“All grown up: When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?” Here’s a Freudian slip for you: when I first typed the writing prompt above, I wrote ‘last’ instead of ‘first’. Which maybe tells you that I don’t feel ‘grown up’ very often. Close advisers have told me that…
“No thanks: is there a place in the world you never want to visit? Where, and why not?” Thank you, ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’; a chance for a list is always welcome. I can think of plenty of places I’ve never been to that I never want to visit. And there are at least…
Today’s instalment of ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’ tells us to write a post about the first thought we had when we woke up this morning. Well, I’m not going to do that – mainly because I can’t remember what it was – but it has prompted me to revisit something that has been sitting…
“…Are you living happily ever after?…” How appropriate that today’s ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’ should be on this particular topic. Because today is a significant birthday for Sugar Magnolia. She is eighteen again, of course. Just as she was back in 1972, when this tongue-tied, but already besotted, scruff plucked up the courage to ask…
“Undo: If you could uninvent something, what would it be?” Many thanks to the latest ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’ for this opportunity to have a good, old-fashioned, grumpy old man rant. What would I uninvent? Oh, so many things if I only could. Unfortunately, I have to assume that people cannot be included, so…
“Mentor: Have you ever had a mentor? What was the greatest lesson you learned from him?” Ah, yes. We have already established that lack of moral fibre made me choose to take Economics A Level, rather than English. That choice has undoubtedly led to a conclusion vastly different than what otherwise could have been. Absolutely…
“Shoulda, woulda, coulda: Tell us about something you know you should do….but don’t.” Truth is, there are many things I know I should do, but don’t – or at least not in the most timely fashion. I reckon I could have prevaricated for England – but I just never seemed to get round to it. My…
“All about you: Explain why you chose your blog’s title and what does it mean to you?” A fair enough question for this latest of ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’, but the problem is that it’s based on a joke and if you have to explain a joke then somehow it’s just not funny any…
Right. Now that I’ve got your attention, it’s time to look at the latest WordPress ‘365 Days of Writing Prompts’: “Karma chameleon: Reincarnation. Do you believe in it?” Well, it’s a straight question and it deserves a straight answer. No. Not reincarnation. Not vampires. Not werewolves. Not alien abduction. Not even the tooth fairy. Now,…
“Call me, maybe. Describe your relationship with your phone. Is it your life-line, a buzzing nuisance or something in between?” I’ve never been a great fan of voice communication, and perhaps least of all by means of a telephonic device. As a child I was so cripplingly shy that to make an outgoing call was…
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