Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Turning”

~ John W. Howell

 

Today, I randomly opened Detour on the Eternal Road to page 247 and then, with my eyes closed, pointed to the page. The word closest to my finger is turning. This is our prompt.

Turning by John W. Howell, © 2025

“I see the leaves are turning.”

“Yeah, that means we need to get busy.”

“Busy? Doing what?”

“We must prepare for winter.”

“I’m still a little foggy. What do you mean?”

“When the snows come, we will have to be prepared to stay warm and cozy.’

“Okay. We are warm and cozy now.”

“Yeah, when the temperature is warm, we are.”

“You mean it doesn’t stay this way all the time?”

“Are you having memory issues?”

“I don’t think so.”

“You don’t remember the ice and cold from last year?”

“You know me. I’m a one day at a time kind of person. Of course, I remember. I just don’t want to think about it right now. Let’s go swimming.”

“Did you ever hear the story of the grasshopper and the ants?”

“Tell me.”

“The grasshopper played and played and, too late, found himself with no food and shelter when it got cold.”

“Okay. What about the ants?”

“They had prepared for winter and then took the grasshopper in and saved him.”

“So the point of the story is to be more like the ants.”

“You are pretty sharp, grasshopper.”

“What do we have to do?”

“Gather nuts and put them in the tree.”

“Hey. I already buried a ton.”

“Good luck finding them when the snow is a foot deep.”

“Yeah, good point. Okay, I’ll start getting the nuts into the tree. Are we squirrels the only ones doing this?”

“No. Everybody does it. Well, except for the birds who take off and the humans.”

“What do the humans do?”

“Watch football and drink beer.”

“Sounds productive.”

“You can never accuse a human of being productive.”

68 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Turning””

  1. Haha! At first I thought it was ants, tilll, of course, the ants/grasshopper story was told. I’ve done some preparing for winter myself all weekend. Nicely done, sir!

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  20. I really enjoy your creativity and the way you share your prompts very inspiring! You seem like a really nice person. Would you be open to connecting through Instagram, Facebook, Google Chat, or WhatsApp?

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