tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52850152162392215782024-03-18T20:33:27.007-07:00Underneath The Juniper Tree | Children's LiteratureMarjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-75714855113877067502011-08-08T06:00:00.000-07:002011-08-08T08:44:47.536-07:00What's The Big Announcement? A NEW WEBSITE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9D74bj9aQugN7L53xj-h_xYd9lmIVls9URW7zeXvh6k1FS9JeNNZb_UXMV9fYDpr1PlIipkQD_J63HTsKcXlGnXiIPO94nUSgp4ZPHo6QTIWI6WnJNdsU-1GbR1E_0jTBqQvMm5mI8X_z/s1600/Newsite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9D74bj9aQugN7L53xj-h_xYd9lmIVls9URW7zeXvh6k1FS9JeNNZb_UXMV9fYDpr1PlIipkQD_J63HTsKcXlGnXiIPO94nUSgp4ZPHo6QTIWI6WnJNdsU-1GbR1E_0jTBqQvMm5mI8X_z/s640/Newsite.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
You heard rightly, poppets. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Underneath The Juniper Tree</span> has moved to a bigger cemetery and we want <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">you</span> to join us. We are celebrating our <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.com/">brand new site</a> with a giveaway, but you have to mosey on over to our new site to find out the details and how to enter. The prize is worth its weight in toes, I assure you.<br />
<br />
See you all there! <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.com/">Click here</a> to be swept over to our new abyss.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration: underline;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 20px;">Get down with the goods on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/113111789856642510763/about?hl=en" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Google+</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 20px;">Don't forget to check out our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue">August Issue!</a> </span></span></div></div></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-42591939148921398202011-08-07T15:00:00.000-07:002011-08-07T15:00:04.596-07:00Blast from the Past - Rats Edition Winner!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hRdAhAawbxQnhGpP6_XBtCSTfKcR10OeETw9JPw0583hDvN2VlHYwqmzvwQG1KNj6pOqkLtBMZYQNjwq_lmTp9vyc8cJGKTYcmRCf_sxmb78QGV_wfOAOYzjfHLoeUifIU6G1M4khINB/s1600/rats_cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hRdAhAawbxQnhGpP6_XBtCSTfKcR10OeETw9JPw0583hDvN2VlHYwqmzvwQG1KNj6pOqkLtBMZYQNjwq_lmTp9vyc8cJGKTYcmRCf_sxmb78QGV_wfOAOYzjfHLoeUifIU6G1M4khINB/s400/rats_cropped.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
Due to our AMAZING ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow and our GIVEAWAY!!!! We are announcing the winner today.<br />
<br />
We got in some gruesomely gory submissions for you, chatz, and we were so impressed. Thank you for your inspiration!<br />
<br />
Now. Our winner of our Blast from the Past: Rats Edition contest is......<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.tonjadrecker.blogspot.com">Tonja Drecker</a>! With her submission <em>Invasion of the Rats</em>. Aptly named, Tonja! And congratulations. Below is an excerpt from her creepily creative story:<br />
<br />
<em>We never saw them at all. They were much, much too sly. They stuck to the shadows, but we saw their bright eyes. And at night, after Mom had tucked me in bed, I could hear them scratching over my head.</em><br />
<br />
To read the rest of this taunting tale you'll have to come back and check out our September Issue.<br />
<br />
<strong>Just a reminder that we are accepting short story (2000 word max), poetry, limerick and art submissions all the time. Feeling creative? Send it our way! And don't forget to read all about our <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.com/?page_id=23">Submissions & Guidelines</a>. Send us your creepiest, crawliest tales to junipertreelit@gmail.com</strong><br />
<br />
<br />
<div><div>Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730">Facebook</a></div><div>Follow our terribly terrific tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JuniperTreeLit">Twitter</a></div><div>Get down with the goods on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/113111789856642510763/about?hl=en#113111789856642510763/about">Google+ </a></div><div>Don’t forget to check out our <a href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue">August Issue</a></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-72788237728446792682011-08-07T06:00:00.000-07:002011-08-07T06:00:09.069-07:00Sunday Poetry: The Old Man of the Cape - Edward Lear & Ken Lamug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FzO8rCD6mOPIOzHZkxnpnHmODpQ5bIdpKyUrPzp1qJDrCGCTHjGHmfizlP_5787vwFi6I43y3_tEdj7mV9KZCiQy0bmafaw6itBar6EmEHnPoOrJTcnEkV8AJe-OeEkSvvUL27YFZV5S/s1600/Ape-of-the-Cape439_yellow_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FzO8rCD6mOPIOzHZkxnpnHmODpQ5bIdpKyUrPzp1qJDrCGCTHjGHmfizlP_5787vwFi6I43y3_tEdj7mV9KZCiQy0bmafaw6itBar6EmEHnPoOrJTcnEkV8AJe-OeEkSvvUL27YFZV5S/s640/Ape-of-the-Cape439_yellow_web.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There was an Old Man of the Cape,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Who possessed a large Barbary Ape;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Till the Ape one dark night, set the house on a light,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Which burned that Old Man of the Cape.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Old Man of the Cape</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Written by </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lear" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Edward Lear</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Illustrated by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.rabbleboy.com/" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Ken Lamug</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Would you like to see your limerick or poem up on Sunday Poetry? Email it to us at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and put "Sunday Poetry" in the subject line.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Get down with the goods on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/113111789856642510763/about?hl=en">Google+</a> </span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <a data-mce-href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue" href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue">August Issue</a></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-51963336085559305532011-08-06T06:00:00.000-07:002011-08-06T06:00:02.095-07:00New Challenge - 11 Word Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQobxUeZm_NxjdEBMqSr7E5PJJ26v9WoslY4XVL2yfFq90s-hF4Wz-979YZXofYDGpyv_8VMHPHkPgOMDHFbbzi-4xYYylzM5GpilWIbYxf6U19Ty8IzpLn40SaYx1OPvjzgA5mLSCOJQ/s1600/elevenwords.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQobxUeZm_NxjdEBMqSr7E5PJJ26v9WoslY4XVL2yfFq90s-hF4Wz-979YZXofYDGpyv_8VMHPHkPgOMDHFbbzi-4xYYylzM5GpilWIbYxf6U19Ty8IzpLn40SaYx1OPvjzgA5mLSCOJQ/s640/elevenwords.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
We really want to challenge you this time. Write us a story, something haunting, creepy, scary, spooky, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">slithering</span>. But you can only use 11 words. Do not distress! You can do this.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">T</span>he girl tried to stand, but her leg wasn't there anymore.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">B</span>eing invisible was the best thing of all, until it wasn't.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>hile eating the pages, Tex didn't see the 'T' with teeth.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Guidelines</span></span><br />
<br />
The story must be <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">11 words in length</span>, no more, no fewer. Not eleventy, not eleventeen, 11 words. ELEVEN!!!<br />
