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VINNIE MALONE
I am honored to have been included in the latest zine issue (#5) of Plots by Clots titled Bots & Tots, dedicated to childhood memories and growing up. My contribution, Vinnie Malone, is a work of fiction, but based on an … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, CHILDHOOD, VIGNETTE
Tagged adventure, author, blog, childhood vignette, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Plots by Clots, The Lone Ranger, Vinnie Malone
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A MOST DUBIOUS COLLECTION
Alice Wetherby Pimms had a penchant for collecting governesses. Of her many peculiarities, this was perhaps the most curious, for in the first seven and three-quarter years of her young life, shipping magnate Roderick Pimms’ only child had procured precisely eleven of them. Rounding up, this would … Continue reading
Travel Tip # 1 – A LAUGHING MATTER
Whenever the travel bug sends me to a place where I don’t speak the language, I make it a point to learn how to say No – Thank you. In my experience, a nod accompanied by a smile will do for Hello, a … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIGNETTE
Tagged adventure, author, blog, camel talk, Donna Weidner, Egypt, Great Pyramid, karma, keffiyeh, khufu ship, travel exposé
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REQUIEM FOR AN UNNAMED SOUL
A clean page A fresh start That is the promise. Did you decide it was time to leave? Or did you depend on your heart to make that choice? Were you in over your head – unable to see the silver … Continue reading
SERMERSSUAQ UKARPALUGPOQ-An Earth Day Tribute
She weeps. She cries. She howls. She sighs at man’s inability to use his knowledge wisely. Sermerssuaq The Big Ice Greenland’s ice cap. Tropical blue melt-water lakes the size of small countries rest upon Mother Earth’s head. Creaking from their weight,
FIRST PERSON, PRESENT, TENSE
No. The commas are in the right place. I’m here. Alone. Now. And this is a tense moment. While I’m staring down at the narrow, dirt trail and maneuvering a mine field of rocks, roots, stone outcroppings, AND an occasional hilltop inhabitant catching a few rays I’m … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HUMOR, LUCY and JAZZIE, WRITING CHALLENGES
Tagged adventure, author, Donna Weidner, first-person-present-tense, humor, thoughts on writing
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BLURRED VISIONS
It’s a black and white day – fitting for a journey to the past where yesterday easily blurrs with today where peering through dilapidated windows throws a muddied light
Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, POEMS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes
Tagged adventure, Ai Weiwei, Ai Weiwei Human Rights Exhibit, Alcatraz, author, Donna Weidner, DP, dp_photo_challenge/blur
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AS NOW FADES TO YESTERDAY
When this very second is no longer the future and becomes the past in less time than it takes to type this sentence, living in the moment almost seems easy, but is it? If I just plug along and operate on auto … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, POEMS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes
Tagged adventure, author, blessings, Donna Lambo-Weidner, DPchallange, dp_photo_challenge/ephemeral, Hawaii, Lana'i, poem, Shipwreck Beach
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Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner 
‘TWAS THE NIGHT OF BAH HUMBUG
‘Twas just before Christmas, when the Grinch played his part. His slim, furry fingers fouled my holiday’s start by pointing out the turmoil bubbling up in our world- the hatreds, the judgements, the greed that had unfurled. Indeed, ’twas too late, for neither laugh nor smile, would ward off … Continue reading →