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Views of the Neighborhood – Garage Sale

Yesterday was the Port Aransas city-wide Garage sale sponsored by Help Keep Port Aransas Beautiful an organization dedicated to maintaining Port Aransas as an attractive community. The idea is to repurpose items and help keep unwanted items out of the landfill. The event included private homes as well as a central sale at the Community Center. […]

Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “Ham.”

  It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday and time for another prompt from Linda Hill. This week’s prompt is “ham.” Yeah, you read that right. “ham.” The good news is Linda says we can use the word any way we want. Now let me think of the ways to use ham. Right now I’m thinking […]

Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF

Looks like we made it. Well, another eight hours will tell the tale. What’re eight hours anyway?  We did forty-eight before today, so this will be a snap. (Unless you are hanging by a frayed rope over the Grand Canyon) Interesting week. I had to get another proof for My GRL. It seemed when I […]

Chasing Bedlam by Charles Yallowitz – New Release.

Return to the Shattered States for a tale of love between a woman & her jeep! Lloyd and Cassidy’s last adventure was to honor a life. This time they are out to end one. It was a normal, violent mission to Texas that should have had nothing more than beer-induced hiccups. That is until an old […]

Thursday – A Little Personal – Mystery Thriller Week Activities – Facebook Chat with John W. Howell

There are a number of activities taking place for Mystery Thriller Week.  Here is the link for a listing of today’s events. You can also use this link going forward on all events from now until February 22.  https://mysterythrillerweek.com/online-calendar-of-events/ I will be leading a discussion on Facebook. The subject will be Character Participation in Story […]

Wednesday Story Day – AKA Hump Day

  It’s Wednesday Story Day time again. Last week we thought we were going to have a little excitement between Alice and Lucas. They arrived at Lucas’s place, and just when there might have been something happening, Alice got a phone call. She had to rush off but not before we all learned Lucas is […]

Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #110 by Keith Channing

Keith explains this prompt i n his own words. “Using this photo (below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; and either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithkreates@channing.fr before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time […]

Top Ten Things Not to Do When Texting

The inspiration for this list came to me when I inadvertently sent a text to the wrong person. Lucky there was nothing in the text that might be embarrassing but caused my fiction mind to go into overdrive. I hope you enjoy it. Top Ten Things Not to Do When Texting 10 When texting, do not […]

Views of the Neighborhood

  This week saw the annual Animal Rehabilitation Keep sale and auction. This event is always well received since the items offered for sale are those that have washed up on the beach throughout the year. It is hard to believe that these items were at one time floating in the Gulf. Just looking at […]

Saturday Stream of Consciousness – Prompt “So/Sow/Sew

  So that you understand the nature of what is going on here, I have to quote Linda Hill on this week’s prompt. “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “so/sow/sew.” Use one, use ’em all, use ’em any way you’d like. Bonus points if you start and end with any of them. […]