<br />
Please send your entries to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">junipertreelit@gmail.com<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and put "11 Word Story" in the subject line or else your email will be eaten by the Spamster and never found again.</span></span><br />
<br />
Deadline for submissions is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, August 20</span>. The winner will be announced on Monday, August 22.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For the name of your document please put your story/artwork name, underscore and your name. Ex: ToesForEating_MarjorieMerle.doc</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You can submit your work as a Word document or stick it directly in the email to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and please forgive us in advance if we don't write back to you immediately. Tex is fairly anal about reading and viewing </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">every</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">thing we get. With your submission please tell us a little bit about yourself and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">please</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> send us your website if you have one. If you don't have one, get one. They are free, you know.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For the rest of the guidelines and what should not be submitted, go to our </span></span><a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/p/submit-to-us.html" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Submissions & Guidelines</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> page.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Get down with the goods on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/113111789856642510763/about?hl=en">Google+</a> </span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <a data-mce-href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue" href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue">August Issue</a></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-1847755488848679482011-08-05T06:19:00.000-07:002011-08-05T06:19:48.266-07:00Drill - Evan Heasman<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/drill.jpg"><img alt="Drill" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-309" height="466" src="http://underneaththejunipertree.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/drill.jpg" title="Drill" width="358" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>here was a young girl from seville<br />
Who would run around with a drill<br />
People would say<br />
"She just wants to play"<br />
Unaware her intent is to kill</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
Drill</em><br />
Written & illustrated by <a href="http://sojushots.blogspot.com/">Evan Heasman</a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div><div><div>Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730">Facebook</a></div></div><div><div>Follow our terribly terrific tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JuniperTreeLit">Twitter</a></div></div><div>Get down with the goods on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/113111789856642510763/about?hl=en#113111789856642510763/about">Google+</a></div><div>Don't forget to check out our <a href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue"><strong>August Issue!</strong></a></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-2977645220639404482011-08-04T06:00:00.000-07:002011-08-04T06:00:02.622-07:00Blast from the Past: Rats Edition - TWO DAYS LEFT!I can hear your pens scratching away. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Two days</span> until the deadline. Quickly, poppets, quickly!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2A3PZtzqD85jM5UGO6ox8MfrfqozYwNgBOADXG6hgeVfVSEel_RVUUOLUR3PV0l1E4G7xDrYnZV6ZxFBVIAOqd20Ets_VnR70k-eS_tLN7A-piFN0QeMUks6bQxoo5oqiAXnc1U4LYW1/s1600/rats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2A3PZtzqD85jM5UGO6ox8MfrfqozYwNgBOADXG6hgeVfVSEel_RVUUOLUR3PV0l1E4G7xDrYnZV6ZxFBVIAOqd20Ets_VnR70k-eS_tLN7A-piFN0QeMUks6bQxoo5oqiAXnc1U4LYW1/s400/rats.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="310" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">In under 500 words, write us a piece inspired by this photo. Your piece can be poetry or a short story as long as it is under 500 words. If you can think of other creative ways to be inspired by this photo, go ahead and surprise us! The winner (or winners) of the challenge will be featured in the September issue!</span></span><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Deadline for submission: Saturday, August 6. </b>The winners will be announced Monday, August 8.</div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">With your submission please put in the subject line "Blast from the Past - Rats Edition". </div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">For the name of your document please put your story/artwork name, underscore and your name. Ex: ToesForEating_MarjorieMerle.doc</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">You can submit your work as a Word document or stick it directly in the email to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span> and please forgive us in advance if we don't write back to you immediately. Tex is fairly anal about reading and viewing <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">every</span>thing we get. With your submission please tell us a little bit about yourself and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">please</span> send us your website if you have one. If you don't have one, get one. They are free, you know.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For the rest of the guidelines and what should not be submitted, go to our </span></span><a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/p/submit-to-us.html" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Submissions & Guidelines</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> page.</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We look forward to your creative mind-doodles!</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0941176) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; cursor: move; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-1875779382628462942011-08-03T06:00:00.000-07:002011-08-03T06:00:27.182-07:00Toe Eaters - Ken LamugFriends. This is what will happen to you if you do not get your submissions in on time. Don't say I didn't warn you.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/monsters453_night.jpg"><img alt="Toe Eaters" class="size-full wp-image-267" height="448" src="http://underneaththejunipertree.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/monsters453_night.jpg" title="Toe Eaters" width="463" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it’s dark, all the little kids wonder<br />
For the critters, they go out and plunder<br />
They seek out at night, to have a good bite<br />
All The toes that stick out of their covers<br />
<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Toe Eaters</em><br />
Written & illustrated by <a href="http://www.rabbleboy.com/">Ken Lamug</a><br />
