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

~ John W. Howell

Today I randomly opened Detour on the Eternal Road to page 177. With my eyes closed, I pointed to the page, and my finger fell closest to the word “business.” This is our prompt.

Business by John W. Howell © 2026

“None of your business.”

“But that is a beautiful catch.”

“Yeah, I know, and where I found it is my business, not yours.”

“Okay. Be that way then.”

“It’s just that if I tell you, word will get out and before I know it all of them will be gone.”

” That is absolutely silly. Why would I share something that you and I need kept secret?”

“It’s the nature of things to want to impress others with what we know.”

“But in this case, we need those food sources to be kept on the down low.”

“I still think I should keep it to myself.”

“I’m really hungry and can’t locate a decent meal.”

“I suppose if you are hungry, that is a different situation.”

“And the fact that I’m your mate should mean something too.”

“Got me there. Okay, the abalone bed is where that pile of rocks lies underwater after the landslide.”

“I know that spot.”

“Of course you do. We met there.”

“We used to slide down that bank.”

“That’s the one.”

“I can’t believe you didn’t trust me.”

“Well, you can now go and get yourself lunch.”

“For an otter, you are certainly a strange one.”

“I guess it’s because I learned a long time ago that trust is fine. Control is better.”

“You are sleeping in the brown kelp tonight.”

47 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Business””

  2. I have to talk to that otter. Abalone is probably in my top 3 foods. If you remember Nicks Seafood Restaurant in downtown Chicago (I think we were there together once), it was available on their menu and I would order every time I went there. Can’t find it anymore and Nicks is gone. That otter better spill the beans or else !!!

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  12. I would hope my wife and I would share our food sources if a similar situation arose, but then again depending on the type of food she might very well deploy the “trust is fine, control is better” strategy, John.😁

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  13. Fantastic entertainment, as always. You are keeping the tension till the last sentence. I always have to guess where i had read it before. Thanks, John! Best wishes, Michael

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