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

WELCOME TO:

GEMINI RISING

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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.


BLOG ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

SEPTEMBER 2025:

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7 day Challenge to celebrate 25 years of this successful writer's haven.
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SEPTEMBER 2025:

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Merit Badges collected and earned from "Earn the Badge 2025"
Merit Badge in WdC Supportive Friend [Click For More Info] Thank you for participating in [Link To Item #2133333] . Congratulations on completing the September 2nd Daily Task. Merit Badge in Earn the Badge [Click For More Info] Thank you for your donation to [Link To Item #2133333] - from Purple Princess. Merit Badge in Music [Click For More Info] Thank you for participating in [Link To Item #2133333] . Congratulations on completing the September 3rd Daily Task. Merit Badge in Contests [Click For More Info] Thank you for participating in [Link To Item #2133333] . Congratulations on completing the September 1st daily task. Merit Badge in Growth [Click For More Info] Good job earning the Growth Merit Badge in [Link To Item #2133333] Merit Badge in Word Searches [Click For More Info] Great job participating in [Link To Item #2133333] and completing the September 5th task. Merit Badge in Teamwork [Click For More Info] Great job for picking a teammate and completing the September 6th Task at [Link To Item #2133333]


SUMMER 2025:

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We're going to explore one unique place in each of the 50 states in alphabetical order.
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Merit Badges Collected from Virtual Blogging &Virtual Blogging Friends:
Merit Badge in Let Dreams Take Wing [Click For More Info] To my upcoming virtual traveling blog companion. Dream big and fly high! Merit Badge in Normal Is Boring [Click For More Info] here's to another week of creating adventures! Merit Badge in Blog Camping [Click For More Info] Thanks for completing [Link To User elusive4lyn] July 2025 blogging vacation!! Great job!! Merit Badge in Travel [Click For More Info] Woohoo! We’re halfway through! Merit Badge in BCoF 2 [Click For More Info] Thank you for your participation in BCoF's 50 States Virtual Blogging adventure. *^*Heart*^* Lyn Merit Badge in Endurance [Click For More Info] 51 days of blogging takes commitment, and you rocked it. *^*Heart*^* Lyn


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 [Click For More Info] Congrats on your Honorable Mention in Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024

Big thanks to WakeUpAndLive~NOV Word Monger Author IconMail Icon for hosting the contest!

OCTOBER 2024 & 2025 :

I participated in the
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Let your spooky poetry shine. Oct. 13th 12:01 am WDC time. - closes 11:59 pm WDC Oct 25th
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in 2024 which honestly was a big challenge for me considering my schedule, and again I hunkered down and did it! Update October 2025: I had so much participating in the challenge last year, I did it again for 2025 and successfully completed it. There's some great spooky poetry to be found in October and the blog earned the following merit badges:

Merit Badge in Halloween [Click For More Info] Congratulations on completing the 13 Poetic Days of Halloween. Merit Badge in Determination [Click For More Info] You rose to the poetry challenges in 12 Poetic Days of Halloween in grand style. Merit Badge in Ghost [Click For More Info] Thank you for your successful completion of 13 Poetic Days of Halloween *^*Heart*^* Lyn

Big Thanks to A Warped Witch I Be 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

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*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
August 4, 2025 at 10:40pm
August 4, 2025 at 10:40pm
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Well, there’s not many 7-11’s in North Dakota, but that’s okay. WakeUpAndLive~NOV Word Monger Author IconMail Icon made Maid of the Mist Most Macabre Author IconMail Icon some of her coffee and we chugged through North Dakota until we got to Medora. Medora is a quaint little town before you get to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Medora has retained an “old west” feel to it. We went and checked out the Rough Riders Hotel to recharge the Nalgene bottles with old fashioned lemonades before hitting the park.

One of the things I appreciate about Roosevelt is his foresight to make land like this into National Parks. The rugged beauty and animal life is awe inspiring. And what’s nice is we can take the Party Bus through the park!

Šuŋgmánitu Tȟáŋka Author IconMail Icon put down the windows and every so often we would stop and smell the fresh humid air. My hair immediately became a frizz bomb. I better not find my way into one of Krista Author IconMail Icon Instagram stories!

One stop there was a herd of bison – or big shagged cows as I like to think of them. Gotta admit though – lotta methane in the air over there. The bison might have munched on something that didn’t quite agree with them.

AmyJo-Zombie hours Author IconMail Icon had a soft spot for the Prairie dogs. Me and her whistled at the Prairie dogs. They looked at us and waved. We were totally freaked out!! How many people whistle at Prairie dogs?! {user;elusive4lyn} and Princess Megan Snow Rose Author IconMail Icon laughed at us!

Princess Megan Snow Rose Author IconMail Icon tried to find a Kate Spade purse in the Visitor’s center but the closest she got was a Rattlesnake skin one. It was kinda icky.

Afterwards, A Warped Witch I Be Author IconMail Icon took over driving and we went to the International Peace Museum. It’s a really cool flower garden built on the North Dakota/Canadian border back in the 1930’s. On the way over there, Princess Megan Snow Rose Author IconMail Icon played cards with WakeUpAndLive~NOV Word Monger Author IconMail Icon and Šuŋgmánitu Tȟáŋka Author IconMail Icon and AmyJo-Zombie hours Author IconMail Icon read a book.

The Peace Garden was in full bloom and boasted of over 100,00 flowers. It reminded me of the Keukenhof in the Netherlands. Šuŋgmánitu Tȟáŋka Author IconMail Icon suggested we rent kayaks and kayak around the lakes in the garden. Krista Author IconMail Icon took a lot of pictures for her Instagram.



It was a great day to be in nature. We rented one of the cabins at the Peace Garden and enjoyed just sitting around the campfire and relaxing drinking tea and coffee. Krista Author IconMail Icon FINALLY shared her Instagram with all of us and we went diving throught her pictures, though Maid of the Mist Most Macabre Author IconMail Icon had to download the app.

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