<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div><div>Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730">Facebook</a></div><div>Follow our terribly terrific tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JuniperTreeLit">Twitter</a></div><div>Get down with the goods on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/113111789856642510763/about?hl=en">Google+</a></div><div>Don't forget to check out our <a href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue"><strong>August Issue!</strong></a></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-20130598709640424992011-08-01T06:00:00.000-07:002011-08-02T11:20:14.620-07:00August IssueHello everyone! It's been a flurry of activity getting everyone's pieces clothed, brushed, fed and shoved into our August issue but we did it. Thank you to all the lovely people who put all their sweat and mostly <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">blood</span> into this issue. Thank you again to our Murder of Editors for taking their time to dissect each word. Thanks Tex for restraining of scaring off any contributors with your unappetizing diet.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">My pleasure, darling.</span></span><br />
<br />
Drum roll please!<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Drrrrrrrummm roooollllllllllll</span></span><br />
<br />
The August issue!<br />
<br />
<div><object style="height: 408px; width: 630px;"><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=110731204251-376dde282a3a46e4bf9a8876a41846bf&docName=august-issue&username=underneaththejunipertree&loadingInfoText=Underneath%20The%20Juniper%20Tree%20August%20Issue%202011&et=1312145643361&er=60" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:420px;height:272px" flashvars="mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=110731204251-376dde282a3a46e4bf9a8876a41846bf&docName=august-issue&username=underneaththejunipertree&loadingInfoText=Underneath%20The%20Juniper%20Tree%20August%20Issue%202011&et=1312145643361&er=60" /></object><br />
<div style="text-align: left; width: 420px;"><a href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree/docs/august-issue?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true" target="_blank">Open publication</a> - Free <a href="http://issuu.com/" target="_blank">publishing</a> - <a href="http://issuu.com/search?q=dark" target="_blank">More dark</a></div></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">UPDATE: To download a PDF of the issue, visit our bookshelf at <a href="http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree">http://issuu.com/underneaththejunipertree</a>. Open the publication and underneath the issue is an option to download or print the issue. </span></b></i></span> </span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 20px;">Get down with the goods on <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/113111789856642510763/about?hl=en">Google+</a> </span></div></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 1px solid transparent; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-52273116631590430812011-07-31T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-31T06:00:10.440-07:00Sunday Poetry: The Cannibal and His Dog - Dawn Pisturino<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXBC1QJ5AIIqvdVcNRSwtAh8CTuAWSGPyX_7EwPmlEnmzdr4JaE5gbveU_BCwZot0f5tDO-Qy2ivott6Xupp3Kqe5pBMmPzYUsAOsBNPHe5q6GgS6LtOjgF5pVR4ShHSfXs5jSGI-ohDq/s1600/TheCannibalAndHisDog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXBC1QJ5AIIqvdVcNRSwtAh8CTuAWSGPyX_7EwPmlEnmzdr4JaE5gbveU_BCwZot0f5tDO-Qy2ivott6Xupp3Kqe5pBMmPzYUsAOsBNPHe5q6GgS6LtOjgF5pVR4ShHSfXs5jSGI-ohDq/s640/TheCannibalAndHisDog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Cannibal and His Dog</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Written by </span></span><a href="http://www.wix.com/cha919/dawnpisturino" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Dawn Pisturino</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Would you like to see your limerick or poem up on Sunday Poetry? Email it to us at </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and put "Sunday Poetry" in the subject line</span></span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our </span><span style="color: #540000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">August issue</span> comes out tomorrow!</span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-2035991953096897112011-07-30T15:41:00.000-07:002011-07-30T16:07:08.774-07:00A THRILLING Contest in Collaboration with Literary Asylum and Walden Pond Press!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Ahh, my lovely, fleshy, ripe for the taking friends...</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Marjorie is taking a nap so I snuck down from the attic to try this blogging thing for myself. Nom Nom! I like it so far!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">So you want something exciting? Something more exciting than we've already given you over the past few months? You greedy toe suckers! That's alright. I'm right there with you. So here you go:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Our devilish friend </span></span><a href="http://dmcunningham.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">D.M. Cunningham</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> over at </span></span><a href="http://literaryasylum.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Literary Asylum</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">, in cahoots with Walden Pond Press and yours truly, is hosting a </span></span><a href="http://literaryasylum.blogspot.com/2011/07/thrilling-contest-and-celebration.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">thrilling contest</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> to die for!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Here's the low down: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">In celebration of the upcoming release of Walden Pond Press'</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guys-Read-Thriller-Jon-Scieszka/dp/0061963755"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Guys Read: THRILLER</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> (Aug 2011), we want </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">YOU</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> to give us your best opening paragraph (or two) of the most thrilling, terrifying, spooky, creepy, and crazy MG/YA story you can muster.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span> <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Contest Rules</span></span></u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">1) Submit your best work up to two paragraphs. Anything beyond that will not be read and taken out of the running.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">2) Send your submissions in the BODY of the email, not attachments (they will not be opened) to the following emails (either or - no need to do both) </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">LiteraryAsylum@hotmail.com</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> OR </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">junipertreelit@gmail.com.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">3) Be sure to put THRILLER contest submission in the RE: Line or it may get overlooked.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">4) Deadline is OCTOBER 13th (why? because we like that number) at MIDNIGHT</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">5) Follow our blogs (links above) and join us on Twitter</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">@WaldenPondPress</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">@UndertheJuniper</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">@JuniperTreeLit</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">@LiteraryAsylum</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">6) Most of all, have fun and keep the kids in mind. Let's give them stories that will keep them reading late at night!</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Prizes? You ask? Greedy...I like it!</span></span></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The top writer will receive a copy of GR:THRILLER signed by the ambassador of Children's Lit himself </span></span><a href="http://www.jsworldwide.