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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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Passing along some happy 4th wishes: From about 2000-2012 the family used to go to Catalina Island/Avalon for the 4th of July. The weather was beautiful, warm, but not too warm. The USC marching band played patriotic music. There was a golf cart parade, buffet at the casino, more marching band music, fireworks over the bay. And every year more and more in laws came, until it was a fiasco. The last 4th on Catalina was 2012. It was crazy. It was a long story, but we had at least 15 plus in laws, had to rent 2 condos, had a 200.00 cabana that we had to pay for and didn't want. Every meal was dictated by the evil in law nazi, Mr. Bee couldn't handle it, got drunk and Mr. Richard got yelled at for it. After 2012, Mr. Bee said never again. So went camping. One year we went to the Redwoods. I think. One year we went to Cayous on the coast but the marine layer kinda put a damper on it. Two years we stayed home and I participated in the Cub Scout 4th of the July parade and went to Ventura for fireworks. One year Mr. Bee took Little Bee to the in laws for a pool party and I volunteered to stay home with the dog who didn't do well with fireworks. That year, I ordered Dominos and held my dog's paw while we watched storage wars. One year I took the little bees to Magic Mountain for fireworks but they were kinda a bust. One year we went to Pismo beach. That was fun. Last year we went to the Dodger Game. That was fun. This year, COVID got us good. We're not going anywhere. So I baked a blueberry pie and I'm going to make it look like a flag. I got some red/white/blue/flowers. We'll BBQ trip-trip. Planning to watch Hamilton on Disney Plus. On a more personal note, I always like to see the fireworks. Even since I was little bee growing up in New Hampshire. When I was in the military and overseas in Germany I don't recall any fireworks shows, but we had picnics that were fun and we always felt/had a patriotic vibes since we were serving our country. Here's hoping your 4th of July is safe and fun filled. Maybe next year... What are you doing for the 4th? |
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