Monthly Archives: October 2016
Ten Things Not to Do on Halloween
I’m pretty sure I don’t have to explain the inspiration for this list. Since today is Halloween, it is pretty obvious. Yes, there are some things on this list that I have done, but I’ll let you figure out which ones. Ten Things Not to Do on Halloween 10 On Halloween, do not […]
Views of the Neighborhood
Now that we are close to Halloween, I want to bring you in on a contest that has been running for the month of October. Tracy Davis Shaw, the owner of Sirena Outfitters here in Port Aransas, came up with an idea to have a Scarecrow contest. A number of merchants and town’s people joined […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “in/out”
Today is Saturday and time for another stream of consciousness. Today’s prompt is “in/out.” If you would like to figure this whole thing out, please go to Linda Hill’s site and read all about it. Here is the link. The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Oct. 29/16 In/Out by John W. Howell © 2106 “How […]
Friday – JohnKu – AKA TGIF
The work week is drawing to a close. I don’t know about you but this week seemed pretty calm all things considered. Maybe it was the lack of debate drama but things were at a reasonable pace. I finally got into some serious editing of my next book titled Circumstances of Childhood. It is a […]
Thursday – A Little Personal – Peggy Update
It has been a while since I gave you an update on Peggy the Heron. First of all here is a photo of Peggy taken by my wife in our backyard. She is happy and healthy. Here is another taken on a walk on Monday morning. The sunrise made everything a golden color. As you can […]
Wednesday Story Day – AKA – Hump Day
It is Wednesday Story Time again and this week’s story is brought to you by John Fioravanti and his terrific blog. http://fiorabooks.com where John has an inspirational message for us all. Last week Ralph Worthe hung up on the hostage negotiator and the negotiator fearing for those inside the house asked for permission to […]
I’m out
I’m out. Of money, that is. It’s official. I went to the grocery store today to pick up some essentials and I got the dreaded “Insufficient Funds” screen on the debit machine. Though it’s killing me to do so, I’d like to ask a favour. If you haven’t already, please buy my book. If you…
Tuesday – Any Thing Possible – Kreative Kue #97 by Keith Channing
I am so glad Keith Channing is back from India. In his own words. “Using this photo (Below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; and either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithkreates@channing.fr before 6pm next Sunday (if you […]
Ten Things Not to Do When Your Significant Other is Out of Town
The inspiration for this list was a traveling spouse two weeks ago. She was visiting the youngest for an extended weekend. I say the inspiration was her visit, nothing in this list pertains to me. Ahem. Ten Things Not to Do When Your Significant Other is Out of Town 10 If your significant other is […]
Views of the Neighborhood
Last weekend was the Harvest Moon Regatta which is a race from Galveston to Port Aransas. Here is some info on the race itself. This is taken from the Harvest Moon Regatta website which you can visit here. The Harvest Moon Regatta ®steadily grew from the 17 yachts of 1987 (The first year) to over […]
Fiction Favorites 