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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 →

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MULTIPLE CHOICE – Fillings for your fortuneless cookie

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

What do you do when this happens? Empty the

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, PONDERINGS | Tagged adventure, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo-Weidner, fortune cookie, fortune cookie fortunes, fortune cookie wisdom | 10 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

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

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

CONFESSION OF A LATE IN LIFE WRITER

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

Have you ever felt like a unicorn? The odd-one-out? The rarity in the herd? In the children’s book writer’s world, I have. Unlike many of my contemporaries, I didn’t spend lazy summer days, dark, stormy nights, and every other waking … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CHILDHOOD, Essay, PONDERINGS, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, Cinderella, Clifford the Big Red Dog, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Gulliver's Travels, Kon-Tiki, Scholastic Book Club, The Seven Voyages of Sinbad, The Thousand and One Nights, The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, unicorns | 11 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 →