Writing Prompts: Why I Started Blogging

The answer to this is pretty simple. I started to blog because I had the urge to express myself (you might deem it an itch that needed scratching). I hoped my blog might become big, but it was never the goal. I’ve had a story to tell, experiences to share, witty anecdotes to make, and […]

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The Meerkat Muse – 8/2/23

What’s up peeps? It’s time to return to the weird and whacky world of the Meerkat Muse! Let’s start with familiar territory. Dreams By now, my dreams are clearly the glue that binds these Muses together. I have had a couple of particularly interesting dreams lately. I’ll start with a very meta dream. So, I […]

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Worship and Idols P3

Following on from parts one and two, we have part three of this particular debate/discussion with Citizen Tom, who issued his latest post here. I’ll confess to needing to clarify what we’re meant to be debating, because I am no longer sure, so before I begin to examine his post in detail, I’ll put up […]

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The Worship of Idols P2

Following on from this post of mine, which was a response to Citizen Tom’s post here, Tom has made a couple more posts on the subject, here and here. It is the final post that is of particular interest to me. I left a comment, and Tom responded. My comment is below (minus the link): […]

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Writing Prompts: What’s the funniest thing that’s happened to you in real-life? Write it as a stand-up comedy anecdote with lots of observational humor thrown in

Picture the scene. You have new neighbours, and your parents have invited them round for a drink, in order to get to know them. You though, you have been out with friends, had a few drinks of your own, and let’s say that you’re a bit merry. You come home, still quite merry, and you […]

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Writing Prompts: If you could come back to life as any person, animal or thing, what or who would you be and how would you live your second life?

Hmm. I could easily answer meerkat to the animal idea, but I don’t know if meerkats actually lead easy lives! The obvious animal answers are ‘cat’ and ‘dog’, because the ones I know usually have relaxed, stress-free lives! As for ‘thing’, I don’t think I’d want to come back as an object, so we’ll nix […]

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