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Category Archives: TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH
SERMERSSUAQ UKARPALUGPOQ – An Earth Day Tribute
SermerssuaqThe Big Ice weepswailssighs at humankind’s inability to use their knowledge wisely
Posted in ADVENTURES, ANCIENT WISDOM and TEACHINGS, ARCTIC WONDER, EVENTS, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX
Tagged adventure, adventures in Greenland, arctic, climate change, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Donna Weidner, Earth Day 2022, glaciers, Greenland Ice Cap, ice cap melting, Russell Glacier, tribute to the arctic
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WHAT THE ICEBERG SAID
Bold. Blue. Megalithic. To think I might have begun as a whispered word on an ancient’s breath,a droplet in the spray of a neolithic sneeze, the spatter in a sputtered warning, “Run!”a single snowflake spit from a cloud, delivered on … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, ANCIENT WISDOM and TEACHINGS, ARCTIC WONDER, POEMS, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX
Tagged adventures in Greenland, climate change, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Disko Bay, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Greenland, ice berg, ice berg themed poetry, ilulissat, melting ice cap, poetry, wisdom from the far north
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SERMERSSUAQ UKARPALUGPOQ-An Earth Day Tribute
She weeps. She cries. She howls. She sighs at man’s inability to use his knowledge wisely. Sermerssuaq The Big Ice Greenland’s ice cap. Tropical blue melt-water lakes the size of small countries rest upon Mother Earth’s head. Creaking from their weight,
WHEN RAVEN CALLS
Raven clings to the towering worn-out pine like a shining star still snagged on last December’s holiday tree. But does he truly cling? Perhaps it’s simpler – more effortless. Perhaps he’s merely perched, perusing his neighbors welcoming their day.
Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, POEMS, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX
Tagged adventure, air totems, Donna Weidner, off-handed humor, poetry, portents, raven
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‘TWAS THE NIGHT OF WINTER SOLSTICE
‘Twas three nights before Christmas, the fifth of Hanukkah, four from Galungan, and still five ’til Kwanzaa. ‘Twas two months since Muharram and India’s festival of light, when sun snuggled down into earth’s longest night.
Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HOLIDAYS, POEMS, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH
Tagged 'twas poem, adventure, author, blog, Christmas, Diwali, Donna Weidner, Galungan, Hanukkah, Happy New Year 2015, Kwanzaa, Muharram, poem, winter solstice
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If
If no one sees my tears, Does it mean I do not cry?
BEING THE CHANGE
Steady now – okay, I’ve got it. Sometimes one soap box isn’t enough. Sometimes, when there’s so much going on, you’ve got to step it up a notch and kill two birds with one stone no, uh, maybeeee, bake two cakes in one … Continue reading
MY SPACE
Writers write. Right? Right, but where do we write. Most of the time, I write on my lap while sitting on my sofa. Now, while this is probably not the best thing for my posture, it seems to work very … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH
Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, my space, writer, writing space
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WHILE WE’RE ON THE SUBJECT OF ASTRONAUTS…
Now that you know how much I wanted to be an astronaut as a child, you can imagine how excited I was when I read this in our local newspaper: “Former astronaut Rusty Schweickart (the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, CHILDHOOD, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH
Tagged adventure, asteroid deflection, asteroids, astronaut, blog, Donna Weidner, Earth, environment, Rusty Schweickart, writer
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Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner 