Tag Archives: The Contract with Gwen Plano
Top Ten Things Not to Do Reaching the South Pole for the First Time with Roald Amundsen in 1911
This week marks the 109th anniversary of explorer Roald Amundsen’s successful mission to be the first to reach the South Pole. Although it might be a might chilly, we should go there and experience what it is like. Let’s be sure to take a list of the things not to do to prevent a tear […]
Views of the Neighborhood – Twelve Days Of Christmas in Lights
Thanks for joining the tour of the Twelve Days of Christmas in lights. The City of Lakeway has installed these lights in different locations around the city. They then published a list of clues as to where the lights are located. Since the Producer and I have already scouted out the locations, we will just […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt Mini/Maxi
It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again, and here comes Linda Hill carrying a big and little box. I’ll bet she has a surprise for us as far as a prompt goes. “Hi, Linda. What’s in the boxes?” “It’s the Holiday, John. It needs to be a surprise. Put these under the tree […]
Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF
Here we are on another Friday. My goodness, how the time gets away. Not much is going on. I am busy collecting the photos for the next two Views of the Neighborhood. All is going well except for some technical problems with the subjects themselves. If they are not solved, I’ll just run the […]
Welcome to Gwen Plano and Her Latest Book, The Culmination, a new beginning.
Thank you, John, for inviting me to your blog to help launch The Culmination, a new beginning. The book is now public on Amazon, and I’m super excited. To celebrate, the Kindle edition is on sale at 99¢ through December. So, what’s the book about? The Culmination can best be described as a military thriller. […]
Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Lucy Undecided
“It’s a beautiful day, Little One. Patio time or chase the ball time?” “Boy. Both good choices.” “Where d’you go?” “I can hardly hear you. I’m checking out the ball field.” “If it were my choice I’d do patio, Lucy.” “But it is so nice. The temperature is perfect for ball chasing.” “You know we […]
Wednesday Story Day – AKA – Hump Day
It is Wednesday Story Time again, and last week, we took a little breather. Pricilla and Jerry Stennis, Lazar’s lawyer, had a little conversation, which resulted in Stennis wanting to stay with Lazar until Carolyn’s status is known. After their discussion, Pricilla left to talk to her FBI counterpart. I see she is […]
Tuesday – A Little Personal – Kreative Kue # 292 by Keith Channing
In Keith’s words. “Using this photo (below)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 keithchanning@gmail.com before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do at the Completion of the Washington Monument in 1884
This week marks the 136th anniversary of the completion of the Washington Monument. The Washington Monument was started on July 4th, 1832, and because of money shortfalls and the Civil War wasn’t completed until December 6th, 1884. So it isn’t any wonder that we should go and see the last piece of the construction put […]
Views of the Neighborhood – Car Show and Holiday Bazaar
I indicated that The Producer and I would be donning our hazmat suits to attend the Views outing this week. There were several requests for a photo of that occurrence. The most sincere came from Luanne Castle, the talented poet. So here it is, and thanks to Luanne. There were also request’s for next week’s […]
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