DAILY PHOTO: Happy Valley Buddhist Temple [a.k.a. Shedup Choepelling Gompa]

Ghostly Pines [Haiku]

foggy mountain:
pine rows become more ghostly,
then vanish entirely.

DAILY PHOTO: The Cloud’s End

Alpine Meadow [Haiku]

cattle graze,
in an alpine meadow,
under giant pines.

DAILY PHOTO: Mussoorie Mountains

DAILY PHOTO: Monsoon Mussoorie

Cloud Magic [Haiku]

clouds retreat,
revealing a new mountain, then...
vanish it again.

DAILY PHOTO: Some Bangalore Murals

PROMPT: Meal Price

What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it?

Probably about $50 USD.

No. Definitely not. I don’t have fancy tastebuds, so all my system can differentiate is how much pride they are taking in putting such scant portions of edible matter on the plate. I do not find pride filling.

PROMPT: 30 Things

List 30 things that make you happy.

1.) Movement; 2.) Learning; 3.) Chocolate Chip Cookies; 4.) Nature; 5.) Travel; 6.) Discovery; 7.) Spontaneity; 8.) Funny Comments; 9.) Music; 10.) Silence; 11.) Harmony; 12.) Freedom; 13.) Seeing Beauty; 14.) Flow; 15.) Transcendence; 16.) Tacos; 17.) Coffee; 18.) Quintessence; 19.) Paper Masala Dosa; 20.) Mushroom; 21.) Thwarting of Convention; 22.) Pad Thai; 23.) Novelty; 24.) Entrancement; 25.) The Unknown; 26.) Reading; 27.) Writing; 28.) Puzzling; 29.) Mango; 30.) Coming To The End Of Meaningless Lists.