Author Archives: John W. Howell
Wednesday Story Day – AKA Hump Day
It is Wednesday Story Day, and last week, we heard Cortez say he would throw out a body an hour until his safe passage to the airport demand is met. He gave our team an hour before the first body. That at least gave Larry and company some time to figure out a move. […]
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #318 by Keith Channing
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 […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do When Taking Family Photos
This post was originally run on March 30, 2015. I hope you enjoy it again or if you haven’t seen it, I hope you enjoy it now. Summertime is photo time. Also, I am at Story Empire today talking about writing motivation killers. Please join me if you wish. Here’s the link. Do come […]
Views of the Neighborhood – Search for Color
Today we are going to go out and search for color. Because of the deer population here in Lakeway, blooms are very near and dear to our hearts. Most do not survive the deer munchies. Finding color then is serious business. Lucky for us, we do have Crape Myrtles, which add substantially to the visual […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt Up/Down
I just got up and went to the window to see what all the chirping was about. I looked out on the back lawn, and there was a box sitting in the middle of the yard. There must have been a hundred birds all jumping up and down and all around the box. I […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA TGIF
Another Friday is upon us, and it does seem like the week passed quickly. Well, I hope that is a good thing for you. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, it is nice to get to the weekend. But, on the other hand, at my age, to feel the weeks fly […]
Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy Fight the Heat
“I don’t know, Twiggy. Looks pretty hot.” “Hey, Dad. What’s the temperature.” “Um, let’s see. Right now, it is 95 degrees Fahrenheit which is 35 degrees Celcius. You want a feels like temperature on that?” “Thanks, Dad. I think 95 feels hot enough.” “Tell you what, Little one. I’m not going to making any sudden […]
Wednesday Story Day – AKA – Hump Day
It is Wednesday Story Day again, and last week we all showed up at the house where we think the Cortez crowd and the hostages are holed up. As Mike was trying to get a megaphone from his car trunk, he was shot. Good thing Andrew is a doctor. Larry picked up the megaphone and […]
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue # 317 by Keith Channing
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 […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do if You Get a Honey-Do List
This post originally ran on June 22, 2016. honey-do lists never go out of style. The inspiration for this list has been several years of being the recipient of lists of things that needed fixing. I hope you enjoy it. Top Ten Things Not to Do if You Get a Honey Do List 10 […]
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