I'm not much into questions, so if I open I try to go a different direction. No need to respond to the "topic" of the day. The topic is always "how are you doing?" Some people aren't up to that particular question, or would rather just hang out in the cafe, hence other topics and questions. You can pop in and say hi, tell us about your day or post something totally random not related to any of that.
@RCee like to pop in and show us what her pup is up to. It's pretty open to what you want to talk about.