Category Archives: VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX

TWO QUIRKS, A CONSIDERATION, AND A QUANDARY – a.k.a. Peculiar Pandemic Ponderings

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

THE QUIRKS: My husband surprised me with blueberry pancakes for breakfast today, and for the first time ever, I noticed that I eat my pancakes in measured quadrants reminiscent of PHI, the law of divine proportion.  Later, I nibbled on … Continue reading →

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MOTHER LOVE – An Earth Day Tale

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

It’s been seven years since this story was first posted (2013). Our planet’s population has increased circa 6.5 million. Have we taken measures to better care for our Mother and ultimately ourselves? Let’s see… Sweating and belching, the young mother … Continue reading →

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MINING 4 MEMORIES IN THE LEAST LIKELY PLACE

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

webs of spun silk billow in morning’s mild breeze sparkling orbs handiwork of moonlight’s toil twinkle plucked from the cosmos of recollection a cache of memories cling to spider’s haphazard roadmap many muddled fuzzy out of reach others beckon for … Continue reading →

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THE POWER OF LOVE

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

She stands facing the pale, windswept bay, tall and erect as the ancient redwoods poking through the shroud of fog folding over the mountain range behind her. They loom in the distance like a pack of protective brothers, chanting in … Continue reading →

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QUID SCRIBAM?

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Why do I write? Good question. It’s not because it’s been a passion ever since second grade when Sister Ann Michael praised my poem I WANT TO BE A DOG for its wit, rhyme, and wild imagination, or the inclusion … Continue reading →

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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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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – The Sun Sets on a Different World

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Quimmer. Stranded. Separated from his pack. About as visible as a grain of sand stuck to the smooth side of a seashell, the dog stands on a slab of sea ice floating atop the placid waves of  Scorsbysund. Four days ago, … Continue reading →

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OUT OF THIS WORLD – Journey to the unknown

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Clouds of steam rise from bubbling pits on the pocked landscape. It smells like Beelzebub is venting a batch of burned hard-boiled eggs from his sizzling  subterranean scullery far below our hiking booted feet.

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A ROSE PETAL, A BOY SOLDIER, and LEMON CAKE…

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

What’s the connection? The book launch of LOST BOYS, a middle grade historical fiction novel by début author (and friend) Darcey Rosenblatt. LOST BOYS is a captivating coming-of-age story of friendship, hardship, and hope. Twelve-year-old Reza is an Iranian boy … Continue reading →

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A NOTEWORTHY DRIVE BY SHOOTING

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Ready, aim, fire! It’s no use taking careful aim, though. By the time I catch my subject dead center between the crosshairs, it’s too late – a blip in the landscape – gone faster than you can say, “Gotcha!” Snap … Continue reading →

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