Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF

~ John W. Howell

Friday the 13th

 

Hard to believe it is Friday once again. (The Thirteenth at that ) This has been one of those weeks that fly for me. I tried to take stock of where I spent my time this week. What did not come up was any time spent on my WIP. Most of my WIP time was spent working on projects around the house. The biggest of these was installing eleven outside lanterns. The hurricane took all our lighting fixtures to the next county. The job entailed removing the old hardware and lamp anchoring bracket, (The thing that you attach the lamp to on the side of the house) installing a new anchoring bracket, and then the lamps. I was very fortunate that I had a voltage detector since I tested each wire before beginning the installation. Only once was the wire active, but had I touched it to metal there would have been a sinus-clearing surprise.

I managed to install all of them without getting electrocuted. Here is a before and after of just one of the lamps. By the way, the before shows you that the outside lamp is gone, but you can also see the damage to the paint, door frame, and siding.

New lamp

The new lamp sits on a newly painted and repaired wall. As you can see, the damage from the hurricane is no longer visible since it has been painted away. No one could stand in this spot by the lamp and imagine that once, not too long ago, there was a storm here. In essence, the physical damage no longer exists.

Today’s John Ku talks about how we can be affected by events.

Scars by John W. Howell © 2017

When we are wounded,

There remain some reminders. . .

There’s some we can see.

 

 

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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.

38 thoughts on “Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF”

  1. Congratulations on getting all your outside lanterns back up and the storm damage repaired, John. It looks lovely now. I liked the meme up top. I hadn’t thought about it being Friday the 13th until I read that. 😀 — Suzanne

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  2. Very handsome lantern and great paint job! Your JohnKu is perfect. Scars…some we can see – great line. Have a fantastic weekend… 🙂

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    1. I usually take Friday the 13th as it comes. I have to admit, though, we have had a bunch of ladders leaning against the house and I have avoided walking under them. I can’t find a word for that. :-D. Thanks for the fun, Pam.

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  10. I’m sure you will remember the damage for a long time, John, but you did a great job repairing it. I love that lamp fixture. Is it the same style you had before or did you change it up a bit?

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  11. I really like that lantern, John. I’m glad that things are slowly getting back to normal for you and yours. Happy Friday and Happy Friday the 13th!

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  14. John, I can appreciate not having any time to tend to the WIP. It’s been that kind of week for me, too. Still, sometimes we have to tackle the pressing tasks first, and it looks as if you’ve done a great job here!

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  16. I’d forgotten it was THAT day! 🙂 So glad you’ve got all those pesky Harvey ‘presents’ sorted and looking ship-shape again – the John-ku nailed it though! 😀

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  18. So much truth in this week’s poem… What we can’t see inside or the scar left behind once the “repairs” are done. Great outdoor lights and the idea of touching a live wire as sinus clearing…

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  21. Looks great! Those voltage meters are essential. We tried to get someone to repair or rather replace the fireplace cap that was blown away. Husband finally gave up and did it himself with the aid of Lowe’s in CC. The one in Aransas Pass won’t be open until late November. Hurricane Harvey really tested those houses out on the Island. Glad your place held strong!

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