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Gemini Rising

by StephBee

Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #1051691

Life, Adventure, Family, Writing what else is there? Random thoughts.

WELCOME TO:

GEMINI RISING

UPDATED INTRO 30 JUNE 2025:

Just a little about me. I've been married for 33 years this past NOV and currently live in Southern California, but I grew up in New Hampshire.

I've got 2 boys who are young adults.

I work as a 911 dispatcher for LAPD. I enjoy my job a lot. Still. If you can believe that.

I love to write. Thankfully both of my boys achieved Eagle Scout. My Scouting days are over and I'm back to focusing on my writing.

I like to get out in nature, drink coffee and watch football.

Here's a little bio about my zodiac.

GEMINI: Gemini, the sign of the Twins, is dual-natured, elusive, complex and contradictory. On the one hand it produces the virtue of versatility, and on the other the vices of two-facedness and flightiness. The sign is linked with Mercury, the planet of childhood and youth, and its subjects tend to have the graces and faults of the young. When they are good, they are very attractive; when they are bad they are more the worse for being the charmers they are. Like children they are lively, and happy, if circumstances are right for them, or egocentric, imaginative and restless.

Their good qualities are attractive and come easily to them. They are affectionate, courteous, kind, generous, and thoughtful towards the poor and suffering - provided none of the activities resulting from expressing these traits interferes too greatly with their own lives and comforts.

Geminians can be successful in many walks of life though their general characteristics tend to make them unreliable. They are often skilled manipulators of language, in speech and writing, and may be: debaters, diplomats (though in politics they are more interested in theory than practice), orators, preachers (brilliant rather than profound), teachers, authors, poets, journalists, or lawyers.

BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

SEPTEMBER 2025:

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It's WDC- 25th Birthday

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7 day Challenge to celebrate 25 years of this successful writer's haven.
#2343390 by Witchy Woman

SEPTEMBER 2025:

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Earn the Badge - CLOSED

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You want it? Earn it. How? Complete these simple tasks and the badge is yours!
#2133333 by Purple writing writing writing

Merit Badges collected and earned from "Earn the Badge 2025"

SUMMER 2025:

FORUM

BCoF 's Virtual 50 State Bucket List

(18+)
We're going to explore one unique place in each of the 50 states in alphabetical order.
#2342653 by Witchy Woman

Merit Badges Collected from Virtual Blogging &Virtual Blogging Friends:

SEPTEMBER 2024:

I participated in the

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Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2025

(E)
Blogging event from September 1-7, 2025. CLOSED
#2277665 by WakeUpAndLive~NOV Word Monger

which was a big challenge for me due to my schedule, but I hunkered down and got it done. There's some great entries for the contest and the blog earned the following:

Merit Badge in Nonfiction
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Congrats on your Honorable Mention in Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024

Big thanks to WakeUpAndLive~NOV Word Monger

for hosting the contest!

OCTOBER 2024 & 2025 :

I participated in the

FORUM

13 Poetic Days of Halloween Contest 2025

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Let your spooky poetry shine. Oct. 13th 12:01 am WDC time. - closes 11:59 pm WDC Oct 25th
#2328177 by Witchy Woman

in 2024 which honestly was a big challenge for me considering my schedule, and again I hunkered down and did it! Update October 2025: I had so much participating in the challenge last year, I did it again for 2025 and successfully completed it. There's some great spooky poetry to be found in October and the blog earned the following merit badges:

Big Thanks to Witchy Woman

for hosting the contest!

Find me at:

WEBSITE:
http://www.stephanieburkhart.com

FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/StephanieBurkhartAuthor

GOOD READS:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4031660.Stephanie_Burkhart

YOU TUBE CHANNEL:
http://www.youtube.com/user/botrina?feature=mhee

WARNING

I intend to be open, honest, and forthright. No topic is off limits from religion to you name it, I'm going there. If you think you might be offended...back up now - this blog isn't for you. For those who "dare" check out the "Gemini Rising..."

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StephBee

a day ago
In response to "The Night Guard I'll Never Wear "

I hear ya. I remember growing up, my grandmother and her sister didn't have a dryer and they have to hang out the clothes to dry. And honestly, it's not a bad way to go. Yep. Everything gets washed on cold BUT - I have to put my washer on heavy duty or I won't get the level of cleanliness I was used on normal, especially with smell and certain staines.

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Soldier_Mike

a day ago
In response to "The Night Guard I'll Never Wear "

"Hand Wash Only" tags are the bane of my existence and, except for my grandson's Career Day uniform, they all adorn clothing owned & worn by my daughter. Everything gets washed on Normal / Cold and, except for "Hang to dry" stuff, dried on Low for 1.5 hrs. Period.

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Soldier_Mike

Nov 11, 2025 at 10:36pm
In response to "Happy Veterans Day "

And a very happy Veterans Day to you, Steph! Thank you for your service.

WebWiԎch is Thankful

Nov 11, 2025 at 1:54pm
In response to "Happy Veterans Day "

Thank you for your service, my friend. YOU are so appreciated!

1 Like

BIG BAD WOLF is Howling

Nov 11, 2025 at 1:45pm
In response to "Researching Reflections - Why Munster was important "

Always something interesting.

Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

Nov 11, 2025 at 10:56am
In response to "Reflections of my time stationed overseas - Munster"

Fascinating!

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JACE

Nov 11, 2025 at 8:04am
In response to "Reflections of my time stationed overseas - Munster"

Your post really took me back to my first tour--I was assigned as a Platoon Leader in the 1st Platoon, Company B of the 12th Engineer Battalion at Dexheim, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) located about an hour south-west of Frankfurt. I was stationed there from January 1978 to January 1981.

My writing To Do list contains at least ten topics about my days at that first post. Guess it's time to get writing. Thanks for the push, Miss Steph.

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StephBee

Nov 10, 2025 at 9:06pm
In response to "Reflections of my time stationed overseas - Munster"

As a Private, I got voluntold a lot!

Dave Ryan

Nov 10, 2025 at 8:55am
In response to "Reflections of my time stationed overseas - Munster"

I learned a new word: voluntold.

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Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

Nov 9, 2025 at 11:25am
In response to "Who needs Advil when there's Bromelain! "

When in pain people are more willing to try almost anything for relief.

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November 14, 2025 at 11:50pm

#1101629

34 years?! Get out!

Well, it's been 34 years since I married the hubby. 34 years. That's a loooong time. To celebrate, we went to a local steak place called "The Backwoods Inn" and had a nice dinner despite the rain. I had surf and turf and he had a prime rib. What I liked about the restaurant is the ambience. I've really come to appreciate that in a restaurant these days. It's nice to get out and escape. We went here to celebrate our 33rd last year, too, but haven't been back until now.

All those years ago, we were married by a justice of peace in Nykobig, Denmark. We spent a week in Denmark and visited Copenhagen and Legoland. The ceremony was simple. Nothing fancy but I did wear a nice white suit. It was raining that day, too.

Gotta have some rain on the anniversary or it aint the same thing!

That night we went back to the hotel, had a nice meal and passed out we were so tired. Tuborg will forever be my favorite Danish beer.

We really plan nothing for anniversary because there's like no time. We bounce from Sept to October and Halloween then Thanksgiving! Oh, that first thanksgiving! Talk about turkey novices trying to cook turkey in Germany. Would have helped if we took the gizzards bag out of the cavity... ah, the stories a young married could tell...

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