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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

MURDER AT THE CHECKOUT – An Unsolved Mystery Resolved

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

BURIED ALIVE: HOLY GUACAMOLE – HOW I ATE MY WAY FROM UNDER AN AVALANCHE OF AVOCADOS SURVIVAL: ATTACK OF THE MUTANT MARS BAR *warning: article contains peanut reference I LOST 50 BAZILLION POUNDS IN 24 HOURS. YOU CAN TOO! The … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HUMOR | Tagged adventure, Benjamin Franklin in London, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, grocery shopping, humorous encounter, humorous headlines, humorous vignette, strange headlines, unsolved mysteries | 6 Comments

HAPPY NEW YEAR from MY PLANET

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

If there were a planet between Earth and Mars that took 415 days to orbit the sun and we were blessed with living on it together, this New Year’s greeting would be on time. It would still be the evening … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, FAMILY, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, Agra, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Happy New Year 2020, India, Taj Mahal, Valentine's Day love story, wedding proposal | 4 Comments

FROM MRS. HUMBUG TO YOU – A (sort of) Holiday Greeting

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“‘Tis one week ’til Christmas,” resounds through the house. “And nothing’s been hung on the tree,” groans my spouse. Up go his arms in a frenzy, a near panic. “‘Twas weeks ago I dragged the box down from the attic! … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR, POEMS | Tagged 'tis poem, 'twas poem, A Christmas Carol, adventure, Christmas Greetings, Christmas poem, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, rhyming poem, Scrooge | 22 Comments

IT’S DECEMBER? WHAT HAPPENED TO NOVEMBER?

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

I woke up this morning, with my back to a tree wond’ring how on earth my chin hairs had grown past my dimpled knees. The last thing I remember, someone cried out, “trick-or-treat!” Now it’s suddenly December? Are those gnomes … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, AWESOME PEOPLE, EVENTS, FAMILY, HUMOR, POEMS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, Ann Rose, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Iowa Caucus, Jessica Garrison, Liberty and Justice Dinner, Mekisha Telfer, Mexico, Pete Buttigieg, poem, SCBWI Conference, Stephen Fraser, U.S. Presidential Candidates for 2020 | 23 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 →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, adventures in writing, Adventures of Alice Wetherby Pimms, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, paranormal disappearances, Ps and Qs | 6 Comments

SECRETS, LIES, and SFOGLIADELL’

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

They say the day Aunt Frankie married Uncle Sally was a day that would live in infamy. I’d learned Franklin D. Roosevelt said that when Pearl Harbor was bombed, but no, most of the family, actually, only the uncles, would … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, Coney Island fireworks, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, fireworks, fourth of July celebration, life on Staten Island in the 1960's, summer camp stories, The Family, Writer's Digest prompt | 16 Comments

IN HOT PURSUIT OF THE UNTETHERED MIND

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Because our minds are not confined to the constraints of our craniums, a ride down the rabbit hole can be endless with its twists and turns, zigs and zags, steep climbs, and plummeting tumbles into a time-sucking abyss. You’re familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HUMOR, WRITING RESOURCES | Tagged adventure, adventures in writing, chicken oddities, cure for plague, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, inspiration, Mike the Headless Chicken, recipe in the treatment for plague, The Black Death, The Plague | 18 Comments

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON – A Teacher Appreciation Dissertation

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

With a stinky stogie clamped between my teeth, I threw a crumpled trench coat over my shoulder, slapped my grandfather’s worn fedora on my head, stood on tip-toes and peeked through the window of the classroom door. Waiting for my … Continue reading →