Welcome to the last day of July! It’s also Flag Day in Hawaii. Did you know that Hawaii’s flag is the only one in the US that has a foreign nation’s flag on it (United Kingdom)? It was also the flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii before that was overthrown. For the summer, Muse on…
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Muse on Monday – July 24, 2023
Can you believe that July is almost over? It’s going fast, at least for me. I hope this week goes well for you. Happy Children’s Day in Vanuatu. Part of the mission of this site is connect young people from all countries, large and small, so it would be wonderful to have some submissions from…
Muse on Monday – July 17, 2023
Happy Monday and Happy Independence Day for anyone from Slovakia that might be reading. I hope you have a great day. For the summer, Muse on Monday writing prompts are a combination of a theme and a genre. Last week we had exploration and mystery. Here is the prompt for this week. Story Prompt: July…
Muse on Monday – July 10, 2023
I hope your July is going well and you are happy and healthy. For the summer, the writing prompts for Muse on Monday will be a combination of a theme and a genre. Last week we had rivalry with a genre of adventure. You can read my story based on that tomorrow. Here is this…
Muse on Monday – July 3, 2023
Welcome to July, everyone. For the next two months, we’ll be trying something different for the weekly Muse on Monday prompt. We’ll be pairing a theme with a genre and your task will be to come up with a story that combines those. The other elements, such as the tone, length, setting, etc. are all…
Muse on Monday – June 26, 2023
Think about somewhere you go often. Work is the most common place for me, obviously, but probably the next is Panera since I go there every week to write. That’s a bit big to get to know the people well, but I’ve written at other coffee shops where you get to know everyone there: the…
Muse on Monday – June 19, 2023
Happy Juneteenth to anyone in the United States. Today is the day people remember the end of slavery in the US. One of my hobbies is finding funny and interesting signs, not just street signs but the warning or advisory signs that businesses put up. Sometimes you can tell there is a story behind it,…
Muse on Monday – June 12, 2023
One thing I like do while I’m walking along the road is to imagine that I am actually huge (which I am, relative to ants and such). Suddenly the lawn I walk by is transformed into a jungle. The pavement is a miles-wide desert where monstrous machines appear and then disappear at terrifying speeds. The…
Muse on Monday – June 5, 2023
It may not be officially summer yet and the temperature here today was similar to what it was in March, but it is June, so summer is basically here. That got me thinking of summer blockbusters. There are apparently 11 defining features of a summer blockbuster, according to Fivethirtyeight, but blockbusters tend to be big,…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 