Author: Alex Diaz-Granados
-
Musings & Thoughts for Friday, July 9, 2021, or: An Update on My TBR List…and The Streak!
Hi, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Friday, July 9, 2021. It is a hot morning – noon is not that far away as I start this post – here in my corner of the Sunshine State. Currently, the temperature is 85˚F (30˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 51%…
-
Book Review: ‘The Complete Maus’
On November 19, 1996, Pantheon Books published the hardcover edition of Art Spiegelman’s The Complete Maus, a 295-page omnibus edition that combines the two volumes of Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, with a related comic, Prisoner on the Hell Planet: A Case Story, included as a unifying element. Originally published in Raw –…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, July 7, 2021, or: Adios, Elsa!
Greetings from New Hometown, Florida, Dear Reader. It’s mid-morning on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, and it is a warm if rather sullen-looking day. Currently, the temperature is 76˚F (24˚C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at 77% and the wind blowing from the southeast at 15 MPH (24 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 76˚F (24˚C).…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, July 6, 2021, or: Waiting for Elsa
Hey there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 78˚F (25˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With the blowing from the east-northeast at 6 MPH (15 KM/H) and humidity at 63%, the feels-like temperature is 77˚F (25˚C). Today’s forecast calls for scattered rain showers…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Monday, July 5, 2021, or: Of Storms, Summer Ailments, & Dealing with Weather-Related Ennui
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, July 5, 2021. It’s a hot day outside; the current temperature is 85˚F (29˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 51% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 9 MPH (15 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 92˚F (34˚C). Today’s forecast…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, July 4, 2021, or: Happy 245th Birthday, America…It’s Independence Day!
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s noon here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, July 4, 2021, the 245th Independence Day in U.S. history. It Is a hot, summery day: the current temperature is 85˚F (30˚C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at 54% and the wind blowing from the west-southwest at 8 MPH (12 KM/H),…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, July 3, 2021, or: Tracking Elsa on a Dark, Rainy Florida Weekend
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Saturday, July 3, 2021. The current temperature is 79˚F (27˚C) under light rain . With the wind blowing from the west at 8 MPH (13 KM/H) and humidity at 76%, the heat index is 79˚F (27˚C). Today’s forecast calls for scattered rain…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Friday, July 2, 2021, or: Eyes on the Tropics (Again!), Trump Tanks in Presidential Rankings, & News from the Cold Front
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Friday, July 2, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 78˚F (26˚C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 64% and the wind blowing from the southeast at 4 MPH (7 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 77˚F. Today’s forecast calls for scattered rain showers and…
-
Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, July 1, 2021, or: The Persistence of (Cold-Related) Misery
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Presently, the temperature is 79˚F (26˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 61% and the wind blowing from the east at 4 MPH (7 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 78˚F (26˚). This first day of the month…
-
On Movies: My Favorite Films by Steven Spielberg
I have been an avid movie watcher all of my life. I still remember the first movie I saw in a theater – a reissue of John Sturges’ 1963 World War II POW action-adventure film The Great Escape – back in 1969. And over the past 52 years I have been exposed to some of…
