Author Archives: John W. Howell
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Planet”
Today I randomly opened Eternal Road – The final stop to page 201. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page, and the word nearest my finger was planet. Planet is our prompt today. Planet by John W. Howell © 2025 “What planet are you on?” “Whatya mean?” “I mean, are you crazy?” “What makes […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do at a Corporate Team Building Event
This post was published on October 20, 2014. Since corporation are still holding these events it might be useful. Top Ten Things Not to Do at a Corporate Team Building Event 10 If your company is having a team building event, do not think your team relationships will last. If you do, at best, […]
Views of the Neighborhood – Lakeway Farmer’s Market
Today, we are going to check out the Lakeway Farmers Market, which is a once-a-week happening during the summer. We are catered by Acre 41 of Austin. Our entertainment is Annie Ross Menu Eggs Your Way – bacon or sausage, breakfast potatoes, toast Spinach & Mushroom Egg White Omelet – havarti, breakfast potatoes, toast Smoked […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “Plug”
My need for a direct infusion of caffeine was met with a cold, dark touchscreen on the coffee machine. Puzzled, the haze-filled investigation began. Hitting reset-no help. Checking the line trip – no help. Calling the electric company – no help. Sitting on hold at the manufacturer – no help. Finally, speaking with a customer […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA -TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News
Today’s good news story comes from the TCD newsletter and was sent to me by Noelle Granger Experimental farm uses innovative method to save over a billion gallons of water: ‘If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere’ Rick Kazmer A cutting-edge farming technique being implemented on an experimental ranch in Arizona’s […]
A Beautiful Review of Detour on the Eternal Road by Teri Polen
You may know Teri Polen for her Bad Moon Rising feature each October. You undoubtedly know that she is an accomplished author of Young Adult Novels. Today, she has posted a beautiful review of Detour on the Eternal Road. I don’t normally like to post twice on the same day, but I am so grateful […]
Thursday – A Little Personal – Tempeste takes a dive.
So Tempeste, I’ve put water in the pool. Get in.” “Let me take a look. Is Twiggy coming out?” “Sure, go ahead. It’s just water. No Twiggy, she’d pass.” “That’s okay. More room for me. Let’s see what we have here.” “Well?” “Yup. It’s water for sure. Nice and cool too.” “Do you want a […]
A Message from Me to You
I have been blogging for thirteen years and have loved every minute. I originally started because I needed a platform to showcase my novels. Well, I have published eight of them and must confess that I have seldom used this blog to showcase them. Yes, when a blog tour came up, I focused on […]
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point prompt – Departure
Today, I opened the second book in the Eternal Road series: The Last Drive randomly to page 119 and pointed with my eyes closed. The word closest to my finger is “departure.” This is our prompt today. Departure by John W. Howell © 2025 “Do you have everything?” “I think so.” “Do we need to […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do When You Have Allergies
This post was published on May 12, 2014, and co-authored by Marie Ann Bailey and me. Since allergies don’t seem to go away, I hope you find it useful. Top Ten Things Not to Do When You Have Allergies 10 When you have allergies, do not offer to house sit for friends with […]
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