Winter Wetlands [Haiku]

A photograph taken in Van de Graaff Park near the Tuscaloosa, Alabama airport.
ducks drift 
on frigid waters
in Winter wetlands.

Winter Stripe [Haiku]

A photograph of the woods in Winter in Paces Mill National Park, Atlanta.
low Winter sun
stripes the forest floor
with long shadows.

DAILY PHOTO: Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River with stony protrusions in Paces Mill Park.
The Chattahoochee River from water's edge. Taken in Paces Mill Park.
The Chattahoochee River from the bank. Taken in Paces Mill Park.

PROMPT: Snack

Daily writing prompt
What snack would you eat right now?

Fried crickets.

DAILY PHOTO: National World War II Museum

PROMPT: Crazy Business Idea

Daily writing prompt
Come up with a crazy business idea.

I had a restaurant idea I was going to call “Git It Yo Own Damned Self.” It would extend the Korean Hot Pot / BBQ concept in which one has to do one’s own cooking to include getting your own food from the kitchen and then bussing your own table and washing your own dishes. I realize one couldn’t charge as much, but in the US I think you could still collect 20 – 25% gratuities for the imaginary waitstaff to offset the lesser meal cost.The best thing would be responding to bad reviews with: “Don’t look at me, they did it their own damned selves!”

DAILY PHOTO: Angels

Image

Two angels in St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery in New Orleans.

PROMPT: Attached

Daily writing prompt
Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

A rock named Steve. It went back to being a rock with no name.

Bobbing Ducks [Haiku]

Ducks at the edge of a pond at Audubon Park in New Orleans.
ducks jump off a ledge,
bobbing once in pond water,
and drift onward.

Ignorance is Bliss [Lyric Poem]

A turtle swims to water's edge,
and finds before him a steep bluff.
He makes himself a solemn pledge,
"I'll scale this cliff, however tough!"
Struggling over the toilsome rim,
he sees another wall of stone
stands just ahead - tormenting him.
"Just one more, I'll not piss and moan."
If he could know that it was stairs,
He'd have some turtle curse words to share.