Tag Archives: Donna Weidner

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 →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged Arctic Circle, author, blog, Christmas, Donna Weidner, Greenland, humor, San Francisco, Santa Claus, writer | 14 Comments

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 →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, POEMS, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged a writer's process, adventure, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, WIP, writer | 4 Comments

ISN’T IT ICONIC?

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

“Grandfather, I have been searching for you all day,” the young Miwok said, stumbling upon his tribe’s Shaman. From a distance, the old man looked like a stone replica of himself—standing tall and powerful, as he was meant to be. The … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, SHORT STORIES, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, iconic, Miwok, Miwok people, myths and legends, San Francisco | 13 Comments

BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, and BEFUDDLED

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I have always liked the sound of the word befuddled. It has a fairy tale quality to it. It’s what the three bears would have been when they came home to a messed up house or the frog prince when … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH | Tagged adventure, Apache blessing, author, blog, Donna Weidner, Freshy Pressed, prayer, R.I.P., self-doubt | 5 Comments

SOMETIMES, I FEEL LIKE MICHELANGELO

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

No – not this Michelangelo Nunchucks are not my thing – not yet, anyway. Hmm…now, there’s a word that brings a picture to mind:

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR | Tagged adventure, Art, author, Donna Weidner, Michelangelo, nun's having fun, Nunchucks, Pope, teenage mutant ninja turtles, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY, writer's path | 5 Comments

PIGGYBACK WRITER

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Piggyback – a strange word – isn’t it? Have you ever seen a stack of pigs? I could understand frogbacking, maybe…or

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR | Tagged adventure, Air New Zealand, author, blog, Donna Weidner, holiday, Pre-flight safety demonstration, Thomson, Virgin America | 8 Comments

BFFD – A Pet Peeve

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“Even you, Sir Richard Branson? You should be ashamed of yourself!” was my first thought, as I took my seat on Tuesday night’s Virgin America red-eye flight from San Francisco to Florida. I even mentioned it out loud. “Looks like … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, Airline, Airline Amenities, author, blog, Donna Weidner, Fort Lauderdale, humor, pet peeve, Richard Branson, San Francisco, Virgin America | 11 Comments

HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE MS. MUFFET SCORNED

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

This is a fable of blood and deceit— Not for the faint-hearted, or stomachs that are weak. The tale, its author, the unpopular Father Gander, Was written from his viewpoint with unflinching candor. This is the real story of an … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, POEMS, SHORT STORIES | Tagged adventure, author, Donna Weidner, fairy tales, giants, Little Bo Peep, Little Miss Muffet, nursery rhymes, ogres, poem, poetry, tale, Wee Willie Winkie | 6 Comments

MOTHER LOVE – an Earth Day tale

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

Sweating and belching, the young mother rolls into the Emergency Room at precisely one minute before midnight. The attending physician’s eyebrows take on the appearance of his last patient’s electro-cardiogram a moment before her death. “What is it this … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, TEACHINGS FROM THE FAR NORTH, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, climate change, community, Donna Weidner, Earth Day 2013, environmental issues, love, Midway-a message from the gyre-by Chris Jordan, Mother Earth, short story | 58 Comments

WALLS

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I once sat upon an ancient rock contemplating my life—my raison d’être—in this vast world of ours. When you find yourself—an itty-bitty pinprick, a teeny-tiny dot, hardly a smudge in the landscape—gazing upon the millions-of-years-old arctic ice cap, you can’t … Continue reading →