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THE FORGOTTEN HERO

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Please, bare with me. No – keep your clothes on. I mean, bear with me – although, that doesn’t look quite right either, does it? What would a gargantuan, blood-n-honey-sucking, fur-ball with razor-edged teeth have to do with anything in … Continue reading →

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MY HERO

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Growing up, I included so many heroes  in my bedtime prayers that it’s a wonder I ever got to sleep – D’Artagnan and all three Musketeers, Sinbad the Sailor, Hercules, the Scarlet Pimpernell, Zorro, most of the Knights of the Round … Continue reading →

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WHILE WE’RE ON THE SUBJECT OF ASTRONAUTS…

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Now that you know how much I wanted to be an astronaut as a child, you can imagine how excited I was when I read this in our local newspaper: “Former astronaut Rusty Schweickart (the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo … Continue reading →

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IN THE INTERIM…

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

While I’m getting this week’s post together, I thought I’d share A Year Living Baldly with you. Its author takes  – supporting a friend – to another level. You rock Liz! And your friend Lee too!

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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

A musician, an artist, a doctor, a pilot? This is a question we all, as children, have been asked. Even though now we are legally and biologically adults, this is a question many of us are still seeking the answer to, … Continue reading →

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GOT BUPKIS?

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I do. I got bupkis. I got nada, nix (actually it’s nichts), nothing. I’ve walked the pooches, cleaned the house, done the laundry, and started reading THE GIVER all in an attempt to come up with an idea for today’s … Continue reading →

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A WEE TASTE OF SCOTLAND

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

So, there’s a Scottish joke that goes something like this: Angus had just returned from a holiday in Spain. When his friend Hamish asked him how it was, Angus answered,

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MENOPAUSE AND MONKEYS

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

What do you do at 3:28 AM when you’ve been lying awake since 2:37 AM plagued by tiresome night sweats and listening to your monkey-brain natter on about how you really need to get back to sleep only to have … Continue reading →

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HE KNOWS WHEN YOU’VE BEEN NAUTICAL OR NICE

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Sure enough—he was the real deal. And who did he think he was fooling with those shades? Certainly, not me. Incognito on a wind still summer’s afternoon—that’s what he was—a living, breathing, incognito San Francisco treat. But a cable car … Continue reading →

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P-I-P * or A Poet’s Process

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

*POETRY-IN-PROGRESS Cursor stabs on blank white screen While “What will I write today?” loudly screams (of course-screams are LOUD, unless, they’re silent)                                       … Continue reading →

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