Wellness Wednesday hosts “Reading and Writing: Just For the Health of It” with Nancy Besonen
Wellness Wednesday welcomes off-beat journalist Nancy Besonen’s presentation “Reading and Writing: Just for the Health of It” Feb. 18, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at Young’s Recreation Complex in Iron County (159 Young’s Lane – Crystal Falls, MI 49920)
Besonen is a native Chicago South Sider whose problem with fishing landed her in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, reporting for the L’Anse Sentinel to help support her habit. Her weekly humor column, titled “Off the Hook” filled vital white space while having raucous good fun.
The focus of her Wellness Wednesday presentation will be the healthful benefits of reading and writing, with an overall emphasis on keeping it, and life in general, light. It will also include readings from her two books, predictably titled “Off the Hook” and “Off the Hook Too!”
Participants will be encouraged to share their own favorite titles and authors, and tips for finding the time, place and paper for journaling.
Journaling is a wonderful way of keeping the past present,” Besonen said. “You can do it on those ridiculously small squares on your calendar, or in a securely locked diary for the more outspoken bits. It preserves the joys and trials of youth, and when we get slightly mossier, helps us remember what we did the day before.”
Wellness Wednesday is sponsored by the Iron Area Health Foundation. Presentations are free of charge and open with a free salad bar. Participants at the Feb. 18 event will also receive a photo card to write a note to whomever they like—as long as they keep it light.
For more information, contact:
Nancy Besonen
email: nancybesonen@hotmail.com
About the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan nonprofit association with over 180 members, many of whose books are featured on the organization’s website at www.uppaa.org. UPPAA welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP connection who is interested in writing.
