wildflowers hide
in a tiny valley
between granite slabs.
Tiny Valley [Haiku]
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DAILY PHOTO: Main River from the Holbeinsteg
PROMPT: Historical Event
Daily writing prompt
If you could go back and witness any historical event, which one would you pick?
I’d like to go back to see the death of Julius Caesar to learn if his final words were truly, “Et tu, Brute” or the more likely, “Oww! Stop stabbing me already!” (Vah! Noli me amplius vulnerare.)
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Bright, if Withered [Haiku]
withered daisies
approach season’s end,
but retain charm.
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DAILY PHOTO: Tikal Temple Two
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PROMPT: Had to Get a Tattoo
Daily writing prompt
If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be and why?
Uh, the only instance of which I’m aware that anybody has ever “had to get a tattoo right now” was in Nazi concentration camps (and the like,) and they were not given a choice of subject matter. As I can’t imagine the scenario in which I had no say in having something etched on my body, but I could choose what was depicted, I don’t think it’s a meaningful question.
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A Duck in Winter [Haiku]
a duck preens at river's edge;
unruffled by the dreary winter vibe.
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DAILY PHOTO: A Winter Day in Budapest
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DAILY PHOTO: Trees & Prayer Flags, Dubdi Monastery
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PROMPT: Cultural Tradition
I like Groundhog Day because it’s a beautiful reminder that any old pudgy rodent is as good as the smartest human / computer combination at making forecasts about the future. More than Thanksgiving, it’s the holiday that forces some humility upon us.
