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What do you think this image is saying? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can you relate to it personally? What is your opinion of its message?Tell us in the comments, then read the related Opinion article to learn more.Want more Picture Prompts? Find them all in this column.Students…

Adoption and foster rates for pets soared during the pandemic, as people sought furry friends to make their isolation more bearable. Did your family get a pandemic pet — or did you already own one?Tell us about a pet you own now or owned in the past. What is he or she like? What does…

Scores of families took to the road this summer, taking their first “normal” vacations in ages. Did you and your loved ones take a memorable road trip this year? Have you ever been on a road trip? If not, have you ever wanted to embark on one? Or do you prefer flying to far-off destinations?…

Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration — or tell us about a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of.Post it in the comments, then read the related article to learn more about the image.Want more Picture Prompts? Find them…

What do you think this image is saying? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can you relate to it personally? What is your opinion of its message?Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn more.Want more Picture Prompts? Find them all in this column.Students 13…

Even before the events of the last year and a half, many struggled to tear themselves away from their computers, phones and other screens — and simply relax.How often are you able to “unplug?” Do you think the bombardment of modern technology makes it difficult to relax? Or has technology actually helped you de-stress? Are…

Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this photo — or tell us about a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of. Another option? Write from the point of view of one of the people in the image. What might this person…

A new installation covers 20 acres of federal park land near the Washington Monument with hundreds of thousands of white flags, and visitors have come from all over to walk among them, reflect and mourn.Do you know what this piece memorializes? If so, what do you think of the installation and its message? How else…

“We all have one — a dish we don’t need a recipe for,” begins a recent Times article. If that is true, what is yours? It could be something as simple as a grilled cheese sandwich or the perfect popcorn. How do you make it? How did you originally learn the recipe — or is…

A recent Times article about college football describes 2021 as “the ultimate year of homecomings” after schools from coast to coast either didn’t play at all in 2020, or couldn’t play on their own fields.Are sports back at your school this year? Are you excited to play — or watch? Have rules been added to…