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MULTIPLE CHOICE – Fillings for your fortuneless cookie
What do you do when this happens? Empty the
MOONSCAPE – A Dose of Nonsense
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
A MIDSUMMER DAY’S INTERVIEW – with Amy Zhao
Last summer, teacher, mentor, and writer Greg Pattridge reviewed a newly released adventure story by the then 12-year-old Amy Zhao on his middle grade book based blog Always In The Middle. In Greg’s words: “When I do dip into fantasy … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENTURES, AWESOME PEOPLE, BOOK LAUNCH, BOOK REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS
Tagged 12-year-old author Amy Zhao, adventures in writing, Always in the Middle, Amy Zhao, book review THE LEGENDS OF PINENA-INVASION OF THE ALIENS, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Greg Pattridge, magical realism, Middle Grade book reviews
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FYI – 2021 BAY AREA BOOK FEST
If you’ve got a middle-grader or teen at home (or if you’re a teacher, librarian, or mentor), this year’s virtual BAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL has 8 bold FREE events that’ll rock their world and empower them. The adult program rocks … Continue reading
A COSMIC DELICACY OF GALACTIC PROPORTION
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
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BONTON POTATO CHIPS, 5 CENTS A BAG – A Retrospective
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
CONFESSION OF A LATE IN LIFE WRITER
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
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WHAT’S GOT MY GOAT TODAY? – The Pet Peeve That Got Away
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
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