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WELCOME TO: GEMINI RISING   UPDATED INTRO 28 MAY 2024: Just a little about me. I've been married for 32 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. This is me. I am a Gemini. Pure, Raw, passionate. The NEW focus of this blog is to share my adventures, travels, random thoughts, book reviews, thoughts, opinions, and writing adventures from actual writing, writing/editing tips, marketing, research. I'll get there. BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SEPTEMBER 2024: I participated in the
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Congratulations on completing the 13 Poetic Days of Halloween.](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-Halloween-2026567.gif) Big Thanks to Lyn's a 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 Previous GRATITIOUS Warning, that I decided to keep in case I post about something that might offend.  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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| Got my CCW approved to go onto the next phase. What's CCW - Concealed Carry Weapon permit. Honestly, if you live in LA County in California, it's a good idea. Mind you I started the process in AUG 2023. Actually, I started the process in May 2023. California has a lot of RED Flag laws. (I think they call them RED flag laws) so if you want to do it right, which I do, I go step by step. First, I went and passed a 30 question test to get a permit that says I can own firearm. Cost me 30 bucks. I ace'd it, due to being in the Army. Next I had to put the gun in my name. CA DOJ does that. Cost 50.00. It was a family transfer from my husband's name to my name, that's why it was so cheap. That took about 8-12 weeks. Then I submitted an online application with LASO office and paid a $45.00 fee for that. At the same time, I had to submit a fingerprinting application. That was another $50.00. My first appointment was for FEB 2024. In JAN 2024, they canceled that appointment, said they were backed up and said my appointment was in AUG 2024. I thought I was going to down to the office in downtown LA. Nope. When the appointment finally came it was over the phone with a detective. Sigh... He said it would take 90 days to put the packet together and get his boss's approval to move on to the next phase. That would have been in NOV 2024. Well, here it is, today, APR 2025 and i have approval to move onto the next phase. What is the next phase? I have to take an approved firearms class then pass. I need a CERT of completion and A shooting proficient standards form. Sigh... I have 60 days to do it and submit my forms. What's after that? I'm sure more waiting before I get the final approval on my CCW. I'll keep you guys updated. We used to say in the Army, "Hurry up and Wait." This process is about patience. I'm really proud of the patience I have demonstrated. Still, with the amount of violence and crime in SoCal, a CCW gives peace of mind. Peace of mind that niggles at me. |
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