Category Archives: HOLIDAYS

COOL MEMORIES IN HOT TIMES ~ A Greenlandic Escape

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

UGH!      Looking for a moment of relief from current events and summer’s scorching heat? When our beaches, lakes, and pools are overflowing and the world at large is an inferno of WTF crazy, I take a moment and … Continue reading →

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There Are No Dragons On This Road Trip…

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

…except for the ones in the photos documenting our recent escapades during two weeks galavanting about in Germany, Ireland, and  Morocco. First stop, the Frankfurt Book Fair for the announcement of the winners for the 2024 🥳  German Children’s Literature Award … Continue reading →

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MOMENTS OF SANITY – A Thanksgiving Day Thought

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Chile-red neon streaks the ridge line separating the sleepy mountain from the grey-washed sky With one swift brush stroke, the sun announces the start of a new day Will it be turbulent? Will it be peaceful?   The curtain of … Continue reading →

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PICK YOUR POISON – A Halloween Compilation part deux

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

My broom has stalledI’m in a tizzyHalloween’s hereand I’m still busy

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UN-BELIZE-ABLE

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

My inner twelve-year-old’s spirit for adventure soared a few months ago when a friend suggested I join her on a cruise. The Pirates of the Caribbean theme song immediately dropped into in my head as I envisioned the wind blowing … Continue reading →

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‘Tis A 2022 CHRISTMAS BLESSING

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

‘Tis often the time of year my inner grinch hangs about But this time ’tis different I’ve news of a new sprout T’was the night of his birth… No… not that blessed one. The he here is Theo, the first … Continue reading →

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO – A Triple Decker Celebration

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Where does the time go? Not only has it been forty-one years since I and ‘Mr. Man’ (as my kids lovingly refer to their father) tied the knot, but an entire year, that’s three-hundred-sixty-five-and-a-quarter days, has flown by since the … Continue reading →

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POISON(ed) IVY – A Macabre All Hallows Tale

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner
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‘Tis Time For An Other ‘Twas

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

‘Twas the day before Christmaswhen I realized this poem ’twas ready for the trash bin(after stifling a whopping groan).But then I asked myself,  “What’s Christmas, without a fun ’twas?”So I grappled with this rhymer thinking, I’ll just add a disclaimer clause. Okay, there … Continue reading →

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‘TIS ALL HALLOWS WEEK…

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

…and there is still much to do, like weaving webs, stringing skulls, and refining shrieks of, BOO! BOO! BOO! True… the pumpkin has been carved, skeletons are out of the closet,

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