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Jon Scieszka</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">. And, your paragraph(s) will appear in an upcoming issue of UTJT. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">WAIT, there is more! The winning writer will be interviewed on the Literary Asylum blog to celebrate your thrilling job well done. Now those are some gruesome prizes!</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">So hop to it. </span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tex? What are you doing on my computer?</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Ummm... researching... exploding brains? OOPS GOTTA GO!</span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></b></span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Be our fiendish friend on </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Facebook</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Follow our terribly terrific </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">tête-à-tête on </span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Twitter</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqMEtTqFAq_h4LaMaAHrYprALC83Qx1I4R4H1ONSVnndLcgW9C8P_0fUaRpVU_0GgKkjGTaRTvhdUEHxhYrePMGcH19g_n7MqjXCdgvY_izNiEptNniXqHWygRkpqJDpDGp2xz_y_SGwD/s1600/Tex_Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqMEtTqFAq_h4LaMaAHrYprALC83Qx1I4R4H1ONSVnndLcgW9C8P_0fUaRpVU_0GgKkjGTaRTvhdUEHxhYrePMGcH19g_n7MqjXCdgvY_izNiEptNniXqHWygRkpqJDpDGp2xz_y_SGwD/s320/Tex_Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div></span></b>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-84307679586707751572011-07-30T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-30T06:00:03.685-07:00Blast from the Past: Rats Edition - ONE WEEK LEFT!You heard right, headless pumpkins, you have only <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">one week</span> to enter your submission for the Blast from the Past: Rats Edition challenge. Haste, friends, haste!<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2A3PZtzqD85jM5UGO6ox8MfrfqozYwNgBOADXG6hgeVfVSEel_RVUUOLUR3PV0l1E4G7xDrYnZV6ZxFBVIAOqd20Ets_VnR70k-eS_tLN7A-piFN0QeMUks6bQxoo5oqiAXnc1U4LYW1/s1600/rats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2A3PZtzqD85jM5UGO6ox8MfrfqozYwNgBOADXG6hgeVfVSEel_RVUUOLUR3PV0l1E4G7xDrYnZV6ZxFBVIAOqd20Ets_VnR70k-eS_tLN7A-piFN0QeMUks6bQxoo5oqiAXnc1U4LYW1/s400/rats.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">In under 500 words, write us a piece inspired by this photo. Your piece can be poetry or a short story as long as it is under 500 words. If you can think of other creative ways to be inspired by this photo, go ahead and surprise us! The winner (or winners) of the challenge will be featured in the September issue!</span></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Deadline for submission: Saturday, August 6. </b>The winners will be announced Monday, August 8.</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br />
</div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;">With your submission please put in the subject line "Blast from the Past - Rats Edition". </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">For the name of your document please put your story/artwork name, underscore and your name. Ex: ToesForEating_MarjorieMerle.doc</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;">You can submit your work as a Word document or stick it directly in the email to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span> and please forgive us in advance if we don't write back to you immediately. Tex is fairly anal about reading and viewing <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">every</span>thing we get. With your submission please tell us a little bit about yourself and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">please</span> send us your website if you have one. If you don't have one, get one. They are free, you know.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For the rest of the guidelines and what should not be submitted, go to our </span></span><a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/p/submit-to-us.html" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Submissions & Guidelines</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> page.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;">We look forward to your creative mind-doodles!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-69592383564768966922011-07-29T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-29T06:00:16.832-07:00August Issue Sneak Peek: The Unforgiving TreeDon't miss our tragic take on Shel Silverstein's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Giving Tree</span>. It will sadden you, yes, but it will also throw you from your chair and pull a cry of victory from your mouth. Join us on August 1st to read this tantalizing tale of turmoil and triumph!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjySE0-wtw7NuSDLvGw_XzjACjsASLyaR47DdNhCV2VRGhjK9t_YabJo7ZDlzPTmMnBC9IMtjoGfOgliv-ngwPbbDr9o0Heo5qW4lDnM7IN57ygmm-N3MH5gkvZsPdSirjEH81N1_BOEm/s1600/5_Unforgiving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjySE0-wtw7NuSDLvGw_XzjACjsASLyaR47DdNhCV2VRGhjK9t_YabJo7ZDlzPTmMnBC9IMtjoGfOgliv-ngwPbbDr9o0Heo5qW4lDnM7IN57ygmm-N3MH5gkvZsPdSirjEH81N1_BOEm/s640/5_Unforgiving.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="font: 16.0px Mary Jane Larabie; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The tree was so angry!</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Mary Jane Larabie; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The tree was distraught!</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Mary Jane Larabie; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The little boy ought to be caught!</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Mary Jane Larabie; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And then tied into a granny knot.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Mary Jane Larabie; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16.0px Mary Jane Larabie; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Mary Jane Larabie'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration: underline;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our </span><span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">July issue</span></a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-54238046039860187202011-07-28T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-28T06:52:41.796-07:00August Issue Sneak Peek: The CoverFriends. We are twitching with excitement over here at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Underneath The Juniper Tree</span>. Tex hasn't eaten a toe in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">days, </span>he's so antsy.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It all tastes of bogweed, mind, when something so thrilling is on its way.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />
</span><br />
I wholeheartedly agree. So far, each monthly issue has surpassed the last. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Yes</span>, we've only had two issues, but that just proves my point. The August issue will certainly be a blast of delight. Sound the trumpets, all!<br />
<br />
Here is a sneaky peeky at the cover for the August issue illustrated by <a href="http://www.rabbleboy.com/">Ken Lamug</a>. Would <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">you</span> like to illustrate our next cover? Send us some examples of your work to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span> and tell us a little bit about yourself. Don't be shy, Tex only bites what moves.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2m4o0tHtUPtF8wBAfMb1HnF-0bnDMDwleAVPSkzAHNmFsf4LXXk6IXRIQ3E-2JrsLfgN17ZBWLTceXJ7x5veiuuvv_61kfV0Xoh3MhIVlu_RPa-7q7IBufT5uMOtXZhEo2obi2u9z2Vhp/s1600/evil_lab_sneakpeek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2m4o0tHtUPtF8wBAfMb1HnF-0bnDMDwleAVPSkzAHNmFsf4LXXk6IXRIQ3E-2JrsLfgN17ZBWLTceXJ7x5veiuuvv_61kfV0Xoh3MhIVlu_RPa-7q7IBufT5uMOtXZhEo2obi2u9z2Vhp/s320/evil_lab_sneakpeek.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><br />
