Tuesday-Anything Possible-Kreative Kue #167

~ John W. Howell

In Keith’s words. “Using this photo (Below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; even just a caption for the photograph. Either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithchanning@gmail.com before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is where I live, this link will tell you). If you post it on your own blog or site, a link to this page would be appreciated, but please do also mention it in a comment here – pingbacks don’t often work.

Go on. You know you want to. Let your creativity and imagination soar. I shall display the entries, with links to your own blog or web site, next Monday.”

The photo

Kreative Kue #167

The Walk by John W. Howell © 2018

“What did you do?”

“Me? Nothing.”

“Where did all this steam come from?”

“How do I know? I was just taking a picture of that crawly thing when it came up from the grate. Wait. Don’t walk on it.”

“I wasn’t going to walk on it. I wanted to see if it is hot.”

“With your foot?”

“I don’t want to stick my hand in it.”

“Get back away. Of course, it’s hot.”

“How do you know?”

“I can feel the heat from here.”

“What crawly thing were you taking a picture of?”

“You didn’t see it?”

“No what did it look like?”

“Sorta like a centipede.”

“Ew. I’m glad I didn’t see it. Where is it now?”

“It jumped into the grate just before the steam came out.”

“Where do you think it went?”

“I’m sure I don’t know, but I’ll tell you one thing.”

“What’s that?”

“Where ever it went I’m sure it is dead. That must be a thousand degrees down there.”

“Should we be worried?”

“About what?”

“I don’t know. Maybe an earthquake or volcano?”

“Oh please. This is a little disturbance is all. Nothing ever happens like that here.”

“That’s a relief. How about some lunch?”

“I heard they have a great place around the corner.”

“Where did you hear that?”

“I bought a guidebook.”

“Let me see it.”

“Okay, here on page 45 starts the list of the top restaurants in Pompeii.”

“You feel that?”

“Whoa, I sure did.”

63 thoughts on “Tuesday-Anything Possible-Kreative Kue #167”

    1. Check out Keith’s explanation, “The picture was taken at the entrance to Vulcania theme park in the area of the dormant chain of volcanos in France’s Central Massif. ” Thanks, Ray.

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  4. Very good, John. I love the way you twist us around on these. Checking the heat with his foot reminds me of so many stupid things…but let’s not go there.

    Have a great day!

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  5. I think the man might be saying, “I don’t think you’re going to have the same effect as Marilyn Monroe did standing over the grate, Mildred – but go ahead and give it a go!”

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  14. Lol…that is the one place we didn’t visit in Italy that I wanted to. Great take on pic but of course, now I’m curious about this steam….

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    1. Keith sent me this. “The picture was taken at the entrance to Vulcania theme park in the area of the dormant chain of volcanos in France’s Central Massif” Might be worth a visit as well.

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  17. You’re so good at this! Okay, silly question of the day: if the chain of volcanos are dormant in France’s Central Massif, why is the volcano still producing steam? A (runner-up to the first silly question of the day: do dormant volcanos normally produce steam? If dormant volcanos do normally produce steam, that makes me pretty dumb re France’s Central Massif! AND, I don’t like being dumb! SO, just stop it! (I could go on, good John, but this is your blog! But, then, you know that!

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    1. I would hope Keith would weigh in. I have no idea of the steam quotient on a volcano. You are always welcome to comment as much as you wish on my blog. You know that. 😀

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  18. HEY, I got cut off! I didn’t get to leave my, ), and my trademark, ♥! (Thanks for putting up with me, JW, I get ‘stir crazy’ a lot!) One more HEY, I thought a mastiff was ‘a dog of a large, strong breed with drooping ears and pendulous lips’… Aw, heck, I’m just a ‘rambling man’! Always, rambling! Julie Anne’s picking up the phone — I’m scared she might be calling those ‘green people’! Nah, she just handed me the phone: “Talk to your son, Billy Ray, and give that poor man some space!” Uh-oh, she’s unplugg…… ♥

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