Tag Archives: John W. Howell Author
Sisters in Crime Blog Hop Tour
I want to thank Marie Ann Bailey for including me in the Sisters in Crime blog hop. The fact that Marie and I are not related by blood has no bearing on the fact that we are still sisters. (Notice I moved the gender direction toward the better looking of the two of us). […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do While Cooking Dinner
Top Ten Things Not to Do While Cooking Dinner This list was inspired by a mishap in the kitchen which was a result of not being fully engaged in the process. I hope you enjoy. 10 If you are cooking dinner do not walk away from that pot of water that refuses to boil. […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt
It is that time again where I have to sit down and write whatever comes out of my head. This week’s Stream of Consciousness Prompt from Linda Hill is to use an ordinal number. As everyone knows who is an English teacher an ordinal number is words representing position or rank in a […]
Friday JohnKu – TGIF
Friday is here again and it is definitely time to lift a margarita. Well, we might have to wait until the day is over. I had an occasion to get a comment on another blog to the effect that I had not offered a margarita to this person when they visited. I need to […]
Wednesday Story Day aka Hump Day
Wednesday story day again. I can’t believe how peaceful it is here at the coast. I was walking on the beach this morning and there was not a person for about as far as the eye can see. The gulls and pelicans are about the only thing moving around. The nice thing also is […]
Occasional Soulmates by Kevin Brennan – Available Today – Review
Kevin Brennan’s new book Occasional Soulmates launches today and I was very pleased to read this wonderful book. Here is my review (I know, I know I usually don’t do reviews on my blog, but this one is too good to pass up. You can get it HERE. Occasional Soulmates by Kevin Brennan is […]
Top Ten Thing Not to Do When having a Garage Sale
Top Ten Things Not to Do When Having a garage Sale. This list was inspired by a recent weekend of visiting a number of garage sales in the search of nautical artifacts that were supposed to be available in different locations. 10 If you have a garage sale, do not stock the inventory […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt- Average
Today’s prompt as determined by Linda Hill is AVERAGE. If you would like to read more about the Stream of Consciousness Saturday yo can go here: http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-september-2014/ The following is my interpretation of the prompt. It is a story titled “So?” So by John W. Howell Copyright 2014 “Hey, Frank what yew up to?” […]
TGIF JohnKu Friday
Friday again. Not sure, but I think this has been one fast week. If seems just yesterday that I did the last Friday post but here it is a whole week later. Makes me wonder where the time goes. I find now my time is pretty well-marked by the number of words written. Of course, […]
Wednesday Story Day – AKA Hump Day
Wednesday story day is here already. Seems like a good thing to have the week more or less zoom by, but we need to remember that life is about the journey, not the destination. Would be a good idea to remind ourselves to live in the moment and make each and every minute count. This […]



