<br />
Keep sending in the general submissions, friends, our September issue is already a quarter full!<br />
<br />
Need to something to keep you busy while you await the August issue? Check out our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #540000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">July issue</span></a></span>!<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #e06666; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: underline;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-57103724020426528722011-07-27T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-27T06:00:25.305-07:00Two Gloomy Twins - Byron Bill & Evan Heasman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7nz8U1b0OIVbmw3-PNaV6I_HRYyXbjs5mhOruYj_RsVsBNAFso68QzaBrsix3B8qv9D_wFmn4uwgvsbY8setV7IGrz8_x-Bhr9S4uJ88LmbJwq8TxCWhmylpP-DY1bZK3iRx_2Hz8n0K/s1600/the+gloomy+twins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7nz8U1b0OIVbmw3-PNaV6I_HRYyXbjs5mhOruYj_RsVsBNAFso68QzaBrsix3B8qv9D_wFmn4uwgvsbY8setV7IGrz8_x-Bhr9S4uJ88LmbJwq8TxCWhmylpP-DY1bZK3iRx_2Hz8n0K/s400/the+gloomy+twins.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>here were two gloomy twins</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who liked to go for swims</div><div style="text-align: center;">They went for a dip</div><div style="text-align: center;">In a lake of arsenic</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now they're only toothy grins</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Two Gloomy Twins</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by Byron Bill</div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustrated by <a href="http://sojushots.blogspot.com/">Evan Heasman</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Would you like to see your limerick, poem or short story up on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Underneath The Juniper Tree</span>? Email it to us at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span> and put "General Submission" in the subject line. You can also check out our <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/p/submit-to-us.html" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Submissions & Guidelines</a> page for more information.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #f84f00; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our </span><span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">July issue</span></a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></span></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-23499537527675010802011-07-26T08:05:00.000-07:002011-07-27T16:26:15.607-07:00Zombiemart - JL Martin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWl56V7QEMbcadkrGdzi40ERAlogVKJ_z4Lo0ygboQUy6yBNe8Fpc_1flEFjH1OUHptgpact3n-yHRv43msHqzE7_i7cZUte_kGrkJgriBohNG6fwQc2Cwz3T7evXLQSYKvXJ-t6Ly9th/s1600/ZombieMartBlog_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWl56V7QEMbcadkrGdzi40ERAlogVKJ_z4Lo0ygboQUy6yBNe8Fpc_1flEFjH1OUHptgpact3n-yHRv43msHqzE7_i7cZUte_kGrkJgriBohNG6fwQc2Cwz3T7evXLQSYKvXJ-t6Ly9th/s1600/ZombieMartBlog_small.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Zombiemart</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Written by <a href="http://www.jlmartin.ca/">JL Martin</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Would you like to see your limerick, poem or short story up on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Underneath The Juniper Tree</span>? Email it to us at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span> and put "General Submission" in the subject line. You can also check out our <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/p/submit-to-us.html">Submissions & Guidelines</a> page for more information.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #d62507; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our </span><span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">July issue</span></a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-84053928881360004072011-07-25T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-25T06:00:04.940-07:00The Choose Your Own Mystery Winner!It was a fine, fine challenge this week with a great turnout. Tex and I had to scramble our brains to choose only <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">one</span> person whose piece rose above the rest.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Creme de la creme! Blood de la blood!</span></span><br />
<br />
So the winner of the Choose Your Own Mystery challenge and the next person heading into fame and victory in the August issue is....<br />
<br />
Samantha Kymmelle-Harvey!!!! With her piece <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Because of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Brussels Sprouts</span>. Here is a snippet from her extraordinary piece:<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“Greedy girl!” said a little wisp of white. It</span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> pulled her to the ground, raining scarlet droplets on her face. “You can’t make me share! I’ll eat you next if you try!”</span></span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You'll have to come back August 1st to catch the rest.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you all for sending in your creative babies and good luck with the </span></span><a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-challenge-blast-from-past-rats.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Blast from the Past - Rats Edition</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. We await your genius at our inbox.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Be our fiendish friend on </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Facebook</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Follow our terribly terrific </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">tête-à-tête on </span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #d62507; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Twitter</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Don't forget to check out our </span><span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">July issue</span></a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #e06666; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: underline;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-15098632824274421392011-07-24T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-24T08:57:26.356-07:00Sunday Poetry: Young Lady of Claire - Edward Lear & Ken Lamug<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Gg7DfjdpDFErFBihzr-3AoSWWKFPc2pdyC5XO3d4cOnSKKrl8c8aEy6RJpqJQvkemKS-Bp9nxNsk8ifHtQ3U9GpSIB5ESREwZi95dHL_qmsrfkTNM6DUdTmlFTfqdMYC6BEpaqPqX7W3/s1600/lady_of_claire_web_bw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Gg7DfjdpDFErFBihzr-3AoSWWKFPc2pdyC5XO3d4cOnSKKrl8c8aEy6RJpqJQvkemKS-Bp9nxNsk8ifHtQ3U9GpSIB5ESREwZi95dHL_qmsrfkTNM6DUdTmlFTfqdMYC6BEpaqPqX7W3/s640/lady_of_claire_web_bw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">There was a Young Lady of Claire,</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Who was madly pursued by a bear;</div><div style="text-align: center;">When she found she was tired, she abruptly expired,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh Young Lady your life is unfair.