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Writer and Artist: I’m a writer of non-fiction, memoir, creative fiction, short stories, blogs, poems and plays. I’m pleased to announce my first book was published August 2021, a memoir titled ‘I Heard The Alps Call His Name. My second book was published in June 2024, ‘Across the Pond, Torn Between Two Worlds, the sequel to my first book. www.books2read/across the pond. Artist: I paint Haida and Cree Aboriginal art in abstract, watercolour and oil paintings. Also landscapes, and paintings on natural canvas such as shells, driftwood, and rocks. My inspirations and ideas come from a life filled with drama, and a diverse and difficult childhood, but also full of love; extensive travel, living in different countries and experiencing new and exciting adventures.

Category: Travels With the Crazy Cat Lady

Blogs about the different countries I have travelled to, and lived, telling stories about the life their, it’s people, crazy and funny anecdotes. 1. Portugal

  • Blog 5 Book 2 ‘Crossing The Pond’ by Junebug Jorgensen       

         It’s finally in the works!     The sequel to my first book is being written in baited enthusiasm, penned each day with vigor any writer would be proud to boast of.      Not that it was ever forgotten; at the very least, some stories were started a while ago, even year’s ago.      The…

  • Blog4Travels With The Crazy Cat Lady Carnivals

    Blog 4 Travels With The Crazy Cat Lady Carnival- Portugal Junebug Jorgensen It’s Carnival time!“Are you coming to the carnival in Loule next week?” asked my friend Gerry.“No, I don’t think so, I have too much to do,” I answered, with a hint of trepidation, knowing full well I was in the minority.Carnival season had…

  • Travels With the Crazy Cat Lady ‘Yesterday’   

                                                                                                                                         Junebug Jorgensen     The hit song was born on a trip to Portugal. It was May, 1965, and Paul McCartney had a melody to a song playing in his head, and during the long chauffeured ride from Lisbon to Albufeira, in the Algarve, southern Portugal, with his girlfriend Jane Asher, he scribbled on a…

  • Travels with the Cat Lady 2

    The End of the World   Sagres, Portugal  Junebug Jorgensen     Looking at the deep blue ocean that stretched over the horizon, I came to understand why Sagres, Portugal was believed to be the end of the world. “Do you know that for thousands of year’s people thought sea monsters lived just over the horizon, and the…