{"id":18446,"date":"2026-02-21T19:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T00:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=18446"},"modified":"2026-02-26T07:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:03:26","slug":"page_short-story-101","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/page_short-story-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Story 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/lyndas-journal-of-blessings-752-faithful\/office_march27_2021_5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1616804610&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Office_March27_2021_5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18419 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Office_March27_2021_5-scaled.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Short Story 101<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Lynda McKinney Lambert (b. 1943)<\/p>\n<p><em>Professor Lynda McKinney Lambert taught fine art and humanities at Geneva College, in Western Pennsylvania,\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As a tenured professor, she actively exhibited her art, and published her writings. She traveled extensively teaching art and writing, and speaking at academic conferences on various topics in Humanities.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Lynda says:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>I created exciting courses across disciplines \u2013 Art,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>English\u00a0 Literature and\u00a0 Humanities.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I taught on campus during the spring and fall semesters.\u00a0 In the summer, I took students\u00a0 to Salzburg, Austria for a month of travel and studies in several European countries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My passions\u00a0 in my creative life are centered in poetry and art.\u00a0 I author books and I create fine art in Painting and Fiber.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I Find BLESSINGS in Unexpected Changes:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I discovered a new life after sudden sight loss. For the next two years, I learned to see the world and my place in it in an entirely new way.\u00a0 I completed training for Personal Adjustment to Blindness,\u00a0 After two years of training and lots of challenging work , I earned to read and write using adaptive technologies for the blind.\u00a0 As the months went by, God was showing me that my creative life would continue, but in some new ways.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I began to write Divinely inspired life lessons<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New experiences and God-directed Opportunities<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>New DISCOVERIES\u00a0 to\u00a0 share with the world<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A NEW SEASON on the Narrow Path with Jesus.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Short Story 101 Lynda McKinney Lambert (b. 1943) Professor Lynda McKinney Lambert taught fine art and humanities at Geneva College, in Western Pennsylvania,\u00a0 As a tenured professor, she actively exhibited her art, and published her writings. She traveled <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/page_short-story-101\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4gbwn-4Nw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7630,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/about-bio-and-mission-statement\/","url_meta":{"origin":18446,"position":0},"title":"About Me","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"November 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ab out Me \u00a0 Walking by Inner Vision Official Author Website for Lynda McKinney Lambert \u00a0 My Bio: \u00a0 Lynda McKinney Lambert\u00a0 is a visual artist, author. 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