Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, December 19, 2021, or: A Quick Update on Bond 25, and Notes from a Quiet Sunday Afternoon
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon on Sunday, December 19, 2021, here in Lithia, Florida. It’s a warm early winter day. Currently, the temperature is 82˚F (28˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 72% and the wind blowing from the west-southwest at 13 MPH (28 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 86˚F (30˚C). The forecast…
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On Music (Tempus Fugit Edition): Songs for the Holiday Concerts at South Miami High
I joined South Miami Senior High School’s Men’s Chorus in January of 1981, on the first day back to school after the winter break of the 1980-1981 academic year. I did so on a whim; for the first half of 10th grade I had no interest in joining anything beyond the Serpent’s Tale staff and…
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Tempus Fugit, or: There I Was, in a High School Auditorium…..
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It is late morning here in Fish Hawk (Lithia), Florida, on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. It is a cool early winter day here in the Sunshine State. The current temperature is 74˚F (23˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 84% and the wind blowing from the northeast at 13 MPH…
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Tempus Fugit, or: How I Was ‘Persuaded’ to Sing a Solo at a High School Christmas Concert 40 Years Ago
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. It’s a cool early winter day here in the subtropics. Currently, the temperature is 69˚F (21˚C) under cloudy skies. With humidity at 95% and the wind blowing from the northeast at 9 MPH (14 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is…
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On History: ‘Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a Date Which Will Live in Infamy’ – FDR Asks Congress to Declare War on Japan
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s mid-morning here in Lithia, Florida on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. It’s a chilly and gray early winter day. The current temperature is 66˚F (19˚C) under cloudy skies and there’s a dense fog advisory for the Fish Hawk area. With humidity at 97% and the wind blowing from the south-southeast at…
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On History: ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ – 80 Years After
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. It is a chilly day – for Florida, at any rate – and a grey, dimly lit one at that. Currently, the temperature is 68˚F (20˚C) under mostly cloudy skies and dense fog. With humidity at 100% and the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, December 6, 2021, or: Melancholy, Movies, and the Weight of Memory
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in the Tampa Bay area on Monday, December 6, 2021. It’s a warm early winter day in west-central Florida. The current temperature is 77˚F (25˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the south-southeast at 3 MPH (5 KM/H) and humidity at 80%, the feels-like temperature…
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On Movies: My Odd Saturday Night at the Movies was…Odd
Hello, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in lovely Lithia, Florida on Sunday, December 5, 2021. It is a mild winter day, at least by the standards of the subtropical Sunshine State. Currently, the temperature is 79˚F (26˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 57% and the wind blowing from the east-southeast at 6 MPH…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, December 4, 2021, or: Michigan School Shooter’s Parents are Arrested & Arraigned; Another Blu-ray Joins My Collection
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in my corner of west-central Florida on Saturday, December 4, 2021. It’s a lovely, mildly warm early winter day. The current temperature is 76˚F (25˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the south-southwest at 3 MPH and humidity at 49%, the feels-like temperature is 75˚F…
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Movie Review: ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’ (1964)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg/Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) Written and Directed by: Jacques Demy Music by: Michel Legrand Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner, Mirelle Perrey, Harald Wolff, Jean Champion Madame Emery: Stop crying. Look at me. People only die of love in movies. On December 16, 1964, 20th Century…
A Certain Point of View, Too 