Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “eco”

~ John W. Howell

 

Stream of Consciousness

Yes, you read the headline correctly. This weeks prompt is “eco.” Linda Hill advises that we go find a word the begins with eco or has eco in it. If you would like to grow your own set of hives and want to join this group visit Linda’s blog and read how. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2018/01/05/the-friday-reminder-for-socs-jusjojan-daily-prompt-jan-6th-2018/

Eco by John W. Howell © 2018

“so what did she say?”

“That we need to come up with words that start with eco or have eco in them.”

“Not too tough. I can think of ten right off the top of my head.”

“Yeah right. I can’t think of one. Wait. Economy.”

“Wow, you are a regular linguist.”

“Can you do better?”

“Humm how about economic, ecotourism, ecospecies, ecosystems, ecospheres, economised, economise, economized?”

“Okay pretty good. Where did you get those?”

“Looked em up on Google.”

“NO FAIR. You are cheating.”

“Okay, so you want to fail the prompt?”

“Well. no.”

“Go ahead. look up words that have eco in them.”

“I don’t feel right about that.”

“Go ahead you whimp.”

“Okay. Yikes. Antieconomic, arecoline, arecoline, arecolines, autecological, autecologies, autecology.”

“Have any idea what those words mean?”

“Not a clue.”

“Doesn’t matter. Our job is done.”

“What are you talking about? We haven’t done anything.”

“We completed the prompt and did economically.”

“But not with what I would consider proper decorum.”

“The speed is what you can reconcile.”

“I won’t accept that for a millisecond.”

“Hold your precoded principles and lose the prompt.”

“Okay, you win. I will recode to win.”

“Recodification is next to godliness.”

“Right.”

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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.

29 thoughts on “Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “eco””

  5. This was fun, John. You started with the obvious or easily discovered, and then you surprised us with the hidden “eco” words. That must be worth some extra Brownie points. Have a fabulous day. 😀

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  12. Super silly, but super cute too… Somehow I always feel like I’m listening to Rowan & Martin when I read these posts though. 😉

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