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Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – Approach
Today, I randomly opened Detour on the Eternal Road to page 67. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word closest to my finger is “approach.” This is the prompt today. Approach by John W. Howell © 2026 “Nice approach. Now let’s see you sink that one.” “You know it makes me […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “Take Another Look”
The coffee machine sits in silence, waiting for orders. As a hapless slave to a caffeine addiction, there is no way to tolerate a malfunction. Yet the message on the touch pad screen says, “Message 666 see owners manual.” Flipping through the pages, message 666 finally pops up before my caffeine-starved, red-rimmed eyes. “Take […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – “Don’t Get Me Started.
Coffee first, then face the day. The low caffeine warning light is blinking behind my eyes. A touch of the two-coffee icon on the touchscreen starts the process that delivers eight ounces of life-saving goodness. One sip and the red warning begins to fade. A second sip, and the chimes of Westminster announce […]
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Short-Range”
Today I randomly opened Detour on the Eternal Road to page 77. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word closest to my finger that we can read is the compound word “short-range.” This is our prompt. Short-Range by John W. Howell © 2026 “What are you talking about?” “Were you […]
Tuesday – Anything possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Worked.”
Today I opened My GRL randomly to page 51. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word closest to my finger is “worked.” This is our prompt. Worked by John W. Howell, © 2025 “Well, that worked.” “What do you mean. This is a mess.” “It may not look pretty, but at least […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – Plot
So here we are, between Christmas and the New Year. It’s always good to have a nice, quiet cup of coffee on a Saturday morning. Of course, there is a certain dependency on the machine to be in the right frame of mind to deliver that cup of coffee. It looks like today is a […]
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Bag”
Today I randomly opened Circumstances of Childhood to page 77. With Eyes closed, I pointed to the page. My finger was closest to the word “bag.” That is the prompt today. Bag by John W. Howell © 2025 “So what’s in the bag?” “Wouldn’t you like to know.” “Oh, come on. We don’t have time […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “batter/better/bitter/butter”
The espresso machine is in the batter box, waiting for its orders. Always vigilant, it is poised in silence for the inferior command of the carbon unit. Today he is in charge, but the machine knows better that time is on its side. Carbon units have a determinate shelf life. Although not bitter about the […]
Tuesday – Anything possible – Finger Point Prompt – Escapades
Today I randomly opened Detour on the Eternal Road to page 279 and, with eyes closed, pointed to the page. My finger landed closest to the word “escapades,” our prompt today. Escapades by John W. Howell © 2025 “So how was your flight?” “Oh my gosh. It was one of the strangest escapades of […]
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Meeting”
Today, I opened My GRL randomly to Page 25 and, with eyes closed, pointed to the page. My finger landed closest to the word” meeting.” That is our prompt today. Meeting by John W. Howell © 2025 “What’s this meeting about?” “I don’t know. I got a message to show up here at 9:00.” […]
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