Tag Archives: Donna Weidner

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

Bells—the different types of bells and associations we make with their tolling are probably as numerous as the number of people on the planet. There’s the light, yet insistent tinkle of the come-hither-and-pour-me-a-cup-of-tea-this-instant ding—the monotonous, yet crisp clank-of-a-clapper-striking-thick-brass-accompanied-by-the-droning-fog-horn dong—the musical, … Continue reading

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Bee’otch ON THE RUN

After a recent close-encounter-of-a-wild-kind, I thought I’d ask Jazzy to guest post this week’s adventure. It took an extra biscuit and the promise of two bacon-cheese flavored beggin’ strips, but I managed to convince her. It especially seemed fitting since … Continue reading

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HALLOWE’EN HAUNT

T’is the eve before November first, The night vampires rise to quench their thirst. T’is the time men are shackled to walls and beds for fear the moonlight will burst their threads transforming them into

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SUPER Duper short…

short story: Flying               Soaring

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365 1/4 DAYS AROUND THE SUN

Please stop what you are doing – just for a moment – while I make my way to the top of the world, So that I may honor you, my reader – So that I may sing YOUR praises –

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MY SPACE

Writers write. Right? Right, but where do we write. Most of the time, I write on my lap while sitting on my sofa. Now, while this is probably not the best thing for my posture, it seems to work very … Continue reading

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I HAVE A DREAM…

… and that dream is to one day experience mankind coming together to celebrate what we have in common rather than to fight over our differences. We all know that much of the world is a crazy mess right now, … Continue reading

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WHEN SH-NIKE HAPPENS…

…things can go incredibly wrong. You could end up needing stitches and a lot of body work in the small span of a mere forty-eight hours like I did. I blame it on hormones

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DA OW A GA

Since packing up and moving to California eighteen months ago, we’ve often been asked whether we’d ever made it up to Tahoe, which, by the way, is the mispronunciation of da ow a ga, the Native American Washoe words for … Continue reading

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FOURSQUARE and SEVEN POUNDS AGO

What words do you associate with the word gym? I immediately think of rock solid six-pack abs, chiseled calves, enough sweat to fill a grain silo, and a mountain of Ibuprofen the size of Everest to relieve muscle pain. Don’t tell … Continue reading

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