DAILY PHOTO: Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers

Center: the monastery’s church
Barn: now a museum, a predecessor where it stood was the monks’ living quarters.
Inside the museum; a display describing a day in the life of a monk.
Outside the church

PROMPT: Explore

What’s the best way to explore a new city?

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On foot, with few objectives locked in, and with a willingness to adjust to opportunity.

In other words, you should never be so obsessed with what a place once was that you miss that it still is — i.e. jumping around from ruin to ruin and never interacting with living natives.

DAILY PHOTO: Palace of Culture Rafaél Uribe 

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Photograph taken across Botero Plaza of the Palace of Culture Rafaél Uribe in Medellin, Colombia.

DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Shopfront in Guatapé

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Photograph of a colorful shop front with cherry blossoms and striped doors in Guatapé, Colombia.

PROMPT: Genie

The genie grants you a wish. What is it?

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Oh no, I read the myth of Midas, I’m not falling for that one.

DAILY PHOTO: Church of Santo Domingo, Cartagena

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Photograph of the Claustro De Santo Domingo in Cartagena, Colombia, catching the early morning sunlight.

PROMPT: Side-Hustle

What are your favorite side-hustle ideas?

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E-exorcist: the profession of those who come to the house of one who is possessed by electronic devices and dunks all the household’s screens in unholy water.

That one may need workshopping.

American Beautyberry [Haiku]

Beautyberries,
dense clusters of fuchsia,
lure hungry birds.

Autumn Shadows [Haiku]

autumn long shadows
of a tuft of tall grass
etch rocky ground.

DAILY PHOTO: Santuario Nuestra Señora del Carmen

Photograph of a side-view of Santuario Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Bogota, Colombia.
Photograph of the front of Santuario Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Bogota, Colombia.