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Top Ten Things Not to Do Playing Board Games
The inspiration for this list is the approaching holidays where families all gather around and play a board game or two. I hope you enjoy the list. 10 If you are playing a board game, do not insist on using the same token as last year. If you d, at best, you will be […]
Views of the Neighborhood – Support
This week I thought it would be nice to talk about the support that Port Aransas has been getting from other places around the nation. This week we expect the arrival of a truckload of supplies from Farmington, Minnesota. Farmington residents started a bucket collection in which buckets were filled with donated items. Here is a […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt “Arm”
A day to honor our veterans. I thank you all for your service which has allowed me to participate in and enjoy our country’s freedoms. It is also Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again and this week’s prompt is “Arm.” We are advised to use it or any word that has “arm” in it. If […]
Friday John Ku – AKA TGIF
A cold day here on Mustang Island.The high only fifty-three degrees. Come on you guys. To us fifty-three is a very cold number. Had to put on a long-sleeved polo shirt and denim pants. Been thinking about the Ugg slippers but want to hold off until the highs are in the forties. You know how […]
Thursday – A little Personal – Daylight Savings Time
“Hey, Boss.” “Well, hello Lucy. You look like you have a problem.” “Well, I certainly do. What time is it anyway?” “It is ten minutes after four.” “You aren’t serious? It has to be after five. My stomach is telling me it’s after five.” “OMG. Best tell her about Daylight Savings Time, John.” “Thanks, Stella. I […]
Wednesday Story Day – AKA – Hump Day
It is Wednesday Story Day again and last week we left the lawyer McDonnell and the private detective where the detective made the claim he could clear Lucas from the murder of his parents. Needless to say, McDonnell was taken back as most of us were as well. Unfortunately, we need to leave McDonnell and […]
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #147 by Keith Channing
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 keith@channing.info before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is where […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do in an Apartment
The inspiration for this list came as were spending some hurricane evacuation time in an apartment. I hope you enjoy it. 10 If you are in an apartment, do not drop your weights like the bozos at the gym. If you do, at best the manager will visit At worst, that last set of […]
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 […]
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