Friday at last. The weather has been so cold and miserable the days drag by. I know everyone is having a similar bout of lousy stuff this week. My only salvation is there is no snow. The rain has been pretty steady for a couple of days and at least the driving isn’t […]

    Wednesday Story day is here. Last week we found Billy and Frank inside the bank ready to do the job. All of a sudden Billy needed to use the restroom. Obviously Frank lost it and told everyone in the bank to get on the floor totally ignoring Billy’s needs. Let’s join the pair […]

    This week’s list was inspired by reading some Amazon reviews recently. As writers, we always think of Amazon reviews in terms of books. There is a whole other world out there so this includes other categories as well as books. I hope you enjoy. Ten Things Not to do When Writing an Amazon […]

  Steam of Consciousness Saturday is upon us again. This week’s prompt is “opposite” and can be taken in any direction. If you would like to know more about SoCS visit Linda Hill at http://lindaghill.com/2015/01/09/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-january-1015/ Here is my Interpretation of opposite. Hope you enjoy. Opposite by John W. Howell ©2015 “I said to take the […]

    Friday again and I must say after the holiday last week this Friday seemed to take forever to get here. I don’t think it is my imagination since for whatever reason I really did only work three days last week. I took off New Year’s day to watch the Baylor Bears lose to […]

    Wednesday is story day as we all know by now. Last week we left Billy and Frank outside the bank and they were just about to go in and Frank detected that Billy wasn’t fully focused on the task. This week will be different. They are actually going to go through the doors. […]

    This list was inspired by standing in line at Wal-Mart to return a screwdriver that broke. I know, why would I buy a screwdriver at Wal-Mart? Long story. Let’s just say it was an emergency purchase that did not go well. I hope you enjoy the list. Top Ten Things Not to do […]

  Stream of consciousness Saturday time again. This week’s prompt is “t” which can be used as a start of a word or included in a word. If you would like to know more go here: http://lindaghill.com/2015/01/02/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-january-315/  You may even want to join in. My contribution to ‘t” is as follows: Tea by John W. […]

  Friday is here and the best of the year is behind us. 2015 is now a reality and hopefully it will bear the fruit of the promise which we have set out as resolutions. Since this is day two of the New Year, it will be interesting to see how many of the resolutions made […]

  Wednesday story day again. Last week we left Billy and Frank out in front of the bank they were to hold up. Unfortunately, they arrived a couple of minutes after three o’clock on Christmas Eve and the bank was closed. This week picks up after Christmas is over and Frank and Billy once again […]