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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, January 11, 2024, or: Notes from a Storyteller in New England (and a Quick Life Update)
Late Morning, Thursday, January 11, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, everyone. It’s late morning here in my corner of New England on the fourth day of the regular workweek. Since it’s early winter still, the temperature here is 31°F (0°C) under mostly cloudy conditions. It feels colder than that, though; the wind-chill factor on…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Early to Rise, Early to Work? Musings on a Gray, Cold New England Morning
Mid-to-Late Morning, Wednesday, January 10, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. It’s already midway through the workweek, and this 10th day of the new year is off to a chilly and soggy start here in New England. As I write this, the temperature in Madison is 38°F/3°C under a mixture of light snow and rain.…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, January 9, 2024: Filling Out Forms, Doing Chores, and Rejiggering Schedules to Write a ‘First Novel’
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, January 9, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there. Well, as I begin my 1,392nd blog post on WordPress, the temperature in Madison is 24°F/-4°C, with a feels-like factor of 34°F/1°C, under cloudy conditions. After a perfect – if frigid – Monday, it looks like another winter storm is going to affect Carroll…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, January 8, 2024, or: If It’s Monday, It Must Be ‘Writing Day’
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Late Morning, Monday, January 8, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”― Carl Reiner Hi, everyone. Well, it’s the start of the second workweek of the still-young 2024, and here in Madison, it is a wintry, snow-covered morning. It snowed for much…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Contemplating the Return to Work on ‘Reunion: Coda’
Late Morning, Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hello, there. Welcome to another post – the second for the new year, the 1,382nd overall – in A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s a bright but frigid New England morning here; the temperature outside is 26°F/-3°C under sunny skies, with a “feels-like” temperature of…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, December 31, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second (New Year’s Eve Edition)
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Christmas 2023, Creative Writing, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), John Williams (Composer), Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), Movies, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Weather in New Hampshire, Winter 2023-2024Late Morning, Sunday, December 31, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. I hope that you are doing well today, which is (depending on where you are right now) either the last day of 2023 or the first day of 2024. For me, it’s late morning on the last Sunday (and day) of 2023. It’s a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, December 30, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Snow Day Edition)
Late Morning, Saturday, December 30, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, December 28, 2023, or: Notes on a Rainy Day in New England
Late Morning, Thursday, December 28, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire “Let it rain on some days, Let yourself shiver on some cold nights, So when it’s Spring you’ll know why it was all worth going through.” ― Sanhita Baruah Hi, there, folks. Well, here we are, three days after Christmas, three days before New Year’s Eve,…