TGIF Friday – JohnKu

July 25, 2014 · by John W. Howell · in Haiku, TGIF, Uncategorized · 29 Comments

Another week of hard labor has been put to bed (after the next eight or so hours) and it is time to celebrate. As you read this I am in the San Francisco area attending the Passages Book Store Mystery Writers conference. This year’s faculty is pretty impressive. There is John Lescroart, Anne Perry, Valerie Plame Isabel Allende to name a few. Of course, through the miracle of WP scheduling this Friday JohnKu (a term coined by Words4JP) is still being published as it should on Friday. This week’s JohnKu deals with the subject of learning (which I hope I will be doing).

To Learn by John W. Howell copyright 2014

Knowledge does not thrive,

Cultivating is required . . .

Otherwise, it dies.

Tags: author, books, John W. Howell Author, My GRL, TGIF, thriller fiction

29 comments

Charles Yallowitz · July 25, 2014 - 6:40 am ·

Just like a garden. Have fun at the conference.

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 8:15 am ·
  
  Thanks
  
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1WriteWay · July 25, 2014 - 6:43 am ·

Wonderful, John! And, oh, I envy you! I’d love to be in SF right now, and attending a writing conference would be icing 😉 Have a great time!

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 8:16 am ·
  
  Thanks Marie. it is really great. I used to live here and it’s like a trip home.
  
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  1. 1WriteWay · July 25, 2014 - 10:49 am ·
    
    We did, too, long time ago. Ninth & Irving (Sunset District). We recently learned that our favorite pizza restaurant, Villa Romana, closed this week. We used to go there every Friday night. It was such a tradition that one of the waiters would put in our pizza order as soon as he saw us at the door :). Few places like that anymore …
    
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    1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 3:02 pm ·
      
      That’s for sure. Really miss those kinds of places
      
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alexischiuling · July 25, 2014 - 7:26 am ·

Lovely! And enjoy the conference, will you be writing about it?

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 8:17 am ·
  
  I think there will be some gems to discuss, so yes I will. Thanks
  
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Let's CUT the Crap! · July 25, 2014 - 8:08 am ·

Sigh. Enjoy the conference. Awesome.

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 8:17 am ·
  
  Thank you.
  
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  1. Let's CUT the Crap! · July 25, 2014 - 10:34 pm ·
    
    😀
    
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    1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 11:41 pm ·
      
      Thank you for the 😀
      
      On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Fiction Favorites wrote:
      
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    2. Let's CUT the Crap! · July 27, 2014 - 11:01 am ·
      
      My pleasure. 😉
      
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thewanderingempath · July 25, 2014 - 8:16 am ·

This wonderful and much needed on this Friday!!! 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend.

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 8:22 am ·
  
  Thank you so much.
  
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Kevin Brennan · July 25, 2014 - 8:54 am ·

Have a great time at the conference, John. Sorry it’s so hot out here right now!

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 9:00 am ·
  
  Texas boys can take it.
  
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words4jp · July 25, 2014 - 9:57 am ·

This reminds me of – if you don’t use it, you loose it – phrase I use to repeat to my personal training clients and students. But the same can be said about the mind….. Plus you cannot grow a healthy crop of corn unless you cultivate it:)

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 12:58 pm ·
  
  Thank you. I think this is a good observation. 😎
  
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drapersmeadow4 · July 25, 2014 - 11:27 am ·

Short, sweet and oh so true! San Francisco AND a writer’s conference…jealous, very jealous! Enjoy! ~Karen~

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 3:08 pm ·
  
  Thank you so much
  
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Andra Watkins · July 25, 2014 - 11:28 am ·

Hope you learn tons, John.

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 3:09 pm ·
  
  I have tons to learn
  
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guyportman · July 25, 2014 - 12:40 pm ·

An erudite JohnKu as always. The San Francisco writers conference sounds like fun. Have a great time.

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 3:09 pm ·
  
  Thanks Guy
  
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Phillip McCollum · July 25, 2014 - 3:54 pm ·

Enjoy your time in the Golden City, John! May you come home wiser and happier.

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1. John W. Howell · July 25, 2014 - 6:16 pm ·
  
  Thank you for the good wishes Phillip.
  
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imlookingforallthe.info · July 26, 2014 - 5:14 am ·

I couldn’t refrain from commenting. Perfectly written!

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1. John W. Howell · July 26, 2014 - 9:05 am ·
  
  You made me smile wide with this comment. Thank you.
  
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