Tag Archives: Circumstances of Childhood
Views of the Neighborhood – Oil Spill
When it rains it pours they say. On October 19th a barge filled with crude oil had an explosion three miles off the Port Aransas coast. The picture above was taken by the Coast Guard. Before the fire and resultant leakage of oil were contained approximately 2000 barrels out of the 133,000 barrels on board leaked […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “shortcut/cut short.”
It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again. This week’s prompt is “shortcut/cut short.” Linda hill says we can use them anyway we want. If you would like to join in go to Linda’s blog and read how. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2017/11/03/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-nov-417/ Shortcut/cut short by John W. Howell © 2017 “I’m taking a shortcut through […]
Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF
Friday is here and it sure feels good. I’m sure we all could use a little break from the work week. Of course, for those of you who tend to write on the weekends there isn’t a break in work but hopefully a break in routine. I tend to keep going on the weekends as […]
Thursday – A Little Personal – Stella Time
“Hi, John.” “Well, Hi, Stella. What you up to today?” “Nothing much. I just wanted to check and see what you were doing.” “I’m putting a finishing touch on a story for tomorrow.” “Isn’t tomorrow the Thursday post, A Little personal?” “It sure is.” “Doing a feature on the canines?” “No. It is all about […]
Wednesday Story Day – AKA – Hump Day
It is Wednesday Story Day again. Last week we got an earful from the private eye who explained that for some reason Sheriff Gibson tampered with some evidence to keep Alice from being arrested for cocaine possession. The question was,”Why would he help his ex-wife get out of trouble. The PI said he had […]
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #146
Using Keith’s words. “Using this photo 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 keith@channing.info before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is where […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do in Your Halloween Costume.
The inspiration for this list was seeing a guy out in public in a Halloween costume. It struck me that he was unaware of the stares and reaction of those around him. Hope you enjoy. 10 If you are in your Halloween costume, do not go into the bank to make a withdrawal. If you […]
Views of the Neighborhood – Halloween
We had a cold front move in for Halloween. My photos this week show islanders bundled up like they are in Alaska. This weekend had two Halloween events pictured here. The first is the annual sand pumpkin carving event. The second is the Trunk or Treat event held in the park. I hope you like them. […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “which/witch/wich.”
Which day is today? Stream of Consciousness Saturday of course. Today’s prompt is “which/witch/wich. Linda Hill also has some informative words. “Start your post with the word “which” and try to fit the word “witch” in somewhere if you can. Bonus points if you use a word that ends in “wich.” As an added […]
Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF
Friday is here and time to look forward to the weekend. The week has been busy with the editing of the latest book titled The Contract. A story of two souls who must venture to Earth to stop a catastrophic event that is threatening the viability of the planet. They will have no memory of […]
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