DAILY PHOTO: Savannah River at Hartwell Dam

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Butch Kennedy Trail

PROMPT: Favorite Animals

Daily writing prompt
What are your favorite animals?

Never elevate your opinion of a particular animal above the rest. I used to think quite highly of monkeys, and then one — of the kleptomaniac variety — stole my sunglasses and mocked me from a high tree like a cowardly school bully.

Isn’t it enough to know that all animals are better than people.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake Hartwell

PROMPT: Beach or Mountains

Daily writing prompt
Beach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why?

To me, that is much like asking whether I prefer a hammer or a Phillips head screwdriver. They are different tools for different purposes. Good luck if you love your ballpeen hammer so much that it’s the only tool for you but your problem of the moment is a deeply embedded wood screw.

Surrender [Lyric Poem]

Let the flood sweep 
one away — out
of the shallows,
into the deeps.
Don’t ever cry;
Don’t ever weep;
Just feel the speed
Carry one on.

The Fray [Lyric Poem]

Rainy December day
blows in - not long to stay.
From season to season,
without any reason,
sometimes we feel the fray.

DAILY PHOTO: Tiny Door, Atlanta Beltline

Autumn [Lyric Poem]

The chill is here.
The sky never
bluer.

The colors turn,
with leaves ever
fewer.

Until a last
hanger-on yields
to a weak breeze.

PROMPT: 3 Favorite Meals

Daily writing prompt
What are your family’s top 3 favorite meals?

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. (Chronologically, not in order of preference.)

Paper masala dosa for breakfast; Thai red curry for lunch; mixed fruit for dinner.