Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “Bake”

~ John W. Howell

A picture of a string with drops of water- the logo for SoCS

With a cup of coffee, one can conquer the world. Or so it would seem. My machine is being very kind to me and producing the best of the best. After half a cup, the alarm comes to mind. Taking one last safty excursion to December 16, 1923. Notwithstanding all the advice last week from my dear friend the safe road is it. I certainly don’t want to bake my time travel cake half way.

The clock is set to December 16th 1923 ,7:00 PM, and the duration is set to two hours. The scene is a darkened theater and the movie Our Hospitality is playing. It stars Buster Keaton and is one of the most popular. The audience loves it  and can’t seem to get enough. Also appearong is the movie is Natalie Talmadge, Joe Keaton, and Joe Roberts. It is very strange to be in a movie with people smoking. The screen gets harder to see as the movie finishes.

Moving to the lobby there is a  poster for the movie playing next.

Slow as Lighting is playing next. It stars Kenneth MacDonald, Billy ‘Red’ Jones, Edna Pennington, Gordon Sackville. Not a title that is familar to me.

The alarm goes off and I land back on the couch. I receive a text from Linda Hill. It says Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “bake.” Use it as a noun or a verb, use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

If you want to see what other bloggers do with the prompt visit Linda’s post. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2023/12/15/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-dec-16-2023/

Bake by John W. Howell © 2023.

“Well I see your 100 year deal continues.”

“Yeah well I sure don’t want to make a mistake.”

“Okay I get that. Do you want me to go with you on the next?”

“Nice of you to offer but that isn’t necessary.”

“Why not. I would love to bake time travel into my experience cake.”

” think we would be falling over each other and then there’s the issue of the time continuum.”

“What’s that.”

“Something that we can’t disturb.”

“Like I would.”

“I’m just saying that anyone who would order a leaf vaccum for an Uber ride is capable of tearing the time continuum.”

“I thought it was aneat ride.”

“See. My point exactly.”

“This diascussion leads me to want a VooDoo Ranger.”

“Can’t wait to see wht you ordered from Uber.”

“It has plenty of room.”

“So does a cattle car. Can’t wait to see what you have.”

“There it is.”

Photo by Dan Antion

“OMG.”

“It’s all decked out for the holidays.”

“Who are those people on there?”

“Carolers. They are going to sing some carols.”

“Is there hay on the wagon to keep us warm and hot chocolate.”

“No on both. We are after VooDoo Rangers not flavored lactose.”

“Well, still woud have been nice.”

“Come on. You a Ranger or a wimp?”

“Just glad I brought a coat we are not exactly going to bake in the sun in that thing.”

“I hope you are happy to get that prompt off your chest.”

“Very. Lets go.”

 

 

 

72 thoughts on “Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “Bake””

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  6. That is a cool ride, especially if we get snow and outfit it with skis. Get that thing going over the hills and through the woods to grandmothers house we’ll go, with a couple big Voodoo Rangers under our belts. Well, maybe that’s a half-baked idea.

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  8. That looks like a fun ride, time continuum or not. When I was in grade school, a century ago, hayrides were popular. Of course, I lived in the middle of farmland, where hay (alfalfa) was the dominant crop. 😉

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      1. That’s terrific! I’m so glad! What I was able to figure out was that something had changed where my theme’s comment box was in use instead of Jetpack’s. I’m hoping it stays worked out. LOL

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  25. This half baked post reminds me tonight at midnight is the weekly Silent Film on TCM.
    Crazy, but it’s been a long time since smoking was allowed in the theatres. I don’t remember.

    Nice horse drawn holiday wagon you got there.
    Seems like an uber Uber Ranger to me.
    Really, it ties right in with the VooDoo!
    🐴X 🐴X 🐴X 🐴X

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