Category Archives: IN MEMORIUM

BONTON POTATO CHIPS, 5 CENTS A BAG – A Retrospective

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

BonTon Potato Chips. Crisp. Crunchy. Salty. Five cents a bag. No baloney sandwich should ever be without them. It’d be like Fred Flintstone going bowling without Barney Rubble. It’s all I can think of too, as we board the yellow … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CHILDHOOD, IN MEMORIUM, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo, funeral mass, Holy Rosary Church Staten Island, Joseph Tosto, nickel bag, St. John's Villa Academy | 14 Comments

NIGHTMARE ON UNTER DEN LINDEN – A Banned Books Week Tribute

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

It’s somehow fitting. The sweeping square is shrouded in silence, but for the dime-size drops of rain slapping the neatly laid cobbled stones under my feet. The typically bustling quad is empty too, except for the line of bicycles strung … Continue reading →

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THANK YOU, RICHARD PECK (April 5, 1934 – May 23, 2018)

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

We met in Miami when Destiny dropped me in the seat next to you at a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators pre-conference dinner for volunteers and faculty. Our paths had crossed once before, at my first SCBWI conference … Continue reading →