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

GEMINI RISING

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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.


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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.

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BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

SEPTEMBER 2024:

I participated in the
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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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OCTOBER 2024:

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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:

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Congratulations on completing the 13 Poetic Days of Halloween.

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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.

*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
September 10, 2024 at 6:57pm
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USA Archery

There is NEVER enough time in the day. I was very pleased with my time management and was able to get an Honorable Mention in the

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As I like blogging, but don’t get an opportunity to blog everyday, this was a great challenge and I liked the prompts, too.

There’s a bunch I could talk about – today’s presidential debate, what I’m having for dinner, but today I thought I’d touch on Archery.

My earliest Archery memory was in 7th grade. We had a 2 week block of Archery. At the time I was living with my grandmother in Hinsdale, NH as my parents were divorcing and my mother was working at her job, saving up for an apartment for us.

I did very well in that class. I was a natural. I always hit the target and always near the middle, too, but my Archery fell the wayside as high school, the army, then dispatching and basically life, got in the way of fun. I rediscovered archery when the boys were exposed in Cub Scouts. My oldest enjoys Archery as much as I do. My younger one has tried it, but never seemed to enjoy it as much and Andy and I. I discovered that after all these years, I still shoot a very good target.

So, with the boys in the middle of their scouting adventure, I signed up with USA Archery and became a level 1 Archery Instructor. Believe it or not there’s, a 12 step procedure to shooting an arrow. There are 2 main bows, recurve and compound. I’ve usually fired a recuve, 65” around a 20 pound pull, but I think I’ll ask Santa for a compound bow for Christmas.

Disclaimer: I’m no Katniss

Me and my Archery Target

In order to be a level 1 instructor, I have to take Safe Sport, (which is like Archery’s Youth Protection that the scouts mandate), take a background check, and do an in person class which is 8 hours. I did my in Camarillo, CA and Andy did too. I still work with the scouts as my schedule permits even though the boys have eagled out, because I like to give back.

Anyone else like archery?


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