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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear writers at NFB,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope your summer day, today, is the best one EVER. There is so much to write about in the summertime.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Everything is so alive and thriving and the beauty of the entire earth fills me with joy and happiness. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m enjoying my day and will be receiving 2 of my daughters who will be arriving later today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One from KY and one from Indiana, PA…so happy about that. I am anxious for them to see my lily gardens which I began to develop 3 summer’s ago. They will be amazed. I love working in my gardens so much and I love sharing them with friends who come to visit. There is so much to be thankful for in this world.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am sharing an article that came out on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine yesterday – I am featured in Sally’s Café and Bookstore – on that site.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is edited by UK author Sally Cronin. It is a tremendous magazine and you may want to submit work to it in the future.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the article – <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.lyndalambert.com/renaissance-woman-smorgasbord-blog-magazine/#comment-2544">https://www.lyndalambert.com/renaissance-woman-smorgasbord-blog-magazine/#comment-2544</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I posted this excerpt on both of my blogs today – and you can click on the link here to get to the magazine and see what all is there that you might be interested in for your own writings. This magazine is from the UK, and has a world-wide readership . <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had a great week – not only this really nice article by Sally, but I also heard from the American Printing House for the Blind and learned that my mixed-media fiber work “I Only Have Eyes for You,” has won first place in the juried exhibition – InSights20. The show opens in October, but the jurors selected the work and the awards this past week. This is a wonderful show – held in Louisville, KY each year. They will be hosting it via the internet this year . <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Enjoy your weekend. Lynda<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>___<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Lynda McKinney Lambert – Author/Artist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>My MISSION STATEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I am the keeper of memories. I distil and share them through art and writing.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I reveal what is forgotten, lost, or unseen.</span></i><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1C1E21;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I write spare poems and thoughtful personal essays.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1C1E21;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:4.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>I create art with brilliant colors & precious materials, one stitch at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:.5in;background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1C1E21;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>