Come On, Sun

Daily writing prompt
Do you need a break? From what?

Funny you should ask.

Yes, from winter. We’ve actually had one this time around, and it’s getting old. Especially the wind, which just adds insult to injury, rubs salt in the wound. Fifty years ago, I would have made lemonade, but not anymore.

I’m thankful for electricity and a warm place out of the elements. And for diamond art, my new vice.

Noisy

Daily writing prompt
Do you need a break? From what?

Yes! From the barrage of bad news and angst and manufactured drama and loudness that often accompany news reports and newsfeeds I check. I need to take a break from checking them, find a good book or a hobby, walk away for a while. Or just take a walk.

Of course, I lack the discipline to refrain for very long, so the stress and frustration are mostly self-inflicted. Gotta stay informed, though, so I guess anyone who takes the world seriously just picks their poison and guts it out, looks for ways to make sense of whatever can be made sense of.

There’s probably a better way to explain that.