June Bugs & Elderberry Wine

#510437

May 23, 2007 at 7:48am

GOOD, GOOD MORNING JUNE BUGGERS! WELL, let me tell you now, at last, the latest greatest news ever from this humble abode. Finding us on the map might not be so hard anymore. For yesterday, I got a call from my new publisher: ReadingDestiny's Editor-In-Chief. And yes it is TRUE. I know that sometimes around here the ability to separate fact from fiction is a stretch. HOWEVER ------> BREAKING NEWS Our dear friend, Modesta Gamble's short stories are now available a... [Read more]

#506310

May 5, 2007 at 8:09am

Well, almost ready to depart Maine. Maine in winter, Carolina in summer. Am trying to repair the slight dent in the Lamborghini fender, due to its colossal slide last winter. Yet the masking tape refuses to hold. Am using superglue today and quilting batting under the inside tire-wall. What a mess! So, all of the above is fairing well and the new pup has decided to stay on with Gina and Crazy Bobby from New York. Bobby is very good to our young lass, Barney. Those two, Barn the p... [Read more]

#504950

April 29, 2007 at 8:53pm

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007 Well, this is a first since my published days as a freelance journalist. Yup, I ACTUALLY WON a real live short story contest. Word Limit -- 2,500 (Been trying to tell youse guys & dolls .... longer word limits make the difference in writing a good short story. But hey me (?) I once went 19,000 words. Anyways, this comes with inclusion for HONESTLY! Perhaps you recall HONESTLY by Mary Moffett. Hope so, for it's gone from this fair spot ... You see, the... [Read more]

#503853

April 24, 2007 at 7:33am

Hell, if I can wake up correctly these days. Plus I have no news. And being aware there's no good news must tell you of a line read in Feb re: the Iraq debacle; Namely from a poster to the NYT: "To support the troops is too bring them home." Maybe, Imus would go ouch or screeeeecch, but of course there has to be life after I-mus the I-man, the acclaimed Don Imus. Once at a yard sale and please don't ask me how, back in 2005, Teffers (That's Me!) scarfed up... [Read more]

#501474

April 13, 2007 at 2:00pm

Previously on Junebugs --- Great, great, great thanx for your patience with me and for your very honorable readership. Know in your hearts, wiseguys & my pretties that you are responsible for the thrust upward and onward for the creative affiliations re: efforts behind the written words of Ms Mary Moffett aka --- T.Teffom. But don't worry things are about to proceed smooth transition status, which is my best guess. ALL COMMENTS welcome. Plus, and you'll never come close on thi... [Read more]

#501467

April 13, 2007 at 2:39pm

llllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllll While Imus stuck his foot in his mouth over the Rutger's fiasco (and sure he was out of line, big time) maybe his fans aren't prepared for abrupt change. When Imus In The Morning EARLY --- 6 AM! For Christsakes! 6 AM !!! This author tuned in daily until 9 o'clock. When Imus went on vacation MSNBC served the Best of Imus instead. In this way we could wake up out here, drink our coffee, wri... [Read more]

#499232

April 3, 2007 at 1:08am

You may or may not know that this writer (moi) never really checked stats for as far as on-line searches go ... well not lately. So the ANNOUNCEMENT, oh my silent ones. Apparently Lamborghini-ville has 12 spots on Yahoo. Msn.com shows ten. And since many of the "my pretties" and the wonderful "wiseguys" never tried to stop me, while your readership remains quite a plus for my dwindling ego to be sure. Oh, always glad to see a few new view clicks everytime I ... [Read more]

#494746

March 13, 2007 at 11:02am

Got up, staggered to the keyboard, notice Blog Ring Rev contest, due to Ruby Red, places an awardacon onto June Bugs Blog. Oh, the thrill of finally winning something again. Tickles the toes as numb fingers shape the loaves. Open the oven door, push in a tray, lay down to read, grab the puppy, hold him for warmth. Barny wiggles under the covers. We watch sunrise. All is almost too serene with the snowy landscape of Maine. 5: AM, we win the green. Second place ... hmmmm... geese .... [Read more]

#493668

March 10, 2007 at 7:31am

TWO NEW RELATED BLOGS TODAY!!! OH, LORDY where to start. Well, FYI Junebuggers, we made the trip without a hitch from PA to Maine. Only once did the Doberman break ranks, tear out the door of the POS truck (see below for abbrev) and bite or graze a pedestrian. A homeless woman with a rusty shopping cart. Sunofabitch incident and dog ends up costing $225 for the emergency room interval. Plus another small charge, $60 for a state-police interference/ interstate-check for rabies ... [Read more]

#488430

February 16, 2007 at 9:06am

Reasons To Blog Or Not To Blog Hold on a minute, thought to be balancing enough scrap notes on this card table when whoosh here comes the wind. Opening a window for fresh air results in frozen coffee. At least the night before is meant for a long sleep, refreshing and plot worthy. Today, waking up to a series of relatives who want to cash in on another's lawsuit. Waking, lingering, pacing steady on, asking what the hell does this mean? Oh fictitious relatives at the edge of the ... [Read more]

