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,…
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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,…
Muse on Monday – May 29, 2023
Happy Monday and Happy Memorial Day if you’re in the United States. I’m back from my trip now, so this is the last photo prompt from my trip. This is an elevator button from a hostel where I stayed. It seems like it has a lot of possibilities for a story. Let me know if…
Muse on Monday – May 22, 2023
I hope you’re having a good week. Below is the photo prompt for this week, which is from Sorrento, Italy. Sorrento is a city of different levels, with different ways to get between them, although only at limited points. A good inspiration for a story. Story Prompt: May 22, 2023 Write a story based on…
Muse on Monday – May 15, 2023
I’ll be traveling for the next few weeks, so the story prompts will be interesting photos that I take along the way. For this week, here is one from my last trip, in Vietnam. Story Prompt: May 15, 2023 Write a story based on this picture. If you want to share your story, you can…
Muse on Monday – May 8, 2023
I have always loved learning languages, partially for the challenge of it, but also to get to learn about other cultures and people. It’s because of this that language barriers show up in my writing quite a bit. The advantage to having a language barrier in a story, either total or partial, is that not…
Muse on Monday – May 1, 2023
Happy May 1 and happy Labor Day if you’re in a country that celebrates it today. For everyone else, just welcome to a brand-new month. I’ll be traveling this month for the first time in a while, so I decided to use a picture I took on my last trip for the photo prompt this…
Muse on Monday – April 24, 2023
Do you think nature is kind or cruel? It’s both, of course, although in stories it is often cruel, or fickle at best. Nature makes a good antagonist in a story with no human bad guys, whether it is a location like a desert or the open ocean, an event like a hurricane or a…
Muse on Monday – April 17, 2023
In my job, I sometimes pick up newly-arrived international students at the airport. It’s fascinating to be able to view your own town through their eyes where everything is new and exotic. It’s also a great opportunity to learn about other cultures and how things are different. This meeting of different cultures and different worlds…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 