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Young Lady of Claire</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lear">Edward Lear</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Illustrated by <a href="http://www.rabbleboy.com/">Ken Lamug</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #d62507; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-11812267118107080592011-07-23T07:44:00.000-07:002011-07-24T08:57:57.641-07:00New Challenge - Blast from the Past: Rats Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Good Saturday, poppets! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Today is your deadline</span> for the <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/2011/07/edward-gorey-challenge-chapter-2-winner.html">Choose You Own Mystery</a> challenge. You have until <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">midnight tonight</span> (Pacific time) to get your entries in. Entries that are late will be tossed in the incinerator and made into ornaments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now on to bigger and more different similar things!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">A shortage of toes!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Quite, poppets, Tex has been rationing his toe snacks. Please donate more toes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Yes, the plumpish ones are best.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now – our New Challenge!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2A3PZtzqD85jM5UGO6ox8MfrfqozYwNgBOADXG6hgeVfVSEel_RVUUOLUR3PV0l1E4G7xDrYnZV6ZxFBVIAOqd20Ets_VnR70k-eS_tLN7A-piFN0QeMUks6bQxoo5oqiAXnc1U4LYW1/s1600/rats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2A3PZtzqD85jM5UGO6ox8MfrfqozYwNgBOADXG6hgeVfVSEel_RVUUOLUR3PV0l1E4G7xDrYnZV6ZxFBVIAOqd20Ets_VnR70k-eS_tLN7A-piFN0QeMUks6bQxoo5oqiAXnc1U4LYW1/s320/rats.jpg" width="248" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blast from the Past: Rats Edition</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">In under 500 words, write us a piece inspired by this photo. Your piece can be poetry or a short story as long as it is under 500 words. If you can think of other creative ways to be inspired by this photo, go ahead and surprise us! The winner (or winners) of the challenge will be featured in the September issue!</span></span></span></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: red; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Deadline for submissions has changed. We are now giving you </span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">TWO WEEKS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to submit your piece so they better be good!</span></div><div style="color: #535252; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Deadline for submission: Saturday, August 6. </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The winners will be announced Monday, August 8.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br />
</div></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">With your submission please put in the subject line "Blast from the Past - Rats Edition". </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For the name of your document please put your story/artwork name, underscore and your name. Ex: ToesForEating_MarjorieMerle.doc</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You can submit your work as a Word document or stick it directly in the email to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and please forgive us in advance if we don't write back to you immediately. Tex is fairly anal about reading and viewing </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">every</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thing we get. With your submission please tell us a little bit about yourself and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">please</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> send us your website if you have one. If you don't have one, get one. They are free, you know.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">For the rest of the guidelines and what should not be submitted, go to our </span><a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/p/submit-to-us.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Submissions & Guidelines</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> page.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We look forward to your creative mind-doodles!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And remember that your <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/2011/07/monthly-contest-time-travel.html">Time Travel</a> submission deadline is in TWO DAYS!!!!! The winner will be featured in our August issue so let's hear your stories.</span><br />
<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #d62507; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-43227972397554475612011-07-22T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-22T06:00:00.115-07:00Suppen Kaspar - Martin Thoburn<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.jsmithillustration.weebly.com/" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jason Smith</span></span></a></span> recently sent us a few tales to read from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the book Struwwelpeter. We were partial to the naughty boy Augustus who would not eat his soup. Things do not end well for August. Children, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">eat your soup</span>, mind.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I shall have mine with toes upon crumpets.</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">So you shall. Enjoy.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="523" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6p5OiiY5luw" width="637"></iframe><br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Suppen Kaspar</span><br />
Created by <a href="http://www.martin-thoburn.com/">Martin Thoburn</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #d62507; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-26675420245853451792011-07-21T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-21T09:37:49.215-07:00Deadline Reminder - Choose Your Own Mystery Challenge<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Just a friendly reminder for all you writerly artisticals out there:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">TWO DAYS LEFT for the <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/2011/07/edward-gorey-challenge-chapter-2-winner.html">Choose Your Own Mystery Challenge</a>!!!!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I get to munch one toe for every day that your submission is late.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">That's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">right</span>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Deadline is Saturday, July 23</span>. Don't be late! Winners will be announced on Monday, July 25. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Good luck all you deviously daring drumlets. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #d62507; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #e06666; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: underline;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-5225018850412540452011-07-20T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-20T06:00:01.980-07:00The Mailbox Monster - Ken Lamug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuD0o3CWns7gRJiKXiRyv05s-SOHrSiZhJY0_v1T4VqHTO58FrWuN6tWd-GiKrYYsvYAYi6md9ouxcC_2Uuz6qJ3Yw6FqjEfXAES34blgC4ll7ugCb-jAhGOedmZqHTOi9guZgb1ZuJdt/s1600/MailBox402_forblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuD0o3CWns7gRJiKXiRyv05s-SOHrSiZhJY0_v1T4VqHTO58FrWuN6tWd-GiKrYYsvYAYi6md9ouxcC_2Uuz6qJ3Yw6FqjEfXAES34blgC4ll7ugCb-jAhGOedmZqHTOi9guZgb1ZuJdt/s640/MailBox402_forblog.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration: underline;"><br />
