Tag Archives: My GRL

#RRBC Spotlight Author Blog Tour with Sara F. Hathaway

I am very pleased to welcome Sara F. Hathaway Rave Reviews Book Club Spotlight Author for this week. You can visit her schedule here. Day After Disaster: A Letter Home To whomever finds this letter, I sit here writing you now, hoping that this letter will be useless. Hopefully I have found my family still […]

Tuesday – Anything possible

I have often mentioned the fact that the city grooms the beach so that  the poor tourists do not get stuck. Although to the casual observer this looks like a good idea there are other problems connected with grading the beach. Among those are the burying of trash and firewood, disturbing the eco-system and making the […]

Sunday – Fifty -Two Views of the Gulf

Here is this week’s photo. As you can see the beach is completely deserted with is a surprise in that these are the last days before school starts. Looks like the beach goers have decided to make it a late day. You can see the marks made by an earth mover. I purposely did not […]

Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “VIS”

  Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again and this week’s prompt is “VIS.” Linda Hill in her graciousness has allowed us to use VIS any way we want. For more information about this painful, exciting prompt go here.  http://lindaghill.com/2015/07/24/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-2515/ Vis by John W. Howell © 2015 All VISITORS MUST CHECK IN said the sign on […]

Friday JohnKu – AKA – Cherished Blogfest Day

As you may be aware a group of excellent Bloggers put together an incredible Blogfest that includes over 128 blogs. The idea is to talk about a cherished item and to link together a number of bloggers who will be describing an item they cherish. The founders  of this idea are Damyanti – Daily (w)rite, Dan […]

Wednesday Story Day – AKA – Hump Day

It is Wednesday story time again. Last week we left Bob and his mother in a pretty dark place. Bob had just threatened to choke his mom and she taunted him with the words, “you don’t have the guts.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t think that was a wise thing to do. […]

Tuesday – Anything Possible

As most of the regulars know I have this annoying habit of taking pictures as I ride my bike and then writing little stories about what I see. The story is usually a piece of flash fiction inspired by the photo. Today is no exception. I saw this little car on the beach and couldn’t […]

Top Ten Thing Not to Do if You Live at a Vacation Destination

This list has been inspired by observing the interaction between vacationers and locals at some vacation destinations in which I have found myself as a resident. Hope you like it. Top Ten Things Not to do If You Live in a Vacation Destination 10 If you live in a vacation destination, do not honk your […]

Sunday Fifty-Two Views of the Gulf

Here is this week’s photo Not too much has changed from last week. There are a few people walking on the beach and enjoying the morning. The morning glories are in bloom and there are a few orange flowers in the foreground. Last week’s photo          

Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt Fly/FLies/Flew/Flu/Flue

  It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday again and this week’s prompt is Fly/Flies/Flew/Flu/Flue. If you would like to participate, visit Linda Hill at http://lindaghill.com/2015/07/17/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-jily-1815/ Here is my interpretation. Fly/Flies/Flew/Flu/Flue by John W. Howell When flies flew down the flue, I could not fly with fly flu.