DAILY PHOTO: View from the Tomb of Saadat Ali Khan

DAILY PHOTO: More Scenes from Muong Hoa Valley

Muong Valley, near Sa Pa, in Northern Vietnam.
Muong Valley, near Sa Pa, in Northern Vietnam. rice terraces.
Muong Valley, near Sa Pa, in Northern Vietnam. clouds.

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Red

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Day Seen Through a Window

PROMPT: Personal Item

Daily writing prompt
Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).

I think it was a sword, back in the days when swordsmanship was among the subjects i studied. But I can say, with some measure of pride, that I really don’t know for sure because I don’t really put much value in owning things and have become ever less interested in possessing more stuff.

When you’re a traveler, they’re all just anchors, and not goods.

Anything expensive I buy better be absolutely essential, have multiple uses, or —ideally— both.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake Clara Meer

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Ginko

DAILY PHOTO: Bateshwar Temple Under a Cloud

DAILY PHOTO: Ujjayanta Palace Gate

DAILY PHOTO: Atop Neermahal, Melaghar