DAILY PHOTO: Monumento Torre del Reloj

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Photograph of the Monumento Torre del Reloj in Cartagena, Colombia.

PROMPT: Self-Care

Daily writing prompt
How do you make time for self-care?

Is “self-care” first-aid done when there’s no one else around? If so, persistent bleeding and fevers above 103 degrees are given privileged positions on my to-do list.

Twins [Haiku]

Photograph of two flowers that look nearly identical. Taken in the Bogota Botanical Gardens.
two flowers
-- side-by-side -- neither
outgrows its neighbor

Lonely Rose [Haiku]

a lonely rose
awaits winter frost:
short, gray day.

DAILY PHOTO: Bogota Street Scene

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Photograph taken in Bogota with skyline and traffic.

PROMPT: Like Home

Daily writing prompt
What’s a place you visited that felt like home?

My bar for a place to feel like home is that I don’t have to think every time about where I will eat or do my laundry. So, I’ve had this a number of times in a number of countries in which I had access to a kitchen(ette) and a washing machine.

DAILY PHOTO: Cazique Zipa

Photograph of the Cazique Zipa, featuring the Monumento Ofrenda del Zipa Tisquesusa in Zipaquira, Colombia.
Photograph of the open space near the train station in Zipaquira, Colombia.
Photograph of a colorful mural painted building next to the Cazique Zipa in Zipaquira, Colombia.

PROMPT: Earlier in Life

Daily writing prompt
What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life?

Simplifying… and juggling.

DAILY PHOTO: Comuna 13

Photograph taken in Comuna 13 featuring large bust sculpture and an overview of part of Medellin.
Photograph near the primary entryway into Comuna 13.
Photograph of a pretty girl with heterochromia in Medellin's Comuna 13. The neighborhood, once famous for its crime and hidden guerrillas is now famous for its art.
Photograph of a mural map of Comuna 13.
Photograph looking up the hill on which Comuna 13 is located.

PROMPT: Fictional Animal

Daily writing prompt
If you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion (like a Pokémon or fantasy pet), what would it be?

None of the fictional animals I’m aware of (e.g. Dragons, Minotaur, Hydras, Werewolves, Fu-Lions, etc.) would make good “lifelong companions” as they would not be conducive to a life that was long. Perhaps the kind of foxes one sees in Chinese and Japanese folklore, though those relationships also usually end poorly (not to mention being weirdly sexual.)