2025 A to Z Challenge Blog for the Letter Z

April 30, 2025. Well, I made it. Today is the last day of the challenge. With a little luck, I’ll soon be up and getting back to my regular writing routine along with my exercise one. I’ve enjoyed spending time with you, reading your blog posts, and if I haven’t read the last few, I intend to get to them soon.

The last letter of the alphabet always makes me a little sad because it marks the end of an activity. Will I blog everyday from now on? No. in fact, there’s zero chance of that. There will be far too many things to do, things to catch up with, but I will blog when I can.

So, for my last blog post of the challenge, I’m going to focus on Zero. The word zero can be used in different ways. For example, it can be a numeral, it can be a temperature, and it can indicate the likelihood that something will happen–or won’t.

Depending on the context, zero can make you happy or sad. if it’s your bank balance, then you are definitely sad, but if it’s what’s owing on your credit card, then the chances are you’ll be glad. If the temperature has been dancing around -20 Celsius, 0 sounds almost tropical, but if the temperature was 20 Celsius, then 0 means it’s time for winter clothes again. If its the odds of something happening, then whether it pleases you or not depends on what side of the equation you’ve chosen.

I hope you enjoyed my musings. I’ll be back next year. In the meantime, drop in every now and then. There’s zero chance that I won’t have something to say. In the words of my French ancestor’s au revoir! Until we meet again.

Here’s your last musical selection!

See you in May and let you know how the surgery went. For the last time, Here’s the MASTER LIST https://tinyurl.com/tauke86z

Published by Susanne Matthews

Hi! I live in Eastern Ontario. I'm married with three adult children and five wonderful grandchildren. I prefer warm weather, and sunshine but winter gives me time to write. If I’m listening to music, it will be something from the 1960s or 1970s. I enjoy action movies, romantic comedies, but I draw the line at slasher flicks and horror. I love science fiction and fantasy as well. I love to read; I immerse myself in the text and, as my husband says, the house could fall down around me, and I’d never notice. My preferences are as varied as there are genres, but nothing really beats a good romance, especially one that is filled with suspense. I love historical romance too, and have read quite a few of those. If I’m watching television, you can count on it being a suspense — I’m not a fan of reality TV, sit-coms, or game shows. Writing gives me the most pleasure. I love creating characters that become real and undergo all kinds of adventures. It never ceases to amaze me how each character can take on its own unique personality; sometimes, they grow very different from the way I pictured them! Inspiration comes from all around me; imagination has no bounds. If I can think it, imagine it, I can write it!

9 thoughts on “2025 A to Z Challenge Blog for the Letter Z

  1. Awesome choice for the end! I hope the healing continues to go well, and look forward to seeing you pop in when inspiration strikes! Thanks for a lovely alphabet! 💞

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  2. Those are great musings on ‘zero’! I actually never thought much about it, for me it’s always been like just… a 0, like ‘nothing’. Will perhaps be different from now on, thanks to your post :-).

    Congrats to reaching the end of the A to Z!

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  3. Well done for making it to the end – especially with the op on the cards. Amuse bouche, I once had Vera Lynn on my arm to escort into a charity event though embarrassingly I had to dress as a Beefeater to do it so I never sought a photograph of that moment…

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