‘wE cAn’T giVe a PaYRise duE to iNflAtIOn’

… Is the message that we hear a lot of lately. What I see and hear is an excuse, and a smokescreen from the CEOs who pay themselves outrageous bonuses. Take this example from Twitter: The video is astonishing. Ms Owen is receiving a bonus worth more than what many of her employees combined could […]

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Writing Prompts: Which Aspects Make a Person Unique?

Which aspects do you think makes a person unique? Some of the prompts generated by WordPress are quite tricky, and this is no exception. How do you define unique? Is it based upon appearance? Social interests? Personality quirks? A combination of all three? Surely it’s a combo of all three, and probably a lot more […]

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The Meerkat Muse – 19th April 23

The Weather Let’s get this over and done with shall we (and I mean that in more ways than one). The weather can best be described as ‘erratic’. Over the Easter Weekend there was a lot of rain, but also bursts of bright blue sky, and the sunshine this meerkat craves. The sun’s light and […]

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Writing Prompts: Something Most People Don’t Understand

What’s something most people don’t understand? I would wager there are many, many subjects that fall beyond the understanding of most people. Advanced theoretical physics is probably on the list. An in-depth understanding of chemistry, biology, economics, geology… the list is endless. I’d hazard a guess that history is another highly misunderstood field. I’ll confess […]

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Writing Prompts: England’s Football Nadir

Whilst I am loathe to suggest that England’s footballing fortunes have dramatically improved (and I seriously doubt they will win a major tournament any time soon), when one pauses to look at arguably the lowest point of the 21st Century, it might be suggested that some progress has been made. It was the summer of […]

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Writing Prompts: Lucid Dreaming

It is said that many people will experience lucid dreaming over the course of their lives. To have a lucid dream is to be aware that you’re dreaming, and this has a number of appealing elements. If having a nightmare, you can lift yourself out of it by either making yourself wake up, or fighting […]

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Writing Prompts: Jean Gordon

You may be wondering who Jean Gordon is. Well, she was born in 1670, in or around the small village of Kirk Yelthom in Scotland, near the English border. Around 1695 she married Patrick Faa, who was part of a tribe of gypsies who roamed around Scotland. Patrick Faa was said to be the first […]

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Writing Prompts: Travel Nightmares

Once again, I am seeking inspiration from past posts, and this one goes back to an entry from 2017. In fact, it relates to a post I made not only here at Meerkat Musings, but on another site, The Nudge Wink Report. The original post recounts a terrifying tale of a train journey one October […]

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Writing Prompts: 69

No, it’s not that, so don’t go there. I decided to take a random number (ahem), find the relevant post, and post about it. It turns out the 69th post on Meerkat Musings was about Nintendo, and why I love Nintendo. Except, the post was merely to direct people to the page on the subject […]

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

It’s been a little over six years since Breath of the Wild landed on the Wii U and Nintendo Switch. The Wii U’s swansong and the Switch’s opening bow was a glorious masterpiece, an epic experience, and it reinvigorated the Zelda franchise by restoring it to its wonderful open-world roots. It’s been around four years […]

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