Tag Archives: DPchallenge

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

WHO’S THERE? The folks at Daily Press – and man do they have a fun way of inspiring awareness with their weekly photo challenge. When I set out this week with the intention of recognizing the color orange, the fog lifted … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, humorous blogs, orange theme, photo challenge, writer | 10 Comments

THE STATE OF OUR UNION, A DRESS

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Who said time travel is impossible? James T. Kirk managed to do it in five episodes of STAR TREK. Marty McFly took us BACK TO THE FUTURE more than once. H. G. Well’s did it in print and Metro Goldwyn … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, EVENTS, FAMILY, HUMOR, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, humorous blogs, time travel, wedding gowns, weddings | 20 Comments

MENDOCINO MEMOIR

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I seldom leave the confines of my home. Since the fever, I’ve lost all sense of time—minutes slip into hours, day turns to night, summer to autumn. Oftentimes, I’m too weak to open a window on my own. Occasionally, the … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ROAD TRIP, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, angel, author, cemetery, death, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, ghosts, Memoir, Mendocino, Mendocino Mason's Temple, writer | 9 Comments

ON BEING YACCARINO’D

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

‘Twas the first day of class, suspense flooded the room, Yet, my stomach gurgled a wee sense of doom. For I’ve been to enough workshops to know what to expect: A roller coaster of emotions, which inevitably reflect Anxiety, frustration, … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, POEMS, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged 'twas poem, beach, children's book writing, Dan Yaccarino, Donna Lambo Gwinnell Weidner, DPchallenge, page, poetry, roller, Shinnecock Museum, Southampton Writer's Conference 2014, strike, sunset | 27 Comments

OBJECT OF DESIRE

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The night our relationship began was like any other August evening in the San Francisco Bay area. Foghorns droned. Seals arp-arped. A chill fog rolled over, under, and around the Golden Gate Bridge, spreading its misty fingers into the nooks … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, essay, murder, mystery, rolling pin, short story, Williams-Sonoma | 40 Comments

BREAKING SILENCE – A Pet Peeve Comes to Light

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“Just let it out Margo!” my daughter urged. She started calling me Margo at a young age, whenever yelling “Mom! Mom! Mom!” didn’t get my attention. Clearly, she thought I had been keeping silent too long. An hour of heavy … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HUMOR, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, breaking the silence, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, pet peeve, World Food Programme | 42 Comments

THE CLASH OF TWO CHALLENGES

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Liesl wielded the cumbersome wand over the ancient cauldron with the agility of a lumberjack felling a sapling. Dwarfed by the knotted rod’s size, it was obvious why the young girl’s name had been first shortened to little Elisabeth, then … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, baobab, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, humor, middle grade fiction, paranormal, potions and brews, snowy owl, WRITING CHALLENGE | 8 Comments

THE SWORD IN THE LAMP

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Today, the saber wielding mad scientist from my childhood dream of becoming a heroic do-gooder has been awakened from its decades long slumber in the depths of my sub-conscious mind by a lamp. Yes, a lamp. Not the genie in … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CHILDHOOD, HUMOR, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, childhood memories, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, Frankenstein, King Arthur, lamp, lava lamp, mad scientist, sword | 4 Comments

iMAGE

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

4:48 p.m. A bank of billowing clouds gaze upon their blushing reflections in the cold bay below. Their bulbous figures glide silently past Mount Tam, the sleeping Miwok princess, while a tempered salty breeze drifts eastward, caressing the upper branches of … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, iPhone photography, Miwok legend, Mount Tamalpais, sunset, WRITING CHALLENGE | 7 Comments

HALLOWE’EN HAUNT

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

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