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PROMPT: Morning

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What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?
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I’m a morning person and am typically at fairly high energy levels first thing in the morning, So, that time is generally active, filled with exercise and / or physical activity of varied varieties (calisthenics, walking, running, and — of late — the occasional swim [which I normally do latter in the day.])

[Of course, there is the obligatory urinating, washing, toothbrushing, etc. (sequentially not concurrently,) but that seems like it would go without saying and would be strange to ask strangers about.]

PROMPT: Cross-Country

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You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?
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All of the above. Any of the above. And don’t forget “feet.” (A more specific answer requires knowing what country is being crossed. The plan of attack for crossing Singapore is much different than for crossing Russia.)

PROMPT: Ideal Day

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Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end.
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Hiking in the mountains (at most, low- to mid-VHE [Very High Elevation].) Wake at sunrise, walk, pitch camp before sunset.

PROMPT: Screentime

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How do you manage screen time for yourself?

Many ways, really: e.g. Go for a walk or otherwise move. Forget it exists. When the WiFi goes down, take it as a sign from the universe. Juggle. Do something productive.

Mountain Deception [Haiku]

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I glance upward;
 the mountain seems closer;
  I feel colder.

Slow Convergence [Tanka]

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morning valley hike:
 i slowly walk toward 
  the sunny-side
 as the sunny-side walks
 toward me - slower still.

PROMPT: More

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What could you do more of?

Walk in natural settings.

Buffeted [Free Verse]

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Wind buffets the hilltop;
 I lean into each step,
   Bracing against the blasts.

My jacket snaps like a flag
   That waves in the wind
      On a tall pole. 

At times, I feel light on my feet --
   Disconcertingly so --
      As if a few more miles per hour
         Of windspeed and I'll be airborne.

I curl my toes in a futile attempt
   To grab the lining of my shoes,
       Shoes that aren't solidly affixed 
       To the ground in the first place.

The boulders on the hilltop
   Channel the wind:
      Speeding it up,
      Swirling it in eddies, unseen,
          But which attempt to swing me 
          About - square dance style. 

I will be sore tomorrow or the next day --
   Sore in my core and in my feet,
      And I'll wonder why...

PROMPT: Excited

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Tell us about the last thing you got excited about.

Going for a walk this morning. (I’m like a dog that way…. except I don’t pee during my walks… usually.)

“Parks and Ponds” by Ralph Waldo Emerson [w/ Audio]

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Parks and ponds are good by day;
   I do not delight
   In black acres of the night,
 Nor my unseasoned step disturbs
 The sleeps of trees or dreams of herbs.