The new normal
left her immobile.
Linking to Saturday Six Word Story Prompt: Normal, One Word Sunday: Mobile, Six Word Saturday
Tag: Lockdown Page 1 of 2
People see what makes sense to them, reality notwithstanding.
The calls to open up had reached a crescendo in countries where vaccines were aplenty. People yarned away without appreciating how lucky they were compared to the rest.
Linking to Your Daily Word Prompt: Aplenty, Stream of Consciousness Saturday: Yarn, Sammi’s Weekend Prompt #212, First Line Friday
With her camera in tow, she was ready to go out to photograph how deserted the city became every night. As she stepped out of her house, it was already late afternoon.
The seeds which she had sowed quite a while back had given way to a small plant with many flowers.
PHOTO PROMPT © Brenda Cox
While nature was going on as per its usual course, all the markets, roads, restaurants and more came to a standstill every night as a lockdown had been enforced.
Being the journalist she was, it was her job to photograph the emptiness all around. It was quite bizarre.
Written for the photo prompt and you can read the other entries here.
Linking to Crispina Crimson’s Creative Challenge #126 and Photo Challenge #361
This post is part of the Blogchatter A2z Challenge
Living in a bubble of uncertainty during the full lockdown due to the pandemic, his idea of utopia was to promise himself that he would pursue his long forgotten passion to paint whenever the lockdown was lifted as he didn’t have all what was required.
Linking to Ragtag Daily Prompt: Paint, Fandango One Word Challenge: Utopia, Your Daily Word Prompt: Promise, Tale Weaver – Bubbles, One-Liner Wednesday
November, a month
when people anticipate
upcoming winter
November, a month
when people vouch to raise awareness
about men’s health issues
November, a month
with people on tenterhooks
about more lockdowns
November, a month
when even the aeolist
may not survive the pandemic
Linking to Ragtag Daily Prompt: Tenterhooks, Fandango One Word Challenge: Anticipate, Your Daily Word Prompt: Vouch, Word of the day Challenge: Aeolist, dVerse Challenge
Staying happy is a choice to keep
the mind lucid and fresh.
Happiness is that feeling which one gets
seeing loved ones virtually as a rule during the pandemic.
One feels the happiest when its possible
to hug loved ones after months of lockdown.
Linking to Ragtag Daily Prompt: Lucid, Your Daily Word Prompt: Choice, Fiction Monday: Rule, dVerse Quadrille Challenge: In need of a happiness project?
As the world went into lockdown, he finally decided to deep clean his house. He didn’t want visiting his house to be an obnoxious experience. While he always bristled with energy at the thought of any activity, it was always a mystery as to why he was so lazy when it came to household chores.
Linking to Ragtag Daily Prompt: Bristle, Fandango One Word Challenge: Obnoxious, Tale Weaver #292: Clean Up and Thursday Inspiration 73: Mystery
Long after the coronavirus had been vanquished and the triumphant cries died down, people were still recovering. It would take many years to ameliorate everything.
After the lockdown, everything seemed elysian. As people saw the vast expanse of the calm ocean and fishes swimming without a care, they felt a ray of hope of normalcy. While many did a lot during the lockdown, it was time to start afresh by breaking a coconut. As someone put it – “When it is over said and done, it was a time and there was never enough of it.”
He was driven by wanderlust but he now knew that he had to shed such thoughts and beware dangers which lay ahead lest he ruffle feathers. Lying in bed with toes up, he remembered when he was his concupiscent self and tried to paw her. He missed her touch.
Linking to Ragtag Daily Prompt: Vanquish, Fandango One Word Challenge: Wanderlust, Your Daily Word Prompt: Ameliorate, Wordle #202, Prosery Monday: A Time and Fiction Monday: Beware
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
“There was a time when I used to keep telling you to follow your passion. But you were so lazy that you always had a million excuses ready. And look at you today. You can’t stop painting, can you?”
“Have you seen the doors this morning?” He looked at her expectantly.
“What? Don’t tell me you painted the doors. Did you?” Marlin was stunned and walked over to see the doors of the house painted dark brown.
Josh had made good use of the lockdown by making sure he painted everything from canvases to walls; from doors to even hankies.
Written for the photo prompt and you can read the other entries here.
As the lockdown began, they ideated and designed a project to aid the needy. While being unsure of its efficacy, they knew that just a cheque for the poor wouldn’t work. Instead, a more nuanced approach was needed.
Linking to Ragtag Daily Prompt: Design, Fandango One Word Challenge: Aid, Sunday Writing Prompt: Lockdown, Your Daily Word Prompt: Efficacy, Sammi’s Weekend Prompt #167: Nuance, Stream of Consciousness Saturday: Cheque