{"id":14561,"date":"2023-06-26T17:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/?p=14561"},"modified":"2023-06-30T20:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T00:18:37","slug":"updated-bio-june-26-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/updated-bio-june-26-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Lynda&#8217;s Bio &#8211; The Core of Who I Am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the past couple of weeks I thought about updating my bio that appears with my poems and stories. It seemed\u00a0 like it would be easy to do, doesn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 After all, I am the author so I should be able to write a short bio, right?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I finally arrived at the finished bio. Here&#8217;s my finished product!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to know what you think about my new bio. Your comments are cherished here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><em><strong>My Bio: June 26, 2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><em>Lynda McKinney Lambert has been an artist, teacher, and author for most of her life.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>She taught studio art, English literature, and art history at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA.\u00a0 Her annual summer course, \u201cDrawing and Writing in Salzburg, Austria,\u201d took her to Europe each year.<\/p>\n<p>Her first public art exhibit was in 1976. Her award-winning art is in private and public collections.<\/p>\n<p>Lynda\u2019s extensive writing career began in 1980. She currently has five published books available at Amazon and other booksellers. Lynda launched, &#8220;<strong>Walking by Inner Vision Blog&#8221; <\/strong>December 2009.<\/p>\n<p>She tends her flower gardens, walks her two dogs, cares for her six cats. She married Bob in 1961.\u00a0 They have five children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.Most family members arrive every year for Christmas Day together.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><br \/>\n\u201cI experience joy when I am in my sacred space with God. (AKA, my fiber art studio in the upstairs of our home.)\u00a0 I love to read from my Mom\u2019s King James Bible. The fourth watch of the night is my special time for praying and seeking wisdom for the new day. This is the core of who I am.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ~Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2023.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><strong><em>My MISSION STATEMENT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<blockquote><p>I reveal what is forgotten, lost, or invisible through my art and writing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<blockquote><p><em>For faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>(Hebrews 11:1)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h5>\u00a9Lynda McKinney Lambert. All rights reserved.<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/about-bio-and-mission-statement\/\">About<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have updated my Bio and Mission Statement. Let me know what you think. <\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/updated-bio-june-26-2023\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1934],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Bob_Lynda_August2020-2-scaled.jpg?fit=2153%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-3MR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6245,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/bio_blurb2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":14561,"position":0},"title":"American Author &#038; Artist ~ Bio 2022","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"September 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Pennsylvania Author and Visual Artist, Lynda McKinney Lambert posted her short bio for 2020 today on her blog, Walking by Inner Vision. You can read a poem text and listen to a recording on this post. Listen to Melissa Cotter read, \"Star Signs: A Libra Sort of Day,\" (Wordgathering Literary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#Trusting God&quot;","block_context":{"text":"#Trusting God","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/category\/trusting-god\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo shows Lynda Lambert standing outside with trees in the background. 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