It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday again and this week’s prompt is “flower/flour. Linda Hill says we can use one or both but in any case “have fun.” I think I can do that. If you would like to join in go to Linda’s blog and read how easy it is. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2018/09/21/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-sept-22-18/
Flower/flour by John W. Howell © 2018
“I wonder if you know the difference?”
“What difference?”
“Between flower power and flour power.”
“Sound the same to me.”
“F-l-o-w-e-r power and f-l-o-u-r power.”
“Oh. I’m guessing you have been up the hill to see Linda.”
“Well, there is a prompt going on today.”
“Let me guess. Flower and flour.”
“Right on.”
“Hmmm. A phrase out of the sixties.”
“Which should give you a hint on flower power.”
“I really don’t need a hint. I remember studying the sixties protests very well.”
“So what was flower power?”
“It was not a what but a symbol to end the madness. Folks used the flower as a metaphor for peace. Allen Ginsberg the poet coined the term in 1965 as a symbol for peaceful affirmative action to end the war in Vietnam.”
“My goodness. I didn’t know all that. So what is flour power?”
“Something you made up?”
“Yeah, I did.”
“You tell me what it means.”
“I think it stands for all those cooks out there who make wonderful things to eat out of flour.”
“Okay, so I would say the difference is flower power stands for a movement and flour power stands for skill in baking.”
“Couldn’t have said it better myself.”
“Wish you had.”
“Had what?”
“Said it yourself. You and these prompts will be the end of me someday.”
“Oh come on. You always get engaged.”
“But never married.”
“We still talking about the prompts?”
Cover: Circumstances of Childhood
