Category Archives: VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX

DOIN’ THE HAPPY DANCE – A Dream Come True

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Beth Terrill at NorthSouth Books and Elena Rittinghausen at NordSüd Verlag have bought world rights to There Are No Dragons in This Book, a debut picture book by Donna Weidner (l.), illustrated by Carla Haslbauer, about a dragon explaining to readers that … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Donna Lambo-Weidner Books, EVENTS, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure in writing, agent Stephen Fraser, Beth Terrill at NorthSouth Books, Carla Haslbauer, Debut Picture Book, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Donna Weidner, Elena Rittinghausen at NordSüd Verlag, Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency, Publishers Weekly, There Are No Dragons In This Book | 14 Comments

SERMERSSUAQ UKARPALUGPOQ – An Earth Day Tribute

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

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 | 8 Comments

LAST (99) WORD (S) for ’21

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Sanskrit translation: May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all. As it often happens when … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ANCIENT WISDOM and TEACHINGS, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventure, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Happy New Year 2022, Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu, New Year's resolution, Ram spirit animal, Sanskrit | 7 Comments

MOONSCAPE – A Dose of Nonsense

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

When you were a kid, did anyone ever stare up at the sky and refer to a crescent moon as God’s toenail clipping? Or suggest to you the moon is made of green cheese? I could understand swiss cheese. Maybe. … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, PONDERINGS, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged a trip to the moon, adventure, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo-Weidner, lego, lego adventure, man in the moon, Moon, moon landing, pancakes | 25 Comments

MOLECULARLY SPEAKING…

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

…we are all that is, was, and ever shall be gas, liquid, solidbustling atoms bond,breeding beings of breath, blood, bone a convergence of matter = a mass of varied shapes, colors, sizesfurred, feathered, scaled, petaled, prickly, slick we … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ANCIENT WISDOM and TEACHINGS, POEMS, PONDERINGS, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventure, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Lambo-Weidner, matter, miracle of life, recycle, water molecules, we are all connected, we are all one | 12 Comments

enVISIONing A WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Every writer has their own modus operandi when they begin a new project. Since my artistic abilities are rather lacking, I like to create a vision board. I browse magazines, scavenge for items in nature, snap photos, rifle through old … Continue reading →

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JOE DOG and LOLLIPOP – A Pandemic Memory

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

JOE!

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HUMOR, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventure, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, dog humor, Donna Lambo-Weidner, pandemic humor, toilet paper, Who Gives A Crap | 7 Comments

A COSMIC DELICACY OF GALACTIC PROPORTION

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

In a chocolate galaxy, far, far away, the Flavonol3-O-beta-glucoside O-malonyltransferase gather in a non-disclosed location deep within the dark nether regions of the cocoa nebulae. Their mission: to effect the fabrication of a product so bold, so intense, so indescribably … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, PONDERINGS, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventure, art of chocolate, Big Bang Theory, Cosmos, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo-Weidner, galaxies, Old Housee Bakery Benicia CA, space-time continuum, specialty chocolate, universe | 8 Comments

WHAT’S GOT MY GOAT TODAY? – The Pet Peeve That Got Away

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

We all have strong opinions on one thing or another – the issues that get your goat. There are plenty to go around, right? I don’t think I need to list any. You know yours. I know mine. We probably … Continue reading →

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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 →