Nice to have Friday come around. This week has been quite wet. We have had rain on and off since last Saturday. I’m not complaining since this definitely helps our drought situation immensely. We have been on water restrictions for about a year and even with this train we will probably remain. On Tuesday, I got a flash flood warning on my cell phone, and it brought to mind how sometimes there is too much of a good thing. I think those who would experience a flash flood might think such a thing is fairly ironic. Today’s JohnKu (a term coined by Words4jp) deals with the subject of too much of a good thing. I hope you like it.
Too much by John W. Howell ©2015
Parched land, pray for rain,
The sky opens with bounty. . .
Drowning everything.
Published by John W. Howell
I have been working in business for over forty years and now have the time to work in special areas of interest. My passion has always been to create compelling stories of fiction. I have authored six novels and am working on my Seventh. The first novel is still in manuscript form and being utilized as a door stop in the laundry room. The second is a contemporary fiction novel of 89,000 words and is complete and I am currently seeking a publisher. I also write poetry but have not had the guts to share any with anyone. The one time I read a piece to a person their only comment was, “it doesn’t rhyme.” I will continue to write and hopefully my blog, Fiction Favorites at www.johnwhowell.com will provide some entertainment and an interesting thought or two.
I live in the Austin area with my wife Molly and an assortment of loving pets.
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Hopefully the waters stayed where they belong.
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Yes. My phone has been doing the Klaxon flood warning alert, but so far so good.
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That’s scary… Hugs.
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That’s really a tough one. Rain is good, but too much is destructive. Hope you don’t need a boat to get around.
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Still on high (40 ft above sea level) ground
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Good one, John! That haiku applies to California as well, given their drought situation.
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Thanks Marie. I used to live there too. I guess i like dry.
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LOL, isn’t that the way it goes… It was rainy all week in DC. But this morning the sun came out for Friday. TGIF. Hugs.
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Aw nice. We are still under the clouds.
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We’ve had so much rain and snow here in NE, I think we need a ‘sun’ text warning: FLASH FLASH SUN SHOWING FACE FOR FIRST TIME IN !0 DAYS!! (something like that). 🙂
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LOL.
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Like the Johnku. Living in London I know all about rain. Hopefully you will enjoy a water restriction free summer. It is never good for the garden when you can’t get the hose out. We seem to have a lot of drought warnings/water restrictions over here in the summer, this despite the fact it seems to rain half of the time.
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We should be having lots of rain here because it’s April, however, not too much this year.
I believe your JohnKu has captured the dilemma of too much rain. On the other hand, I could say be careful what you wish for. 😀
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Always. I couch every wish
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Have a wonderful weekend, John.
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You as well Tess
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It has been clear and sunny in Ca.
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Of course it has.
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CA could certainly use some of that rain!
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