Ridge Mountains
- February 2019 – The Great Smoky Mountains and the Cherokee Nation
- March 2019 – Mountain Towns
- April 2019 – Aging is Like Traveling
- May 2019 – The Bird Feeder Mystery
- August 2019 – Red, White and Blue Waves Over Fort McHenry
- September 2019 – South Dakota Gems
- October 2019 – Western Wanderings
- November 2019 – From the Tetons to the Temple
- December 2019 – Chesapeake Multicultural Center
- January 2020 – Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture
- February 2020 – Gulf Coast Beauty: Panama City Beach, Florida
- March 2020 – Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky
- April 2020 – Mary, Abe and the Cave
- May 2020 – Shankin’ with the Shakers
- June 2020 – Indiana Treasures from Buddhist Monks to Exotic Tigers
- June 2020 – Spring and Covid-19
- July 2020 – Elephants, Butterflies and Amethysts – Oh, My!
- August 2020 – Gibson’s Getaway: Sandaway Suites and Beach
- September 2020 – Bringing Back the Bees
- October 2020 – I Wish I Were a Golden Retriever
- November 2020 – A Holly Day in the Big Apple
- December 2020 – Rock Steady Boxing
- January 2021– A Journey in Pink – Part I: Discover and Two Cuts
- February 2021 – A Journey in Pink – Part II: Eradication
- March 2021 – A Journey in Pink – Part III: Gamma Rays
- April 2021 – A Journey in Pink – Part IV: Surviving, Sharing and Sending it Forward
- May 2021 – The Covid-19 Vaccine Hunger Games
- June 2021 – Vaxcation – Traveling During Covid-19
- July 2021 – South Carolina Lowcountry
- August 2021 – The Healing World of Acupuncture
- September 2021 – Hoopers, Honga and the Bay
- October 2021 – Teatime at Hampton Mansion
- November 2021 – Wild Turkey for Thanksgiving
- December 2021 – A Hidden Gem: The Heritage Museum and Gardens of Dorchester
- January 2022 – Stargazing – At One With the Universe
- February 2022 – Bear Meadow Lodge
- March 2022 – Lancaster Adventures
- April 2022 – A Journey in Pink – Part V: One Year Survivor
- May 2022 – The Tidewater Times from a Writer’s Perspective
- June 2022 – A Wicked Trip
- July 2022 – An Anegada Adventure: Part 1
- August 2022 – An Anegada Adventure: Part 2
- September 2022 – The Romantic Dance of the Carp
- October 2022 – Taylors Island Trek
- November 2022 – What Are Your Thanksgiving Traditions?
- December 2022 – The Banneker-Douglass Museum
- January 2023 – The Great Lakes: Of Glaciers Born