Category Archives: VIGNETTE

Tender Is The Knight

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Alice Wetherby-Pimms was at it again. Although she claimed to have done her best to rein in the part of her responsible for her unkind actions on numerous occasions, the child was simply unable to contain the spiteful goblin living … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, VIGNETTE | Tagged Adventures of Alice Wetherby Pimms, armor, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Donna Weidner | 6 Comments

POISON(ed) IVY – A Macabre All Hallows Tale

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

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure in writing, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, dark tale, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Halloween, macabre tale, Master Class, Niel Gaiman Art of Storytelling, Samhain | 11 Comments

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

ALIEN THOUGHT FOR A FOGGY DAY

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Despite all of the previous hoaxes, he was sure the latest video of a UFO hovering over the park was the real thing. Waking up to a low-pitched hum and suspended in viscous gel the shade of mouldering bread instead … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, VIGNETTE, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, alien invasion, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, The Call of the Pen, Write Now Prompt | 12 Comments

LEGO LOCKDOWN – THE STOWAWAYS

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“Won’t you step into my spaceship,” said the spider to the fly. “Tis the speediest little spacecraft in which you’ll ever fly. It will take us to great heights, ones you’ve never reached before. Just soar up here to where … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, POEMS, VIGNETTE | Tagged # shelterinplace, adventure, Apollo 11 poetry, Apollo Lunar Module, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Lego Creator Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, moon landing, moon theme poetry, rhyming poetry, space travel, The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt | 12 Comments

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 →

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, HOLIDAYS, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX, VIGNETTE | Tagged 5gyres, adventure, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Earth Day 2020, Midway Island, plant a tree, reduce-reuse-recycle, world population clock | 12 Comments

LEGO LOCKDOWN – An Old Wife’s Tale

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The rumbling stopped. The ground ceased to quake. The blaze slowed and flickered out with a sputter. While the cloud of fumes from the Saturn V rocket cleared, two masked figures stood beneath the behemoth bickering. “What do you mean, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, VIGNETTE | Tagged # shelterinplace, adventure, Apollo Saturn V Rocket, Cigar Galaxy, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, lego adventure, Lego Saturn V Rocket | 10 Comments

BEHIND THE SCENE – MASTERPIECE TALE No. 1: The Artist’s Daughter

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Marie-Anne Carolus-Duran would rather have been sitting in a dark and musty closet ensconced in a nest of her riding instructor’s malodorous paddock boots and picking lint bobbles from her Sunday frock than posing for a portrait with Yéti. The … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, AWESOME PEOPLE, Essay, HUMOR, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, Carolus-Duran, Charles Auguste Émile Durand, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Legion Of Honor Museum, Marie-Anne Carolus-Duran (The Artist's Daughter), portraits | 6 Comments

THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED PICKLE

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Alice Wetherby-Pimms had a peculiar penchant for pickles. Be they sweet, sour, or dill, the child was mad about brined cucumbers. Chips, chunks, cubes, finely chopped relishes, halves, slices, spears, sticks and whole, no matter their shape, Alice craved them … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, Adventures of Alice Wetherby Pimms, cornichons, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, humorous vignette, pickles | 19 Comments

MINDING MY Ps AND Qs – A Punctilious Quest

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Once upon a dreary Sunday many Mays ago, it was unclear whether Alice Wetherby-Pimms had quaffed the dregs of a liter of PLYMOUTH and nodded off under the Steinway or if the ten-year-old had passed out cold in the wake … Continue reading →