Tag Archives: WRITING CHALLENGE

FOOD FOR ‘HERE AND NOW’ THOUGHT

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Ichiro snores. The fog horn blows. My feet are cold and the fragrance of lilies on the kitchen counter drifts into the living room where I stare at the precarious position of my teacup on the edge of the coffee table while pondering this run on sentence the … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_discover_challenges/here-and-now, dp_photo_challenge/edge, NOW, now quotes, Sedona, WRITING CHALLENGE | 9 Comments

THE SOUP INVADER

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Of all the things I expected to find in my tomato soup, this wasn’t one of them. A few seeds so small they’d slipped through the strainer unnoticed? Perhaps. A bit of chopped onion that had stuck to the pot and avoided being puréed … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, VIGNETTE, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, Chuck Wendig flash fiction challenge, Donna Weidner, fortune cookie wisdom, humorous vignette, The Godfather, WRITING CHALLENGE | 7 Comments

SEVEN CHICKS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

We’re seven savvy chicks, soon to be eight. We write on one Sunday each month Over pie, peanuts, even haggis, To prompts while we sip tea and munch. Whether foul of mood or weather, we meet, Pens firing reflections onto the sheet, Heart-wrenching, gut-churning, ofttimes offbeat. … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HUMOR, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, crystal ball, Donna Weidner, The Wizard Of Oz, WRITING CHALLENGE, writing prompt, writing support group | 14 Comments

HERE A MO, THERE A MO, EVERYWHERE A MO-MO

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I know what you’re thinking – “It’s mooooo. Everywhere a moo-moo.” Nope. This has nothing to do with Old McDonald Had A Farm. It’s about challenges, travels, and imagination.

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, Grounds for Sculpture, humorous essay, Nanowrimo, Napibowriwee, Piboidmo, Revimo, Rhypibomo, WRITING CHALLENGE | 14 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

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