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px;">L</span>ittle Annalise did not like to go get the daily mail. She begged her brothers to go for her. She saved her allowance to pay the neighbor to go. She pretended to go and came back saying <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Oh, there wasn't any mail today, Papa</span>.<br />
<br />
Truth be told, Annalise knew something no one else knew: the mailbox was alive.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Don't be ridiculous,</span> her father laughed, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">and don't come back until you get the mail!</span> and slammed the door at her heels. Poor Annalise didn't know what to do.<br />
<br />
"If I get the mail," she mumbled to herself through bitten nails, "I will surely be eaten!" She looked back at the house only to see her brother's sneering at her from the window. Annalise's eyebrows dove into a frown, "I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">will</span> go. I will show those brothers of mine how brave I can be."<br />
<br />
She walked down the street and around the corner.<br />
<br />
"I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">will </span>go. I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">am</span> brave."<br />
<br />
She climbed through the forest and down a long, steep hill.<br />
<br />
"I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">will </span>go. I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">am</span> brave."<br />
<br />
She wound her way up the next hill and found herself face to face with the mailbox.<br />
<br />
"I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">am</span> brave. I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">am</span> brave. I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">am</span> brave."<br />
<br />
The mailbox stood tall and regal on top of the hill, gleaming in the afternoon sun. From this distance, it looked like an ordinary mailbox. Annalise crept closer. The crisp, metal edges of the mailbox flashed a glint of sunshine in her eyes, blinding her momentarily.<br />
<br />
When the red spots faded from her eyelids she noticed the mailbox had changed.<br />
<br />
"I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">am </span>brave," she said again with less enthusiasm.<br />
<br />
"I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">am..</span>."<br />
<br />
But as she spoke this time, the sharp corners of the mailbox pulled back to reveal row after row of gruesome teeth sharp and jagged as broken glass. Two black, evil eyes snapped open.<br />
<br />
"...br-br-br..."<br />
<br />
Now, glowering over her, so close to her face she could see bits of envelopes stuck in its teeth, was the Mailbox Monster. She <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">knew</span> it was real, not just a figment of her imagination! But the victory of being right was short lived as the Mailbox Monster's rancid breath was breathing down into her face; strings of drool dangled from its mouth.<br />
<br />
Quick as a whistle Annalise grabbed what mail she could see in its jaws and darted away down the winding hill. She snuck a look over her shoulder to see if the Mailbox Monster was behind her. Close on her heels was the metalic horror that haunted her. Harder and harder she pushed her legs nearly tripping over her own feet.<br />
<br />
She reached the bottom of the hill and started up the second hill. Her legs burned! She could hear the snarling growl of the Mailbox Monster chasing her. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Faster!</span> she chanted to herself. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Faster!</span><br />
<br />
She thought her lungs were going to explode when she finally made it to the top of the hill. The forest wavered in front of her eyes as ink blots formed in her sight. She pushed on.<br />
<br />
Through the forest she dodged around trees hoping to lose the Mailbox Monster. She looked over her shoulder again and it was a little further away. A seed of hope blossomed. Twigs scratched at Annalise's legs and stung her face but she pushed on.<br />
<br />
She was back on the sidewalk and heard the Mailbox Monster close behind her again. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Just a little further</span>, she thought. It was so hard to hold the mail while running for her life. A few envelopes slithered from her fingers and fluttered away behind her. The Mailbox Monster stopped to eat them up. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Yes!</span> she cheered and let go of another envelope to distract the monster.<br />
<br />
Annalise flew around the corner and saw her house in sight. The Mailbox Monster was gaining on her and she only had one envelope left. She couldn't come home without <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">any</span> mail. She had to keep this one. She could feel the hot breath of the monster on her neck. She thought her legs would give out any minute. If only she could just make it up the steps to the house. But the door! The Mailbox Monster would surely eat her as she tried to open the door!<br />
<br />
Good fortune shined on Annalise that day. As she zoomed up the front steps, one of her brothers opened the door. Annalise dove into her brother, grabbing the knob behind her and pulling the door shut. She stood up panting but victorious.<br />
<br />
Her Papa walked in and looked at Annalise with a frown. Between heaving breaths she held up the envelope and said, "Papa! I....I got...the mail!"<br />
<br />
Still frowning, his eyes wandered to the window where <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">surely</span> he must see the Mailbox Monster.<br />
<br />
"Yes, but you forgot the newspaper."<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Mailbox Monster</span><br />
Written by Martin Shorn<br />
Illustrated by <a href="http://kenlamug.com/">Ken Lamug</a><br />
<br />
You can see more of this duo in the upcoming <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">August issue</span> where they take on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Unforgiving Tree</span>. Don't miss it!<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit" style="color: #d62507; text-decoration: none;">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #e06666; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: underline;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; text-decoration: underline;"><br />
</span></div></span></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-50318151733774933272011-07-19T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-20T08:09:01.626-07:00The Devil Can't Help You Here - Mark BoliekDarlinks! Dearestlinks! Poppets!<br />
<br />
Here at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Underneath The Juniper Tree</span> we are open to all sorts of spooky mayhem in all sorts of mediums. <a href="http://www.jmarkboliek.com/">Mark Boliek</a> sent us a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">song</span>, chatz, called "The Devil Can't Help You Here". And it goes along with his <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">book</span>. Is there no end to the creativity? Here is the cover for his book <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Mahogany Door</span> for which the music was written. Look, listen and enjoy.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMTEwODcxMTg4ODEmcHQ9MTMxMTA4NzEyNTI*OSZwPTI3MDgxJmQ9Jmc9MiZvPTM3OTA5OGE*NjliNTRhODRiMDM5/N2YyOWJjM2RjOGYwJm9mPTA=.