Writing Prompts: Direction

What gives you direction in life? The smart-alec answer is ‘a map’. As I suspect the question is metaphorical, my true answer is ‘my loved ones’. I find purpose in my family. My wife, daughter, and all of my family help give me focus. Without them, this meerkat’s ship would be off-course, listless, and probably […]

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Writing Prompts: Consanguineous

So, um, consanguineous. A daunting word to pronounce, let alone spell, but what does it mean? It is a reference to having a common ancestry. In some cases, this is simple. My brother and I obviously share a common ancestry – we’re brothers – but in other cases, the shared bloodline might be obscure. There […]

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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: 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: Tears of Joy

When was the last time I cried happy tears? That’s easy, when my daughter was born. I do sometimes tear up from happy thoughts, and the good emotions of love, but the last time I truly cried from joy was at the birth of my daughter.

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