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

GEMINI RISING

Banner for my blog, "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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Congrats on your Honorable Mention in Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024

Big thanks to WakeUpAndLive~doingNaNo'24 Author IconMail Icon for hosting the contest!

OCTOBER 2024:

I participated in the
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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.

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

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
October 18, 2024 at 7:57pm
October 18, 2024 at 7:57pm
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I wanted to blog today, but my health post about Olive oil isn’t quite ready so I went online and searched blog topics. Needless to say, I was overwhelmed. There’s money topics, fashion topics, blog what you know, blog a day in your life, food topics, sport topics, I’m overwhelmed. Haha.

A day in my life isn’t interesting to me but it might be to some people so here goes.

First off, I’m on the night watch my day is your night and my night is your day. I usually get home at 7 am and if I’m lucky, I sleep until 2 pm. I told my husband that if I had to go to the night shift that sleep was a priority because if I don’t get enough sleep I turn into a bitch and I don’t want to be that person. Mind you, I don’t sleep until 2 every day. Mondays I wake up at 11 to take boy #2 to college. I’ll get up at 2, organize boy #2 schoolwork, do dishes, do laundry, run errands, get online check the email and then go powernap between 4-8 pm. From 8-9 I do personal hygiene, eat a light “dinner” pack up and drive to work.

When I get to work, I prepare the coffee. We have roll call and then report to our assignments. For the last 8 months, I’ve been assisting the Training Coordinator Supervisor so I rarely get an assignment to answer the 911 phones. The assignment is a nice break from the phones, but it’s all about paperwork. I review Instructor dailies that they wrote on their trainees, hunt down signatures, make online folders, organize and file paperwork, make sure instructors and trainees have conferences and take assessments. On my lunch break, I usually power nap because I’m tired. It’s not easy working at night. I get off bet 615 and 630 and go home.

If I have down time, which isn’t much, I’m reading or writing on hanging out on WDC.

If anyone has any questions about answering 911 or dispatching calls to officers, I’m game to answer them.

October 18, 2024 at 7:26pm
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Gooooood afternoon all -- Here is my Day 6 entry: Casper

A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which originated in Limerick, Ireland. The Limerick has a set rhyme scheme of : a-a-b-b-a with a syllable structure of: 9-9-6-6-9.

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Casper was a ghost that walked through walls
He spooked all, old and young in the halls
Some were dainty, some poor
All folks lunged for the door
After that, Casper smile like dolls


I'll be honest, this one was tough. I don't have a knack for limericks.

**Author's note: Daily happenings and musings will be in a separate post.


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