My name is Bonnie Mackenzie-Smith. I’m a writer. I’m also a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and cousin to thousands (thanks to Ancestry.com for pointing this out). I’ve had careers from flight attendant to business owner and now as a full-time writer, enjoying life near the Rocky Mountains’ foothills.
I’m an eagle enthusiast (the kind that flies), adore my family and my crazy Yellow Lab, Charlie.
I love to travel, particularly to my beloved Scotland, where I have a wee bit of ancestral DNA wandering about. I took the above picture of the beautiful Scottish Highlands during my recent travels to my ancestral homeland. I’m a born and bred American, but Scotland has stolen my heart.
My grandfather, the son of a Mackenzie-born Scot, was a newspaper writer and editor, and from him was launched a family of writers—lovers of words, all. I’m happy to have joined their ranks.
Writing has always been percolating throughout the years. You know how it goes: life can sometimes get in the way of our dreams. Retired now, I have the opportunity of getting back on that Highway of Dreams, writing my stories, and adding poetry – new to my writing adventures. I’ve been told there’s a novel in me yet to be written. We’ll see how that goes!
I hope you enjoy these stories and poems of hope; I write them for you as much as for me.
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