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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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Today’s Prompt for 3 SEP is: You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it's much better to do it with loved ones around you; family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey. ~John Lasseter Your most significant other(s) is/are....! Write about your loved ones (furry or not). Word Count: 430 Well, I do agree – I can achieve all things I want to do, but it’s better with loved ones. Warts and all. And after 32 years of marriage there’s some warts.  I met the hubby when I was 23 and he was 22. I think. Or I was 22 and he was 21. I can’t remember it was so long ago. We met in Butzbach, Germany, as we were stationed in Germany at the time. It was 1990 and we attended a leadership course called “Primary Leadership Development Course.” Or PLDC. Those early years really did sum up “achieving all we want to do, but it’s better to do it with friends and loved ones.” On our days off we would visit Hanau and eat at Chi Chi’s an American themed Mexican restaurant. I think one of our first dates was at the Chinese restaurant in Bad Hersfeld. Honestly, at the time, food in Germany was pretty tasty wherever you went. We had friends in Berlin and would travel there to spend a weekend and explore Berlin. That was right after the Wall fell but before German unification so we still had to travel the authorized way to Berlin and pass through Checkpoint Alpha and Bravo. We took USO trips to Berchesgarten and Garmish. Berchesgarten was awesome. There was a salt mines and we could visit Hitler’s hideaway at the Eagle’s Nest. Garmish was a little bit more low key, but I remember going skiing there. My first and only time. Ultimately, we got married in Falster, Nykobig, Denmark and took the train to get there. Exciting times. Throughout it all, my friends from High School were always there for me – Idgy, Karen, and Alyssa. As was my sister. Karen and Alyssa came to visit me in Germany when I was station over there and I can remember long letters talking about Germany and sending them photos. I sent them gifts, too. As the years passed by, we established a yahoogroups and kept in touch via emails. We still do. Honestly, the girls are my rock and it’s awesome that we can still share our ups and downs with each other. These past couple of years, I’ve taken the family out there to spend time in New England with the “aunties” as I call my friends. The boys have taken to the aunties with lots of love. One of our favorite adventures was visiting Warren’s Lobster house in Maine back in April 2022. Whatever the journey, having the family and the Aunties along for the ride make great memories. |
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