PROMPT: Cross-Country

Daily writing prompt
You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

Could be any or all of the above, plus camel, foot, or snowmobile — depending on the country, of course.

I can’t say how I’d take a cross-country trip without knowing which country it is that I’m crossing. Vatican City frowns on you driving a bus through it, Russia is too long to do entirely on cross-country skis, and one can’t transit Bolivia in a ferry.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the 2026 Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade

DAILY PHOTO: Forest Temple at Pai Bamboo Bridge

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Photograph taken from the Bamboo Bridge outside of Pai, Thailand.

DAILY PHOTO: Fairy Tale Mushroom Village

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Photograph of a mushroom village taken in Chiang Mai at Buak Haad Park (สวนสาธารณะหนองบวกหาด) during the Flower Show.

DAILY PHOTO: Sculpture of Lin Tianzhen at Yehliu Geopark

Photograph of Lin Tianzhen, a man who lost his life trying to rescue a drowning person. Taken at Yehliu Geopark.
Closeup photograph of Lin Tianzhen, a man who lost his life trying to rescue a drowning person. Taken at Yehliu Geopark.

DAILY PHOTO: A Cloud in the Sky

PROMPT: 100-year-old

Daily writing prompt
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self.

Dear Dust,

Congratulations. You will now have made it to more countries than I did in life. I’m jealous.

Yours truly,

You (but Hydrated & Animated)

DAILY PHOTO: Taipei Skyline

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Photograph of Taipei, Taiwan taken from Elephant Mountain Trail.

DAILY PHOTO: A Temple in Tainan

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Photograph of a temple in Tainan, Taiwan under blue skies. Anping Kaitai Tianhou Temple (安平開台天后宮)

DAILY PHOTO: Dramatic Skies Over Georgia Tech