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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. 50 STATE TRAVEL BLOG PROJECT, SUMMER 2025:
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!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-Let_Dreams_Take_Wing-2335469_1.gif) ![Merit Badge in Normal Is Boring
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Thanks for completing [Link To User elusive4lyn] July 2025 blogging vacation!! Great job!!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-Blog_Camping-1788309_13.gif) ![Merit Badge in Travel
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Thank you for your participation in BCoF's 50 States Virtual Blogging adventure.
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51 days of blogging takes commitment, and you rocked it.
*^*Heart*^* Lyn](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Endurance.gif) 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 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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This entry is for Task # in:
The Task is: Which of your WDC friends deserves some recognition? How have they supported you over your time here? Post about it in the newsfeed, your notebook, or a blog. Without any hesitation, for me, it's WW is Monk WDC's 25! CopShop  One of the BIG ways she supported me was with the Bard's Hall. As the boys got older and needed a parent to take them places, my time on WDC grew limited and Webbie picked up a lot of the slack over there. She's a BIG reason why
Webbie has taught me a lot of stuff (and there's stuff I'm learning if you can believe that - thanks to Witchy Woman !! ) Webbie's a big support for my other forums and she's always upbeat and fun. Whenever I need a friendly ear, or I need to vent, Webbie is there for me. From me to you (((hugs))) Webbie! Now go play Angel-Witch BINGO! 
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This entry is for Day 2
Tagging Witchy Woman There are multiple contests celebrating WDC's 25th year. Name at least five of them and participate in one of them.
Well, heck, I'm participating in all of them! Post your answers in a blog entry telling us what motivated you to do that contest. ( * no one sentence responses allowed) Do you like doing contests in general. What's your favorite one during the year? Gosh, for
For the Writer's Cramp I entered because I thought the prompt was interesting and the story just came to me. I  Angel-Witch Bingo. Wouldn't miss it for the world. Webbie runs a good BINGO game!I enjoy Anniversary Reviews so I just had to get on board and test my stamina when comes to reviewing. The format is a little different for this month, so I'm doing my best to switch my reviews to accommodate. I really like Habit Heroes and I'm wicked pleased with my progress with my steps and my writing. "Earn the Badge" is a lot of fun and I like how the daily tasks kind of switch things from the same ol' same ol'. I wish I could support more, but I'm kinda tapped out and I want to try to keep up with my favorites. Do I like doing contests? I don't mind. Depends on the contests. I do like the writing contests, but they can be challenging since time is not my friend. I need to be able to write short pieces that blogging and cramps and Daily Flash Fiction afford. I also like doing contests were I earn things so that's why I like Angel-Witch Bingo and "Earn the Badge." What's my favorite contest in the year? Gosh, that's a tough one. I always like to do Dear Me, just to frame my goals, but none of the judges score my "writing jungle" high enough.  I try to do a 1 or 2 official contests throughout the year, depending on the prompt because I like to support. I always try to do any BINGO that WW is Monk WDC's 25!
CopShop has because BINGO is fun. I always try to support Raffles because I think they're fun. I do enjoy Habit Heroes. When it comes to hosting contests, I love the Cupid Slam on the Bard's. I also like the Bard's blogging challenge and the Cop Shop Mysteries. |
This entry is for Day 1
Tagging: Witchy Woman The requirement was:There are 5 WDC Moderators/ blue and purple cases who joined WDC in 2000 and 2001. Your challenge is to write about each one in your blog entry. Yup 5 Moderators= 5 paragraphs of at least 2 sentences each. (10 lines minimum) Should be easy check their portfolios. Find a hit song from 2000 or 2001 that you think --- one of these blue cases might like and tell us why. It doesn't matter which one of the 5 moderators you choose. Don't forget to link the song. Let me be honest - this was hard for me. I went into full investigator mode and it took hours to find the moderators I did find! I was able to find 5 moderators and senior moderators. Some mods I thought would surely fit the bill came in at 2002! It was an interesting hunt and now... ♥tHiNg♥  tHing or hOOves is the moderator I know the best in the group. I love her quirky port and well written stories. tHing is always respectful and nice and always tells a good tale. If I need a "go to" port, tHing is high on the list! She's very active and it's always good to see her around supporting the community. Joy-Happy 25, WdC!  I'd like to think I know Joy a little bit, too. I had the pleasure of checking out her port last year for anniversary reviews and I enjoyed her Poetry and Activities folder. Joy was very sweet to me when I was first a moderator working on the Drama newsletter back and in the day and I really, really, really appreciate her reading my stories and giving them a review on Amazon. That meant a lot. If Joy ever needed a favor, I'm there for her. Kenzie  I popped into Kenzie's port and saw a couple of things I'd like to explore. One is the Pets and Animals folder. Our pets are our "babies" and while I'm more of a cat fan, I know our dog brings my husband a lot of happiness. The recipes and crafts folder looks pretty interesting too, so I'm looking forward to checking out her port for anniversary reviews. Her bio is pretty straightforward and kudos to writing with fibromalyga. (sp?) I can't imagine that's easy. Cappucine  This bio is simple. Our moderator likes to wear boots! Upon poking around her port, I discovered a poetry that I would like to explore. Mixed metaphors also looks like a very interesting folder that I would explore. ElaineElaine  On her port bio, there's a link to what this moderator likes - science fiction and fantasy. There's also a poetry folder that looks intriguing. This moderator also has edited the Short Stories NL which is one that I'm subscribed to! Soooo.... after checking out everyone's port it's time to pick a pick a moderator and a song and I choose "Smooth" by Santana for Cappucine ! Why? For me, "Smooth" just has a simmering, smouldering vibe, and when you pop into Cappucine's port - that's what I experienced, a simmering, smouldering vibe. Enjoy the song! |
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