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Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner
I am an adventure seeking explorer of the mysteries of the universe, children's book author (represented by Stephen Fraser of the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency), and lover of anything involving armor, archery, or swashbuckling.
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Author Archives: Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner
GOT BUPKIS?
I do. I got bupkis. I got nada, nix (actually it’s nichts), nothing. I’ve walked the pooches, cleaned the house, done the laundry, and started reading THE GIVER all in an attempt to come up with an idea for today’s … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, blog, Donna Gwinnell Weidner, humor, Inverness, muse, Orkney Attractions, Scotland, writer
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A WEE TASTE OF SCOTLAND
So, there’s a Scottish joke that goes something like this: Angus had just returned from a holiday in Spain. When his friend Hamish asked him how it was, Angus answered,
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Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, Orkney, Ring of Brodgar, Scotland, travel
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MENOPAUSE AND MONKEYS
What do you do at 3:28 AM when you’ve been lying awake since 2:37 AM plagued by tiresome night sweats and listening to your monkey-brain natter on about how you really need to get back to sleep only to have … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR
Tagged author, blog, Donna Weidner, humor, Loch Ness Monster, menopause, monkeys, Scotland, travel, writer
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MOTHER LOVE – a short story
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(c) Dreamstime.com Sweating and belching, the young mother rolls into the Emergency Room at precisely one minute before midnight. The attending physician’s eyebrows take on the appearance of his last patient’s electro-cardiogram a…
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HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’VE BEEN NAUTICAL OR NICE
Sure enough—he was the real deal. And who did he think he was fooling with those shades? Certainly, not me. Incognito on a wind still summer’s afternoon—that’s what he was—a living, breathing, incognito San Francisco treat. But a cable car … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Circle, author, blog, Christmas, Donna Weidner, Greenland, humor, San Francisco, Santa Claus, writer
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P-I-P * or A Poet’s Process
*POETRY-IN-PROGRESS Cursor stabs on blank white screen While “What will I write today?” loudly screams (of course-screams are LOUD, unless, they’re silent) … Continue reading
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Tagged a writer's process, adventure, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, WIP, writer
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BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, and BEFUDDLED
I have always liked the sound of the word befuddled. It has a fairy tale quality to it. It’s what the three bears would have been when they came home to a messed up house or the frog prince when … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH
Tagged adventure, Apache blessing, author, blog, Donna Weidner, Freshy Pressed, prayer, R.I.P., self-doubt
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SOMETIMES, I FEEL LIKE MICHELANGELO
No – not this Michelangelo Nunchucks are not my thing – not yet, anyway. Hmm…now, there’s a word that brings a picture to mind:
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Tagged adventure, Art, author, Donna Weidner, Michelangelo, nun's having fun, Nunchucks, Pope, teenage mutant ninja turtles, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY, writer's path
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