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FIFTEEN YEARS A SLAVE

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

It’s 5:10 a.m. The race is on. Who will be the first to announce the dawn of a new day? Mother Nature slashing a blaze of dazzling light across the horizon just before she catapults that blinding orb into the sky? No. She’s not scheduled to wake up for … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HUMOR, LUCY and JAZZIE | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, fifteen years a slave, humor, pets, torture | 11 Comments

TAG, YOU’RE IT!

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

If you’ve ever played RED ROVER, SIMON SAYS, or RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT, then you are not a stranger to TAG – a fast and furious game where one kid in a group is deemed IT and runs around the yard trying to touch someone … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, HUMOR | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency, Mina Witteman, Stephen Fraser, The Writing Process Blog Tour, writing process | 14 Comments

HEIGH HO – It’s Off To Class I go!

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

A return to my alma mater, State University of New York Stony Brook, for any reason was the last thing I ever expected to do until an acquaintance, picture book author Julie Gribble, told me about a Children’s Book Writers Conference to … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HUMOR, ROAD TRIP | Tagged adventure, author, Berlin, Dan Yaccarino, Donna Weidner, Germany, Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency, Lufthansa German Airlines, Munich, Southampton Children’s Literature Conference at Stony Brook Southampton, statement of purpose, Stephen Fraser, SUNY Stony Brook, support groups | 13 Comments

SO, WHAT DO YOU DO? A Mother’s Day Tribute

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Whether I’m chatting on a plane, in line at the grocery store, or sipping cocktails at the hippest place in town, yeah right, ninety-nine point nine percent of the time I am asked, “So – what do you do?” It used to be a … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR | Tagged adventure, author, blog, D.G.Lambo, Donna Weidner, Mother's day, Mother's Day 2014, professionals, writer | 17 Comments

A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I’ve been on the road for a week, traveling with Mr. Man on a fund-raising tour for his new venture. The kick-off however, was first celebrating his aunt’s 80th Birthday with family and friends at a german restaurant in Queens. … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, lego, New York City, photography, road trip, Rockefeller Center | 18 Comments

A PETTY THIEVES’ TALE

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Sir Francis Bacon once said, “Opportunity makes a thief.” Indeed, it does. For what do you think happens when you leave a box full of donuts untended in a room with two Labrador Retrievers? Now, when I say a box full, I mean … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Dog Day Afternoon, Donna Weidner, family, Holidays, Loss of a Pet, Rainbow Bridge, Sir Francis Bacon sayings | 22 Comments

APRIL SHOWERS

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

While world-renowned photographer and friend Sven Nieder captures another friend, Adam Lyberth, throwing a pot full of boiling water up into the air at the top of the world in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland I thought I’d share what’s going on in my world…

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged author, blog, Donna Weidner, Earth Day 2014, spring images | 8 Comments

TAKING A BLOG-A-CATION

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Uh, I mean a vacation from blogging. Not for long. Only until the ironing’s done. Before I go though, I have a question for you: Have you noticed all the new blog-o-cabulary being used out there in Blogland lately? Personally, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR | Tagged adventure, author, Benjamin Franklin, blog, blog terms, blogisms, Donna Weidner | 14 Comments

OBJECT OF DESIRE

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The night our relationship began was like any other August evening in the San Francisco Bay area. Foghorns droned. Seals arp-arped. A chill fog rolled over, under, and around the Golden Gate Bridge, spreading its misty fingers into the nooks … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, essay, murder, mystery, rolling pin, short story, Williams-Sonoma | 42 Comments

BREAKING SILENCE – A Pet Peeve Comes to Light

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“Just let it out Margo!” my daughter urged. She started calling me Margo at a young age, whenever yelling “Mom! Mom! Mom!” didn’t get my attention. Clearly, she thought I had been keeping silent too long. An hour of heavy … Continue reading →