I am honored to be nominated by Guy Portman for the Versatile Blogger Award. Although I technically don’t qualify for this award since I’m not new to blogging, I did want to acknowledge that I am honored to be thought of by Guy as versatile. Guy Portman is the author of two interesting books Necropolis and […]

    Stream of Consciousness Saturday again. This week’s prompt is Pat/Pet/Pit/Pot/Put, and the writer can use all or part of them. If you want to join, the torture fun go here and read up on the rules: http://lindaghill.com/2015/03/13/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-march-1415/   Pat/Pet/Pit/Pot/Put by John W. Howell © 2015 “So what are we doing today?” “I just […]

Well the sun finally came out and with it a few spring breakers. This year the spring break season started a week ago, but the weather was so bad no one showed up. Here is a picture of the beach I took last Saturday. Normally during spring break there would be mobs of people. Nest […]

Thursday is the time for me to post some things about myself or my surroundings and today I thought I would give you an idea of some of the watering holes around our town. The residents describe our city as a drinking village with a fishing problem. This tour will give you some idea of […]

  Wednesday Story day is here and last week we left our trio in a bit of a fix. Billy was taken into custody while he was letting the hostages go free. Ms. Sutter has recommended that Frank lay down his gun and walk out to face the police with her. Frank, of course, thinks […]

I get a little lonely on Tuesday. This and Sunday are the two days of the week I have nothing planned to post. Since I’m a slave to writing this leaves a small pent-up place that needs relief. I think a good thing to do is to discuss anything that is relevant to the time. […]

This list is a result of the  last Saturdays Home Owner Association Annual meeting held in our community. Ten Things Not to do While Attending a Home Owners Association Annual Meeting 10 If you are attending an HOA meeting, do not challenge everyone who disagrees with your point to go outside and settle things. If […]

    Today is the seventh day of the Traci Sanders It’s Reining Men Tour. This will be my last day  but there are three more male authors she will be hosting for the remainder of the month. Today I posted a short story which I call Last night. This story is the opening of […]

  Today is the sixth day of Traci Sanders’ It’s Reining Men Tour. I am over there pontificating about the six things a writer should know. These were learned by me through the efficient and time-honored tradition of Trial & Error. (Tongue in cheek) Visit if you can Traci has authored a number of books, […]

    Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt is “Go” which can be used in any manner the writer chooses. If you would like to learn more visit Linda Hill at  http://lindaghill.com/2015/03/06/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-march-715/ Here is my interpretation of “Go.” Hope you like it. Go by John W. Howell “Where does this one go?” “I think it will […]