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

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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.



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Find me at:

WEBSITE:
http://www.stephanieburkhart.com

FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/StephanieBurkhartAuthor

GOOD READS:
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YOU TUBE CHANNEL:
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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..."


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October 7, 2025 at 7:02pm
October 7, 2025 at 7:02pm
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GrueSum1 Author IconMail Icon had a great post about Johnny Cash today and that got me to thinking about Roseanne Cash. (If you get a chance, head on over to his port and check out his blog!) It was 1993 and I was getting ready to go to NCO school at Ft. McClellan AL and her album came out. I know ppl tend to think of her as a "country artist," but I'd say that "The Wheel" was more pop than country with maybe bits and pieces of a country influence.

I played that album all summer long while I was at NCO school. That was a fun, wild time. Best time I ever had on Temporary Duty. I met some good people - we BBQ often on the weekends at the camping/lake on base, I went and saw and Atlanta Braves game in Atlanta, I went to see the Huntsville Space museum there, I played softball on our softball, went trick or treating with the kids on base, and I pushed myself to succeed, coming in 2nd in my class and being named "Honor Graduate." All the while, The Wheel was my soundtrack to the summer, my adventures and my NCO class.

In this clip, Roseanne Cash talks about 1993 being about Transformation. I had no idea just how "transformational" her music was at the time. It's a great album.


October 7, 2025 at 6:46pm
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Okay I have an update on my Canadian Key Fob Highjinks. I did some internet sleuthing and got a part number for what I think is the "part" (I'm not sure, but I'm like 90% sure this is part but I could be wrong since the car is Canadian) and called my aftermarket guy. He said he'd look things up and get back to me. Time will Tell.....

Jackie and Shadow the Eagles are still flying Big Bear, but Gizmo and Sunny are long gone. No sightings of them since June... Sniff...sniff...

I updated my benefits package with the City of LA today. They are switching from Anthem PPO to Blue Shield PPO. Sigh... Just 16 months until retirement. Put 1500 on my HSA account. Let's hope I don't fall apart!

I had the runs yesterday. Must have been something I ate. I think it was the bowling alley food because I started noticing the aches and pains and (you know... the runs) after that. However, I could not for the life of me (thanks 57!!) think of the word diarrhea. Nope that word WOULD NOT come to me. My husband what's wrong with you? I said: "I got the shits." Good God!! How medieval I must have sounded. *Laugh* Well, he went to the store and got my some pepto bismo which I took with 2 advil and I feel better today. I'm still tired though so I might catch a nap before going to bowling league. I think I'll lay off the bowling alley food for a bit...





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