Tag Archives: Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

NIGHTMARE ON UNTER DEN LINDEN – A Banned Books Week Tribute

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

It’s somehow fitting. The sweeping square is shrouded in silence, but for the dime-size drops of rain slapping the neatly laid cobbled stones under my feet. The typically bustling quad is empty too, except for the line of bicycles strung … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, EVENTS, IN MEMORIUM, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventure, banned book week, Bebelplatz, Berlin, Book Burning 1933, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner | 4 Comments

HEY, RAPUNZEL ~ SURF’S UP!

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The only thing missing from the stone tower resting up against a craggy cliff side along the southern California coast is a sixty-foot silken braid trailing from the top window slit to the rocky beach below. Well, maybe the thick, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, California coast, D. G. Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, La Tour at Laguna Beach, plastic pollution, Rapunzel, The Pirate Tower, travel vignette, Victoria Beach | 4 Comments

KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Man In The Icicle

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Winter Dissolving crystalline crust decomposing evaporating

Posted in ADVENTURES, ARCTIC WONDER, POEMS, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, adventures in Greenland, arctic travels, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Ittoqqortoormiit, KALAALLIT NUNAAT, poetry | 10 Comments

THANK YOU, RICHARD PECK (April 5, 1934 – May 23, 2018)

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

We met in Miami when Destiny dropped me in the seat next to you at a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators pre-conference dinner for volunteers and faculty. Our paths had crossed once before, at my first SCBWI conference … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, AWESOME PEOPLE, IN MEMORIUM | Tagged D. G. Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, IN MEMORIUM, Richard Peck - children's book author, scbwi, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Tribute to Richard Peck | 4 Comments

IN SEARCH OF A NEW ‘F’ WORD

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Certain words in the English language make me cringe. The short, staccato sound of them wrinkles my nose, puckers my lips, and stabs my ears. One of the two most wince-worthy in my book of offending words has recently sent … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR | Tagged adventure, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, flatulence, italian translation, scoreggia, the f word | 17 Comments

HOOD RIDING RED LITTLE – A Tale In Reverse

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The phone rang once. A clipped voice answered, “9-1-1-what is your emergency?” “grr-rr—umph bwaa—maaa….” “I can’t understand you. Can you speak more clearly?” “grr-rr—umph *cough* bwaa—maa *cough—cough*” “Are you choking?” THUMP THUMP THUMP “An emergency vehicle is on its way—please … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CHILDHOOD, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES | Tagged adventure, D. G. Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, fractured fairy tale, Ikea toys, Little Red Writing Hood | 8 Comments

KALAALLIT NUNAAT – The Sun Sets on a Different World

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Quimmer. Stranded. Separated from his pack. About as visible as a grain of sand stuck to the smooth side of a seashell, the dog stands on a slab of sea ice floating atop the placid waves of Scorsbysund. Four days ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ARCTIC WONDER, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventure, adventures in Greenland, climate change, D.G.Lambo, dog sledding Greenland, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_/photo-challenges/rise-set, Ittoqqortoormiit, Scorsby Sund | 22 Comments

DESERT HIGH – Between Earth And Sky

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“I’d rather be here, with you, than anywhere else in the world.” When the man in the mountain spoke, it wasn’t with words. A wave of warm air rippled across his furrowed forehead, crept over his craggy face, and burst … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_/photo-challenges/rather/, high desert, New Mexico, Puye Cliff Dwellings, Santa Fe | 16 Comments

OUT OF THIS WORLD – Journey to the unknown

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Clouds of steam rise from bubbling pits on the pocked landscape. It smells like Beelzebub is venting a batch of burned hard-boiled eggs from his sizzling subterranean scullery far below our hiking booted feet.

Posted in ADVENTURES, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX | Tagged adventure in Iceland, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_/photo-challenges/out-of-this-world, geyser, Gunnuhver, hot springs | 12 Comments

A SWEET VALENTINE RUSE

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

One paper heart trimmed in frilly, white lace, One arrow, one promise of a sweet, warm embrace. Once it’s notched, drawn, and trained on a specific bullseye, Cupid first blows a kiss, and then lets it fly ~