PROMPT: Leader

Daily writing prompt
What makes a good leader?

If people follow you of their own free volition, you are a good leader. You could also be horrible cult guru or self-serving dictator, but people have multiple facets.

DAILY PHOTO: Winter in Big Trees Forest Preserve

Taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia (Atlanta area.)
Big Trees Forest Preserve Trail in Sandy Springs, GA (Atlanta area.)
Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, GA (Atlanta area.)

PROMPT: Uninvent

Daily writing prompt
If you could un-invent something, what would it be?

As nuclear weapons may yet be the death of us all, they would be a sound candidate. But I think it’s utter fantasy to think that a possible technology can be anything more than delayed. Besides, once GAI (general artificial intelligence) starts freeballing it’ll inevitably stumble onto a mode of death that makes the H-bomb look like a caveman’s campfire by comparison.

Winter Forest [Haiku]

Photograph taken in Van de Graaff Park near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
evergreens peek
over the shoulders
of barren hardwoods.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Northport, Alabama

Kentuck Art Center and Festival in Northport, Alabama (near Tuscaloosa.)
Shirley Place, historic building in Northport, Alabama.
Crossroads in Northport, Alabama.
University of Alabama battle cry -- Northport, Alabama.
Alabama Elephant in Northport, Alabama.

PROMPT: Positive Example

Daily writing prompt
Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

I’m not sure I understand the question. I generally associate the feeling of love with positivity, but the wording suggests a contrast to the negative examples of feeling loved.

Also, not sure whether “where” is meant to refer to a part of the body, a city, a region, a country, a room of the house, etc.

Polished Copper [Haiku]

Winter's warm light
on coppery Cyprus leaves
makes a polished glow.

Safety First [Haiku]

Two turtles on a rock surrounded by water.
stony fortress,
moated: turtle stretches neck
out to sniff the air.

DAILY PHOTO: Ship on the Mississippi with New Orleans Skyline

Image

A photograph of a large merchant ship transiting the Mississippi with the New Orleans skyline in the background.

Acorn [Senryū]

A squirrel in New Orleans' City Park, eating an acorn on a power pole.
startled squirrel drops
its nut; so sad for it, but
we all get a tree.