MenoAZinkulling: Z

...and so we arrive at the conclusion of a month and an alphabet - and it is also the day I usually designate as "Final Friday Fiction"... a lot of what happened during this past 14 months could have read as some sort of dystopian fiction. Instead, we lived the apocryphal Chinese Curse of living in interesting times! So here today, I summarise the posts and present my story about the letter zee/zed as depicted in the image to the right... Thanks all for joining in - there will be a 'review of April' coming up on Monday.

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zeitgeist

/ˈzʌɪtɡʌɪst/

noun

     the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history

 

The ideal word to end this A-Z here at Wild YAM, as you have been reminded of the story of –

 

Agitation and occasional Anger that the year has brought forward, which would result in me

Bawling just to let off steam.

COVIDitionitis revealed itself to me by making me feel

Dumb and Dowdy.

“Eventful” took on a different meaning, whilst Energy was lacking. People became

Fatigued and Fretful.

Gratitude for small things, simple things, burgeoned.

Health was at the forefront.

Isolation grew to be a buzzword, and governments everywhere had to give

Justification for their decisions in sometimes unJust times.

Kindness grew among strangers – though it too was counterpointed

Language adapted to the crisis and many folk experienced Long Covid

Masks became fashion items as we continued to adapt, and we treasured interaction with

Nature, which seemed to know it could have its way with us. We moved almost entirely

Online, the Outlook became ever more elusive and the

Pandemic proliferated, and PPE became a battleground and

Questions abounded… yet we were still able to slip into our Quiet spaces and

Renew some skills and hobbies, Refresh ourselves and our homes,

Searching became an activity – searching for entertainment, searching for answers…searching for loopholes…Scotland’s identity became Stronger

Tears Tumbled, Tyranny Threatened as the behaviour of those in power became

Uliginous and Underhand. Also, there was more than a coronavirus that went

Viral. HAH! Videos of all sorts cluttered the ether waves. Volunteers, vaccination…

Work – and worry – sometimes a bit

eXtreme. Then again, the whole situation was eXtreme, not to mention eXhausting. Our

Young people will have long memories of interrupted schooling… and the YAMster has spent this month moaning on your screens about her version of

Zeitgeist – which is, I remind you, COVIDitionitis!!!

 

(note the links to each post on the first letter of the relevant line - except this one, of course!)

Roll on, May Day - and tomorrow normal programming returns!