Friday JohnKu – AKA TGIF

May 8, 2015May 7, 2015 ~ John W. Howell ~ 33 Comments

Lovely Friday again. It has been a busy week. Among other events, I went to a poetry reading and tossed out a couple of short stories to an audience of four. Almost made me laugh that in a town of four thousand there are four people who are interested in the written arts. Two of the four were fellow writers so it was a fun night and brought to mind the idea that no matter how small the group writers will still read. The poor souls who were the only civilians in the audience had a good time as well. At least they laughed in the right places and clicked their thumbs when it was over. The reading took place beside a marina overlooking some beautiful boats, and I would call the scene peaceful. All in all, I didn’t care about the quantity of the audience it was the quality that mattered. Today’s JohnKu (a term coined by Words4jp) talks about quality. Hope you like it.

Quantity is good,

Until something needs fixing. . .

Quality shines through.

Friday JohnKu -AKA – TGIF

April 24, 2015April 23, 2015 ~ John W. Howell ~ 20 Comments

Friday again. Seems just like it was Friday a short while ago but of course I’m not getting up and hitting the outside world. I don’t have to struggle to get to work and when there struggle with co-workers and well-meaning (I’m sure) bosses. Time becomes a relative thing since I don’t have a clock that needs attention. The only thing scheduled in a typical day that serves to get me out of bed is potty and breakfast for the dogs and pacifying for the cats at 6:30 AM. The rest of the day is pretty much on the pet schedule. Let’s see there is beach walk at 8:30 followed yard sun bath at 12:30. Then there is brushy at 3:15 and another beach walk at 4:00. This routine demands dog dinner at 5:00, the yard at 6:30 and final potty call at 9:30.

Come to think about it, I am a slave to the pets and my schedule looks every bit as complex as when I worked in organized commerce. Today’s JohnKu (a term coined by Words4jp) talks about life’s schedule.

Beating the deadline,

Receives high praise, compliments . . .

Till the product fails.

Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF

April 17, 2015April 14, 2015 ~ John W. Howell ~ 19 Comments

Nice to have Friday come around. This week has been quite wet. We have had rain on and off since last Saturday. I’m not complaining since this definitely helps our drought situation immensely. We have been on water restrictions for about a year and even with this train we will probably remain. On Tuesday, I got a flash flood warning on my cell phone, and it brought to mind how sometimes there is too much of a good thing. I think those who would experience a flash flood might think such a thing is fairly ironic. Today’s JohnKu (a term coined by Words4jp) deals with the subject of too much of a good thing. I hope you like it.

Parched land, pray for rain,

The sky opens with bounty. . .

Drowning everything.

Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF

March 27, 2015March 23, 2015 ~ John W. Howell ~ 21 Comments

Finally, the good weather is here for us locals. It is still forecasted to rain over the weekend, but the week has been fabulous. The beach is vacant, and you can move around in town. We will venture out to our favorite places again and enjoy the surroundings. The next big deal will be Memorial Day, and hopefully this little curse I bought from the medicine man will continue to serve up inclement weather over that holiday as well. Today’s JohnKu (a term coined by Words4jp) is about home and what it means.

Always welcome there,

Bringing burdens and troubles. . .

Eased, refreshed now go.

Friday JohnKu – AKA- TGIF

March 13, 2015March 10, 2015 ~ John W. Howell ~ 27 Comments

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 week I will post a picture of the same stretch of beach and I am predicting there will be a big change.

Today’s JohnKu (a term coined by Words4jp) talks about the quiet before the storm.

Sound of nothing now,

Changes with time and season. . .

Quiet driven out.

TGIF – AKA JohnKu Friday

March 6, 2015March 4, 2015 ~ John W. Howell ~ 23 Comments

Friday is, here again, which means it is JohnKu (a termed coined by Words4jp) Friday or as most of the world knows is the day we thank God for its arrival. Yes, good old TGIF. This week has been pretty quick.

I am still averaging one thousand words a day on my Work in Process. I am currently at 69,500 words and I fully expect it to reach 92,000 when complete. So if all works well, I should be finished in twenty-four more days. That means at the end of March. Okay let’s just draw a line in the sand and say it will be so. This book is totally off what I would consider my normal track. In fact, right now I can quite pin the genre. It is a Mystery but not the classic who done it. It has some Thriller aspects but only a couple of twists. It has a lot of scope like a Literary piece, and it has some paranormal occurrences. Since I’m not planning this book to be published by my current publisher, I might just let a group of Bata readers give me some suggestions.

I do know I’m enjoying the hell out of writing it and so who knows its future. Today’s JohnKu is about making up one’s mind. I hope you like it.

A decision now,

Or else the world will collapse . . .

May be good to wait.

Oscar Sunday HaiKu

February 22, 2015September 20, 2021 ~ John W. Howell ~ 27 Comments

Thought I would send this out even though I don’t typically post on Sunday. Had to get it out of my head though. If you enjoy the Oscars, this is your night. For others not so much.

Broadcast starts all fun,

Parade of Hollywood stars. . .

Hard to stay awake.

Friday JohnKu – AKA TGIF -Tuesday Early Publish

February 17, 2015September 20, 2021 ~ John W. Howell ~ 18 Comments

It was bound to happen. My WP schedule had the wrong date. Sorry about that. No, it is not Friday and I hope you didn’t get confused. I know I did.

Friday is here and I know my real life job working friends are glad it is here. We have had some unusual weather here this week. The weekend was terrific with temps in the high 70’s and then Monday showed up with a cold front in the afternoon. We more or less got used to the warm and for the rest of the week had to remember it is still winter. Hopefully, the weekend will be a little better. I know the complaints from the south fall on the under ten feet of snow North and East deaf ears. Just thought you should all know us thin bloods are having a crappy winter as well. This week’s John Ku (a term coined by Words4jp) talks about comparison others and how some may think others are better off. I hope you like it.

Others have more fun,

Or at least it seems that way. . .

Till we wear their shoes.

Friday TGIF – AKA JohnKu

February 6, 2015January 31, 2015 ~ John W. Howell ~ 24 Comments

This has been a busy week. Here in South Texas we are beginning to feel the spring weather move in. We get some wild fluctuations in temperatures from the day to the nighttime, but this is normal for the spring. We are always glad to see the daytime temperatures move into the seventies. This is the forecast for the weekend so we will hope it comes true. Today’s JohnKu (a term coined by Words4jp) is a reflection of anticipating the spring. Hope you like it.

Comes in lion-like,

Settles like an elephant. . .

Becomes a soft lamb.

Friday – TGIF JohnKu

January 16, 2015September 20, 2021 ~ John W. Howell ~ 30 Comments

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 affected, unlike the northern areas. I guess we should expect this kind of treatment in mid-January, but it doesn’t make it any more acceptable. Is anyone having nice weather? Let us know about it so we can either be extremely jealous or happy to hear good thoughts. Today’s JohnKu (a term coined by Words 4jp) talks about the weather. Hope you like it.

January’s here,

To some it’s a big surprise. . .

Snow, ice, bitter cold.