• The Buffer Zone That Keeps Me Sane

    I don’t unwind. I stall. I sit in my car like I just escaped something and I’m not convinced it’s over yet. Engine off. Silence. No music, no phone, just the faint ticking of the car cooling down like it also had a long day dealing with nonsense. That’s the buffer. Because walking straight from…

  • How to Measure a Day Without Losing It

    How do you decide a day was good or bad when most of it felt the same? This prompt’s from ericfoltin.com, not one of those mass-produced Jetpack or WordPress leftovers that feel like they were phoned in sometime before people stopped using dial-up. If you want more, hit the Daily Prompts page at https://ericfoltin.com/writing-prompts/ and…