June Bugs & Elderberry Wine

#340930

April 13, 2005 at 2:10am

April 12, another 3K words and no title. Maybe, Scapegoat. First time that happened. Usually my short stories have a title from the git-go. KIcked this one around for months in steerage. In my head/ 30 / all Yours truly. Modesta Gamble Teff is reminded of a comment for Alabama Courier in Oct, hours after it was first posted: "Your story is too long. Readers like short pieces. Length discourages readers." Say what? It felt good to delete that review. Ah, well. Gu... [Read more]

#340673

April 11, 2005 at 10:52pm

Started a brand new story set in NC, 4,000 wds, four pages today, pure fun. 4/5 hours. Went together great. Teff's very tired. Garden finally clear of winter mulch. Progress. Catnip found on rails transplanted well with wild phlox. Well, with the NC series, my heart is in the High Country once more. Good night, America. Signed, Modesta Gamble ... [Read more]

#340192

April 7, 2006 at 7:20pm

Recap: Blog 12 follows a sequence of heavy reads discovered like a pirate's treasure, hidden deep in an alcove at Muhlenberg Library. The booty, $16 worth of used books above ground, none showing waterlogged signs of struggle during high tides, cresting threshold safely, slipping right past the Ides of Mach. By weight, both red covers, HODGES' HARBRACE HANDBOOK and the eventual winner of the race, THE STORY OF LANGUAGE (uh-oh out of order, 3 lb, 9 oz* (Edits in green *crit... [Read more]

#339903

March 29, 2006 at 7:50pm

Subject: Peter the Great meets Maeve Binchy Yeah that's right. Peter weighs in at 4 lbs even, while Maeve is a modest 2 lbs. 1 oz. These are two more finds at our library's Spring Book Sale. (See Blog 10, please.) According to Newsweek the winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize, Peter The Great "Urgently readable .... The work of a master of narrative history." For Robert K Massie's 914 p epic. While the New Yorker kept it even simpler back in '81 with ... [Read more]

#339676

March 29, 2006 at 6:48pm

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#339420

March 29, 2006 at 7:24pm

Blog Update/ Edit, Today. Below No. 9 in reverse order, order changed. Orig March 2005 Posts TTT, Too the Top, Teff status.) Commentary on news, last year. Get This, an exculsive from Meg Lomania, a Modesta Gamble insider, don't you know. March 2005 --- INTRO: Without finding news clips relevant to the following, it hits again, waking from sound sleep although not my original intent for this approach ... Stay Home from Rome nevertheless graces a spot next to your morning ... [Read more]

#338717

March 29, 2006 at 8:06am

Title: Godspeed Ye Holy Father Revised for publication, columnist submital Mar, 29, 2K6) LAST April 2 - We loose a friend. Pope John Paul II, a man of peace and action will be sorely missed. And he was my friend, too, in a metaphysical sense. Dec 23, 1980 in Huntington WV, our house caught fire. The dog never barked, what was wrong with that dog, we never knew for he got taken to a farm and began life as a shepherd the very next week. A book was in my hands at the time, I... [Read more]

#338066

March 29, 2006 at 7:16am

Title: Slang Rant Subtitle: Slang, writers already use it. Don't defend slang. Use it. Coming to the fore in the modern era of mankind's ken for shifts in dialect, say 1567 to 2005, no known plebeian, wannabe writer gets tarred and feathered for using slang. Yes, there's this antiquated English usage directive from Hodges' Harbrace Handbook, Thirteenth Edition c-rite 1998 p. 205 ... "Words labeled dialect, slang ... as well as archaic or obsolete are usual... [Read more]

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July 15, 2008 at 6:52am

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#337340

March 29, 2006 at 6:12am

Subject: Assoc Press article: Document: Bin Laden Evaded US Forces/ Mar 23 Blog Title: Gotta Love Assoc Press Dec 14/ Gitmo Info Genre: Non-fiction journalism Possibly there's more in the news lately about Gitmo than one cares to know. Hard pressed for answers uncharged detainees, civil liberty activists, lawyers and innocent inmates experience a closed to press, up-the-creek-without-a-paddle scenario as part of the daily fair at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Set up... [Read more]

#337297

March 29, 2006 at 5:25am

MOZART SYMPHONY EGGS by Mary Moffett Our New England branch of NewEggtown's Superior Eggs wishes to proudly announce a new addition to NewEggtown's Superior Eggs. Mozart Symphony Eggs are a talented line of Superior Eggs. Laid by NewEggtown's Superior Eggs finest, most pampered hens housed in special plush cages, treated to 24 hours of non-stop Mozart. These eggs are a soothing addition for your breakfast table. Omelets made with NewEggtown's Mozart Symphony Eggs sizz... [Read more]

#336930

March 25, 2005 at 8:41am

Good Morning, America, how are ya? Blog 3 Title: NEW WAVE NEW WAVE To tell the truth, Teff first heard the term 'new wave' in 1990 in college. Apparently new wave's coined in the Seventies. According to The NY Times article: The New Wave Journalism, Gonzo for that decade. 2005 has New Wave New Wave. (Eggland's Best Eggs theme.) Gonzo journalism puts the 'I' in a print author's only outlet. Thus an off the editor's page style began. Like, hey man, Gee ... [Read more]

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March 24, 2005 at 10:55am

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#336525

March 29, 2006 at 9:08am

RE: Mar 17, 2K5 / MSNBC.com Assoc Press / Reuters articles SACK OF LIES! "Cardinal T Bertone calls The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, "anti-Catholic" and a "sack of lies." Two years after publication according to Associated Press. Not known if Doubleday or Da Vinci Code author, Dan Brown point out to his excellency that this novel is fiction. Readers may ask: Lies? Fiction? Similar to the sex-scandal fabrications/ cover-up hoisted on the US by bishops, ... [Read more]