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About B Gourley

Bernie Gourley is a writer living in Bangalore, India. His poetry collection, Poems of the Introverted Yogi is now available on Amazon. He teaches yoga, with a specialization in pranayama, and holds a RYT500 certification. For most of his adult life, he practiced martial arts, including: Kobudo, Muay Thai, Kalaripayattu, and Taiji. He is a world traveler, having visited more than 40 countries around the globe.

PROMPT: Didn’t Need Sleep

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If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?
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I assume just a little more of all the things I already do, with a substantial amount of that time being spent in rest.

The thought, “If I didn’t have to rest I could do so much more” is one of modern life’s most cancerous modes of thinking.

Didn’t we all learn during the pandemic that when commutes and other travel / in-person time obligations go away, life fluidly swells to fill the void. Like having to learn Zoom, etc.

Life gives no free lunches, learn to live with it.

PROMPT: Pet Peeves

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Name your top three pet peeves.
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In no particular order: farting on the escalator, eating rotisserie chicken during the opera, and the shouting of “fire” during a flash flood.

DAILY PHOTO: Sundown at Lake Hartwell

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Great Blue Heron [Haiku]

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heron alights at water’s edge, 
 becoming a statue.

Land Ho! [Haiku]

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thin strip of land
 thickens the horizon,
  tears to sailors’ eyes.

DAILY PHOTO: Savannah River at Hartwell Dam

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DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Butch Kennedy Trail

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PROMPT: Favorite Animals

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What are your favorite animals?
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Never elevate your opinion of a particular animal above the rest. I used to think quite highly of monkeys, and then one — of the kleptomaniac variety — stole my sunglasses and mocked me from a high tree like a cowardly school bully.

Isn’t it enough to know that all animals are better than people.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake Hartwell

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PROMPT: Beach or Mountains

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Beach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why?
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To me, that is much like asking whether I prefer a hammer or a Phillips head screwdriver. They are different tools for different purposes. Good luck if you love your ballpeen hammer so much that it’s the only tool for you but your problem of the moment is a deeply embedded wood screw.