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jmarkboliek.com/"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0glkXgrH5lGndgg2lIEQwKa69PkSPjgyKNaKlIoBBkk7OSLhsNwuUfPolv1U_4JbJA9cmPK91WM8SDx-rf50xPRFhvKmbhFMT5l-cCKa7cdDwurpCnmSnW_7QL5evyhgwE5C2s3h1fUQn/s400/mahoganydoorbookcover.jpg" width="302" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><img border="0" height="0" src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMTEwODc5MjIwMDgmcHQ9MTMxMTA4NzkyNjI1NSZwPTI3MDgxJmQ9Jmc9MiZvPTM3OTA5OGE*NjliNTRhODRiMDM5/N2YyOWJjM2RjOGYwJm9mPTA=.gif" style="height: 0px; visibility: hidden; width: 0px;" width="0" /><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="500" width="600"><param name="movie" value="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/40/pro_widget.swf?id=artist_1235682&skin_id=PWAS1002&border_color=000000"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param><param name="quality" value="best"></param><embed src="http://cache.reverbnation.com/widgets/swf/40/pro_widget.swf?id=artist_1235682&skin_id=PWAS1002&border_color=000000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowNetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="opaque" quality="best" width="600" height="500" FlashVars="gig_lt=1311087922008&gig_pt=1311087926255&gig_g=2"></embed> <param name="FlashVars" value="gig_lt=1311087922008&gig_pt=1311087926255&gig_g=2" /></object></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Be our fiendish friend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Underneath-The-Juniper-Tree/205816152785730">Facebook</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Follow our terribly terrific </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">tête-à-tête on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuniperTreeLit">Twitter</a> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><br />
</span></div></span></span></span>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-15622618885245538392011-07-17T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-20T08:04:56.120-07:00Sunday Poetry: Dirty Donald - Dawn Pisturino & Jason Smith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzQ2iYVdJMmASPWLbw5EB1J77Ql1taNNfIC9cHQ7SnULUXqAUtEe4QWb27htZIfOhvrcArjFierQg94fgSaytjDcjT8xvCbFj8GhswVHlopF_n2sLKozh5msHNLz2WMaU9qSwHqhrct3_/s1600/DIRTY+DONALD_Ill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzQ2iYVdJMmASPWLbw5EB1J77Ql1taNNfIC9cHQ7SnULUXqAUtEe4QWb27htZIfOhvrcArjFierQg94fgSaytjDcjT8xvCbFj8GhswVHlopF_n2sLKozh5msHNLz2WMaU9qSwHqhrct3_/s640/DIRTY+DONALD_Ill.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Dirty Donald!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">His hair, full of lice,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Grows down to his shoulders,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">A haven for mice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">His teeth are all rotten,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Mildewed and black,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">His tongue is so long,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">He could pass for a yak.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">His breath stinks of corpses<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Dug fresh from their graves,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">A delicate morsel<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">He constantly craves.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">He glares at the ravens,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Surrounding his head,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">With murderous eyes,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Pronouncing them dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Then yanks out their feathers<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">And nibbles their toes,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Lining them up<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">In neat little rows.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">His clothes are so tattered,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">The buzzards all say,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">“What a fine looking fellow!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">Let’s eat <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">him</i> today!”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Dirty Donald</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Written by <a href="http://www.wix.com/cha919/dawnpisturino">Dawn Pisturino</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Illustrated by <a href="http://www.jsmithillustration.weebly.com/">Jason Smith</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Would you like to see your limerick or poem up on Sunday Poetry? Email it to us at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">junipertreelit@gmail.com</span> and put "Sunday Poetry" in the subject line.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-size: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #540000;">July issue</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-10894392164238014532011-07-16T14:00:00.000-07:002011-07-16T14:00:00.218-07:00The Man from Brazil - Dawn Pisturino<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_zgVzqF980Xfz5sVmYG9f2GoUPG3GX94pxVasqg91tvQpJbLSMjIBiNUcpLV-9Bf3_GIkB6HpbqxfUJS2PU3L3jaG75ltjrsJnDzRvZq9p2Bm495xPci5_i_bjx5f4vOhwYbutUSxpgc/s1600/OldManBrazil_DawnPisturino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_zgVzqF980Xfz5sVmYG9f2GoUPG3GX94pxVasqg91tvQpJbLSMjIBiNUcpLV-9Bf3_GIkB6HpbqxfUJS2PU3L3jaG75ltjrsJnDzRvZq9p2Bm495xPci5_i_bjx5f4vOhwYbutUSxpgc/s640/OldManBrazil_DawnPisturino.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Man From Brazil</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by <a href="http://www.wix.com/cha919/dawnpisturino">Dawn Pisturino</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-size: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <span style="color: #540000;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;">July issue</a></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #540000; font-size: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #660000; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-color: transparent; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: transparent; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285015216239221578.post-54805964574687989742011-07-16T06:00:00.000-07:002011-07-16T07:05:39.797-07:00Choose Your Own Mystery - One Week To Go!Just a friendly reminder for all you writerly artisticals out there:<br />
<br />
ONE WEEK LEFT for the <a href="http://underneaththejunipertree.blogspot.com/2011/07/edward-gorey-challenge-chapter-2-winner.html">Choose Your Own Mystery Challenge</a>!!!!<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">I get to munch one toe for every day that your submission is late.</span></span><br />
<br />
That's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">right</span>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Deadline is Saturday, July 23</span>. Don't be late! Winners will be announced on Monday, July 25.<br />
<br />
Good luck all you deviously daring drumlets.<br />
<br />
And come back later today to read <a href="http://www.wix.com/cha919/dawnpisturino">Dawn Pisturino's</a> lively limerick <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The Man From Brazil. </span>You might want to be sitting when you read it.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;">Don't forget to check out our <a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/59100985?access_key=key-oga114f5wpxeeme93y0" style="color: #660000; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #540000;">July issue</span></a>.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #535252; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s1600/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlKUSuwi9-eRz5orKgRb2HY_q0qdtTTCMX3ltdiH7khJNvNRlRLhQUrx5-FvMHA1Tx8s1AAsQRJ-H1PFL2U_Yhz0J43Hi50fCJ-TSrElUmC9iIeqgjOFKKkx4xeJBd7I3JZTTUhwQV1Xq/s320/Blog_Signature_MT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Marjorie Merlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05728010374442527831noreply@blogger.com0