I am always thrilled to have a visit from Lisa Burton. As you may know, she is the robot spokesperson for Craig Boyack, the very talented author of a new release titled The Yak Guy Project, as well as, a host of other excellent books. My JohnKu is all about book launches. Book Launch by John […]

  “Hey, Twiggy. What are you doing?” “Oh, Hi Dad. Just trying to find an interesting toy to play with.” “It’s a beautiful day. Why aren’t you outside?” “For one I don’t have prehensile paws. I need help with the door.” “Out you go.” “Lucy, Lucy, Lucy.” “Yes, Twiggy. Good to see you out here.” “What are […]

  It is Wednesday Story Day again, and last week we started a new story. Larry Dunfee, a police detective, went into a fortune-telling establishment in China town. There he met the owner, a fascinating lady by the name of Micki Lee. (of course). Micki told Larry some things that she read in the newspaper […]

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 is […]

  The inspiration for this list is living long enough to experience what happens when things are put off. Not all of these things have occurred but enough to give me the title of Consultant on What Not to Put Off. 10 If you have a number of things going on, do not put off buying […]

From time to time the ARK (Animal Rehabilitation Keep) will release turtles that have been rescued and rehabilitated from injuries. Yesterday was the day. This photo and the next two are courtesy of the ARK since they were much better than the ones I took. Above is a shot from a drone showing the corridor […]

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What Amazon says When a former pro football star and broadcaster, now a Wall Street maven is accused of insider trading, will he be able to prove his innocence and expose those who are guilty? Greg and his boyhood pal dreamed of big success in professional football and then…

  It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again and this weeks prompt is words from on the farm. Here’s the deal. We have to use words that have a farm animal sound in them. For example, sMOOth. There are bonus points for using three or more. If you would like to bend your mind a […]

    Here we are. It is almost the weekend already. I hope your week was a good one and you are looking forward to some well deserved time off. Here at the beach, we have finally settled into some beautiful days. We had some high winds that are as a result of a Northern […]

“So Twiggy. We have a couple of things to show you today.” “Really Lucy? I can’t wait.” “You have to get up and follow me.” “Where we going?” “Oh nowhere. I thought I heard the sound of the UPS truck and wanted to check.” “What’s the UPS truck?” “Remember the FedEx lesson? It’s a truck like […]