Author Archives: Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

About 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.

WALLS

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I once sat upon an ancient rock contemplating my life—my raison d’être—in this vast world of ours. When you find yourself—an itty-bitty pinprick, a teeny-tiny dot, hardly a smudge in the landscape—gazing upon the millions-of-years-old arctic ice cap, you can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, author, blog, CHASING ICE, Donna Weidner, glaciers, Greenland, icebergs, ilulissat, Kalaallit Eskimo, Kangerlussuaq, TRAVEL Theme, wall | Leave a comment

UP

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Where’s My Backpack is a travel-based blog that I have recently started following. Love it! And every week, Ailsa suggests a theme and invites her readers to share their own photo adventure. No sooner had I read this week’s suggestion when … Continue reading →

Posted in SINGLE SOCK SUNDAY, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, Martha Alderson, Old Mission at Santa Barbara, Single Sock Day, The Plot Whisperer, TRAVEL Theme, we are the same-we are different, Where's My Backpack, writer | 6 Comments

WHERE THE LOST SOCKS ARE

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

This adventure has been rated OSFA, One-size-fits-all, by the International Knee-Sport-and-Leisure-Sock Association of Planetearth. Otherwise known as IKSLAP. Have you seen this sock today? After half a century of sitting on their hands, many members of CADS, the Center for … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, SINGLE SOCK SUNDAY | Tagged adventure, author, Black hole, blog, Donna Weidner, Lakota, lost socks, socks, we are the same-we are different, writer | 21 Comments

Illumination

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The sun shows her face for only a moment, illuminating the way home, pointing out that we always have a choice…

Posted in ADVENTURES, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, Donna Weidner, Illumination, postaday, San Francisco, the daily post, weekly photo challenge, writer | 2 Comments

AUF WIEDERSEHEN – Until We Meet Again

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

RUTHLESS. What a curious word. And how did it ever come to mean ‘cruel, heartless, pitiless.’ Could it have been coined in a gal leaves guy country-western ballad—Cold and callous, she ground his heart like the butt of her Camel … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES | Tagged adventure, Barbara Lalicki, Beverly Cleary, blog, Donna Weidner, Gary Paulsen, Harper Collins Children's Books, HarperCollins, Retirement, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, writer | 2 Comments

GOOD DAY MOON

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

On top of Round Hill, in a land called Marin, December’s sun coaxed a new day to begin. As she climbed, bit by bit, up into the sky, Sun noticed the Moon, waiting patiently nigh. “Is something wrong, brother?” she … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, POEMS, SHORT STORIES | Tagged adventure, blog, daytime moon, Donna Weidner, full moon, good night moon, poem, poetry, thirteenth moon, writer | 16 Comments

JUMBLE ALL THE WAY

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

A jumble is defined as an untidy heap—a farrago, a gallimaufry (try using those in Words With Friends). As far as my self-imposed deadline for my adventures in Blogdom is concerned, I’ve failed miserably. I’ve come up with bupkis—nada, nichts, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, POEMS | Tagged 12 days of Christmas parody, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Words With Friends | 5 Comments

To Camp, Or Not To Camp? That is the question…

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

What self-respecting adventurer (adventuress just sounds wrong) can call themselves as such if they have never been camping? Being an adventure seeker as a child, I had always wanted to be a boy scout for exactly that reason. They got … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES | Tagged adventure, Africa, blog, Camping, Donna Weidner, Greenland, Ngorongoro Crater, Safari, St. John V.I., Tanzania, writer | 5 Comments

STONES FROM THE RECTUM—A Tail of Adventure

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“No. We already have a dog. One is enough,” I said. Once, twice, a quadrillion times. It wasn’t even the kids asking anymore. It was Ronald, my hubby dearest. I thought of suggesting he go get himself a fish if … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, LUCY and JAZZIE | Tagged adventure, blog, California, diamonds, dog, Donna Weidner, gemstones, Germany, Labrador Retriever, Lucy, pets, rocks, San Francisco, writer | 19 Comments

INNER SPACE—THE FINAL FRONTIER…

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

…These are the voyages of a being named Donna. Her life-long mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out her authentic self, embark on new adventures and to push herself beyond her limitations, to boldly go where no man … Continue reading →