Tag Archives: Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

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

ODE TO ME BONNIE BLUE PLAID WELLIES

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Oh, y’ve done me well, me bonnie blue plaid wellies, always keepin’ me from sinkin’ deep in bogs squishy, black, an’ smelly. I’ve enjoyed our strolls across lush fairy glens, twistin’ up trails o’ sweet smellin’ heather,

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, HUMOR, POEMS, ROAD TRIP | Tagged adventure in Scotland, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Loch Sunart Scotland, ode, ode to my boots, Scottish Highlands, seaweed, selkie, wellies | 12 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

MINING 4 MEMORIES IN THE LEAST LIKELY PLACE

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

webs of spun silk billow in morning’s mild breeze sparkling orbs handiwork of moonlight’s toil twinkle plucked from the cosmos of recollection a cache of memories cling to spider’s haphazard roadmap many muddled fuzzy out of reach others beckon for … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, POEMS, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventures in writing, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, feeling nostalgic, memories, poem, spider's web, story web | 2 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 →

Posted in ADVENTURES, AWESOME PEOPLE, Essay | Tagged adventure, D. G. Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, favorite teacher, Felicia DeBetta, inspirational teacher, keep clam and carry on, Susan E. Wagner High School, teacher's appreciation week | 15 Comments

POETIC PONDERING ON: What rhymes with Wisteria?

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

An abundance of wisteria if found flourishing in Bulgaria might migrate to Bavaria causing

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, POEMS | Tagged adventure, appendicularia, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, silly poem, stropharia, what rhymes with hysteria, wisteria | 11 Comments

THE POWER OF LOVE

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

She stands facing the pale, windswept bay, tall and erect as the ancient redwoods poking through the shroud of fog folding over the mountain range behind her. They loom in the distance like a pack of protective brothers, chanting in … Continue reading →