#488142

February 20, 2007 at 11:24pm

HAPPY ST. VALENTINE'S DAY, my pretties, you deserve a little love readin this crazy blog. Okay opening: WIP And re-open Apologies to anyone caught in the crosshairs when I closed Boston Harbor. Sorry, sounded like a submarine there for a mini-second. Anyways, Boston Harbor began as an entry into THE STAKE & GARLIC Contest which had a prompt that a vampire change the course of history. The winner for the history prompt: a vampire did something with a ... [Read more]

#487767

February 13, 2007 at 1:53pm

The Tuesday Hey, you guys know me, a pushover for color. Lots goes unreported in this blog spot. So toying with the idea of adhering to Teff's "keeping-it-real rules." Those nasty things like the daily jaunt into family, food, shelter. Since the infamous move from the old stone place, the first floor apartment I loved so well (last July, 06) .... Never really settled in any particular place. I leave in a few days for Maine. It's Feb what better place for grand ... [Read more]

#487287

May 26, 2009 at 6:04am

Holiday Harangue Here comes Valentine's Day. There goes New Year's. After St Pat raises a golden Guiness In your face, The Easter Bunny will chew stereo cords. They say rabbits go for the taste. Mother's Day will set us straight, Keep us honest, in our place. Memorial Day means Spring in the air, Parade's here and there. Father's Day opens the season For outdoor BBQ's. The Fourth brings firecrackers, And great celebrations. Labor Day: the Unions talk a... [Read more]

#479109

January 4, 2007 at 8:17pm

Follow the green green shades of holiday trees going away on pickup trucks to the dump. Watch holly green wreaths fade to brown while our colorful lawns float grass green in a sea of electric lights. In PA we wait for winter that never comes. Jan 4, 2007 Suppose we allow it's time to make amends in our writing mistakes. My vocab list last summer took almost four weeks to compile, employing three hour stints of typing. My usually resistant misspells were included. Since I ... [Read more]

#478095

December 31, 2006 at 1:49pm

HAPPY 2007 TO EVERYONE, ALL READERS & AUDIENCE FAMILIES!!! GOOD LUCK AND WELL WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR New story entry: in Stake & Garlic Contest .......... Here, (above shortstory} the vampire's name is Greensleeves Vhavahvah Von Broom. Fingers crossed, watch the cocktails, kids. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$... [Read more]

#477342

December 27, 2006 at 7:45am

Dec 27, 2006 You're all invited. Hope you make it across the Atlantic, into Surrey, England the first chance you get. Best get all up in the face, best tell it like it is, best post, host and regroup BECAUSE --- this humble blogger/author/poet gotta split ... Grab the tweeds, warm the tea. Oh, luv, where's me Wellingtons & say 'ave yeh seen me calling cards, whut? New forum open @ www.uhad2bthere.co.uk Later, Darh-lings. OH & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! <<... [Read more]

#477194

December 26, 2006 at 8:31am

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#475258

December 15, 2006 at 9:13am

Perhaps you'll give this one a peek and a tryout. To make matters worse, if at all the case, a Christmas Rant appears in the Files, MF3. ... [Read more]

#474998

December 13, 2006 at 10:00pm

DEC 13, 2006 lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Looks like here we go again. Jack carried his awful self home to Tower Hamlets in Spitalfields and so ... the new idea grew overnight like a mushroom cloud over Utah. Sorry, not that big. Anyways, here's the place, budding ideas crest sleepy nights when Teff talks to Santa. Click on, post and enter. June Bugs is mentioned on the new contest's intro. Me (?) I almost got l... [Read more]

#474592

December 12, 2006 at 7:25am

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#474396

December 11, 2006 at 6:23am

WILL THE REAL JACK THE RIPPER PLEASE SIT DOWN or stand up as the logo suits. So there's a little fun brewing since Oct to now, for my annual JTR contest is officially closed. The winner's announced and a public rev is in order. Seriously wishing for more time in a work week alas time evaporates like frost on garden cabbages keeling sideways like Johnny Depp in esculating winds outside. Although Dec spells forty hours per week on the job, forty hours of sleep minimum and th... [Read more]

#473400

December 6, 2006 at 9:26am

Dec 6, 2006 Oh the weather's perfectly delightful .... but alas This contest entry so unusual, you'll need a tissue. Perhaps. Folks sometimes take umbrage when heady, extrovert authors strut their stuff. Ah well. TOO BAD!!!!!! ... [Read more]

#472735

December 3, 2006 at 6:57am

Suffice to say at least 2006 has NO Katrina ... While cracking eggs for breakfast: fry one over easy for the slither of a chance for change --- the by-God Dems in Congress ready by all accounts to hatch, I suppose. Scramble vigorously, beat it like we did the Repugs, and maybe ... Big fat chance we can see a smidgen of order restored in both I-rock and the states. The latter needs more money to major capital city coffers. The former needs,"Hey! Hey! Get the cheese for an omel... [Read more]

#471931

November 29, 2006 at 7:34am

llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll SIDEBAR, LETTER TO COUSIN ETHEL, ET AL llllllllllllllll When in fact back in the day, Vietnam War opposers tried every trick in the book to end a "police action" according to history. When in fact people do listen in 2006, form opinions, try to stay informed while contradictions sweep across the globe in headlines while news released is in fact sparse from I-rock. TRUTH realeased?... [Read more]

#468289

November 13, 2006 at 12:12pm

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