Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, November 12, 2020, or: Eta’s Gone, But I’m a Zombie…or Feel Like One, Anyway


Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, it’s early afternoon – just a bit past 2 PM Eastern – on Thursday, November 12, 2020. Currently, the temperature is 79˚F (26˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 88% and the wind blowing from the west-southwest at 15 MPH (24 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 79˚F (26˚C). TheContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, November 12, 2020, or: Eta’s Gone, But I’m a Zombie…or Feel Like One, Anyway”

Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, November 11, 2020, or: A Tale of Wind, Rain, and Ennui


Hello, Dear Reader. It is early afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida, on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. It is a dark, blustery day here; the current temperature is 78˚F (25˚C) under rainy conditions. With humidity at 96% and the wind blowing from the east-southeast at 14 MPH (22 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 78˚F (25˚C).Continue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, November 11, 2020, or: A Tale of Wind, Rain, and Ennui”

More Musings, More Thoughts for Tuesday, November 10, 2020, or: Stalled Novel & Stormy Weather


Hello, again, Dear Reader. It’s now a bit past 6 PM Eastern in New Hometown, Florida, and it is a gloomy evening. Even though the sun won’t set for about 37 minutes, a thunderstorm came and went through our area. It’s gone now, but while it was overhead, the storm darkened the sky and shatteredContinue reading “More Musings, More Thoughts for Tuesday, November 10, 2020, or: Stalled Novel & Stormy Weather”

Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, November 10, 2020, or: Of Distant Storms…and All Quiet on the NaNoWriMo Front


Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s noon here in New Hometown, Florida on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Currently, the temperature outside is 83˚F (28˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With humidity at 82% and the wind blowing from the east southeast at 14 MPH (22 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 92˚F (33˚C). Today’s forecast calls for partlyContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, November 10, 2020, or: Of Distant Storms…and All Quiet on the NaNoWriMo Front”

More Musings, More Thoughts for Tuesday, October 6, 2020: A Summer-Hot Afternoon, Another Hurricane, & Other Less-than-Cheery Happenings


Hello, Dear Reader, it’s now time for my late afternoon post here on A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s now just a bit after 3 in the afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida, and it’s still a summer-like day outside. The temperature is, as Matthew Broderick’s character in Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues likes toContinue reading “More Musings, More Thoughts for Tuesday, October 6, 2020: A Summer-Hot Afternoon, Another Hurricane, & Other Less-than-Cheery Happenings”

Odds & Ends: or, Even More Musings & Thoughts for Monday, October 5, 2020


Things I DIDN’T Do Today It’s now mid-afternoon here in what I call New Hometown in Florida, and it’s a hot and rainy Monday. Presently, the temperature outside is 88˚F under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 66% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 6 MPH (with maximum gusts of 10 MPH), theContinue reading “Odds & Ends: or, Even More Musings & Thoughts for Monday, October 5, 2020”

Musings & Thoughts for Monday, October 5, 2020: Up Before the Dawn


Hello, there, Dear Reader. It’s early in the morning (4:20 AM Eastern) as I start this post on Monday, October 5, 2020. Outside, the temperature is 74 degrees Fahrenheit (23 degrees Celsius) under cloudy skies. Humidity is at 91%, and with a northeasterly breeze blowing from the northeast at 10 MPH/16 KPH, the feels-like temperatureContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Monday, October 5, 2020: Up Before the Dawn”

More Thoughts, More Musings for Sunday, October 4, 2020: More Notes from My Fortress of Solitude


More Thoughts, More Musings for Sunday, October 4, 2020: More Notes from My Fortress of Solitude Hello – yet again – and welcome to my third post for this dismally gray, rainy, and cold Sunday. It’s now early afternoon, and although it is not pouring cats and dogs outside, it is still raining. Presently, theContinue reading “More Thoughts, More Musings for Sunday, October 4, 2020: More Notes from My Fortress of Solitude”

Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, September 16, 2020: More Stormy Weather


Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s just past 5 AM Eastern in my corner of Florida, and it’s still dark outside. Right now, the temperature outside is 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees Celsius) under partly cloudy skies. As usual for a late summer day in the subtropics, the forecast for today says it’s going to beContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, September 16, 2020: More Stormy Weather”

Oh, Those End-of-Summer Blues & They Call the Wind…Sally


Don’t know whyThere’s no sun up in the skyStormy weather – Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler Well, it’s now early Sunday afternoon here in my corner of…er…not Paradise, but Florida, and the day is still a bit gray, damp, and even blustery. Right now it’s mostly sunny – at least at the spot where theContinue reading “Oh, Those End-of-Summer Blues & They Call the Wind…Sally”