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

WELCOME TO:

GEMINI RISING

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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.


CURRENT BLOG PROJECT:


FORUM
BCoF 's Virtual 50 State Bucket List Open in new Window. (18+)
We're going to explore one unique place in each of the 50 states in alphabetical order.
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RULES:
1. Blog has to be more than 2 paragraphs, some people have tried putting a one-liner response. That won't cut it.
2.You need to respond at least once every week to other participant's blog posts. This is a 7 week activity= 7 blog responses within each of the weeks. It's fun getting to see what others noted that you might have missed or hadn't thought about.
3. You don't need to blog everyday, catch-ups are allowed if you want to go for the bigger prize award. But each entry must be a separate entry. So, if you do all 51, you'll have 51 entries.
4. Please tag me Lyn's a Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon in your entry so I can keep track of your entries for the prizes.
5. Posting in a book is preferred to keep the forum from being clogged. You can use any book you want.

ALONG FOR THE RIDE:
HOST: Lyn's a Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon
Princess Megan Rose Author IconMail Icon and her wolf, Peyton
Sung'manitu Author IconMail Icon and his pet rock, Peachy
AmyJo-Moving day's soon here Author IconMail Icon
SandraLynn Author IconMail Icon
AmyJo-Moving day's soon here Author IconMail Icon
WakeUpAndLive Author IconMail Icon and her dog Sprout
Krista Author IconMail Icon
Jellyfish Author IconMail Icon


RECOGNIZATION:
10-24 Entries, MB plus 10K Awardicon
25-50 Entries, MB plus 25K Awardicon
51 Entries MB plus 50K Awardicon

Merit Badges Collected from Virtual Blogging &Virtual Blogging Friends:
Merit Badge in Let Dreams Take Wing
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To my upcoming virtual traveling blog companion. Dream big and fly high! Merit Badge in Normal Is Boring
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here's to another week of creating adventures! Merit Badge in Blog Camping
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Thanks for completing  [Link To User elusive4lyn]  July 2025 blogging vacation!! Great job!! Merit Badge in Travel
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Woohoo! We’re halfway through!

BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

SEPTEMBER 2024:

I participated in the
FORUM
Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2025 Open in new Window. (E)
Blogging event from September 1-7, 2025.
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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 Author IconMail Icon for hosting the contest!

OCTOBER 2024:

I participated in the
FORUM
13 Poetic Days of Halloween Contest 2025 Open in new Window. (E)
Let your spooky poetry shine. Opens Oct. 13th. - closes 12:00am Oct 26th WDC time.
#2328177 by Lyn's a Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon
which honestly was a big challenge for me considering my schedule, and again I hunkered down and did it! There's some great poetry to be found this October and the blog earned the following:

Merit Badge in Halloween
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Congratulations on completing the 13 Poetic Days of Halloween.

Big Thanks to Lyn's a Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon 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

*Exclaim* WARNING *Exclaim*

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" *Wink* check out the "Gemini Rising..."


Another Signature
July 30, 2025 at 7:22pm
July 30, 2025 at 7:22pm
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SandraLynn Author IconMail Icon drove us down to New Jersey in just a couple of hours on the Party Bus. We were all teasing AmyJo-Moving day's soon here Author IconMail Icon who slept through Massachusetts.

Princess Megan Rose Author IconMail Icon mentioned that Bon Jovi was from New Jersey so we started singing “Living on a Prayer” and “Wanted Dead or Alive.” My favorite Bon Jovi song was "You Give Love a Bad Name.”



The Party Bus was rocking and rolling singing Bon Jovi when SandraLynn Author IconMail Icon stopped by the 7-11 in New York to gas up and fill up her 64 oz Big Gulp. WakeUpAndLive Author IconMail Icon filled up her coffee cup with 7-11 coffee.

We made it to Ocean City, New Jersey and its amazing Boardwalk around noon. Jellyfish Author IconMail Icon was hungry and went to the first food place she found – Salt Water Taffy.



They had every flavor you could think of – including buttered popcorn. (I Love Lucy ewww face) Jellyfish Author IconMail Icon stocked up on strawberry and root bear taffys.

Krista Author IconMail Icon got herself a lemonade and Jellyfish Author IconMail Icon, myself, and AmyJo-Moving day's soon here Author IconMail Icon all bought the Mexican coke.


Lyn's a Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon wanted to go to Lobster Pot for the Mango Lobster Roll. It was actually pretty tasty.

Sung'manitu Author IconMail Icon and WakeUpAndLive Author IconMail Icon slowly walked down the boardwalk, people watching. They saw people wearing a bikini and some people wearing a bathrobe and some people dressed as Superheroes to include Superman, Spiderman and Batman. There was even someone dressed as a fake alien.

That fake alien guy must have seen me and Princess Megan Rose Author IconMail Icon Kate Spade purses because he made a beeline right to us and started talking some alien jibberish that sounded like French and pointed at our purses. We told him there was a Kate Spade shop around the corner and made a beeline to the Ring Toss.

Everyone took a moment to ride a ride or play a game. Sung'manitu Author IconMail Icon played the basketball toss. WakeUpAndLive Author IconMail Icon and Princess Megan Rose Author IconMail Icon played launch the duckies! And Lyn's a Witchy Woman Author IconMail Icon and SandraLynn Author IconMail Icon played shoot the watergun at the bullseyes. I rode the scrambler with WakeUpAndLive Author IconMail Icon and AmyJo-Moving day's soon here Author IconMail Icon. Krista Author IconMail Icon and Princess Megan Rose Author IconMail Icon rode the bumper cars.

At the end of the day we went to the ocean, sat down on the sand and put our toes in the water. Instead of smores, we all ate salt water taffy and enjoyed the gentle waves lapping at our feet.





Sending good vibes to all
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