Musings & Thoughts for Monday, May 29, 2023, or: Looks Like My Work Week Got Off to a Bad Start….


Hi there. It’s early afternoon as I start this, my 208th post of the year and 1,108th overall – on Monday, May 29, 2023. And considering that it’s meteorological spring’s last hurrah (two more days, then it’s on to summer…and the official start of the hurricane season), it’s a nice day. It’s 76°F/26°C under mostlyContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Monday, May 29, 2023, or: Looks Like My Work Week Got Off to a Bad Start….”

More Musings, More Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third


“When I’m in turmoil, when I can’t think, when I’m exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It’s just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.” ―Continue reading “More Musings, More Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third”

Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second


Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon on Sunday, May 28, 2023, the last weekend of meteorological Spring ’23. It’s a nice day outside; it’s warm  (80°F/27°C) under sunny conditions, and the forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 86°F/30°C). The daily “highs” are creeping into the 80s/90s as both summer and theContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second”

Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 27, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First


Hi, there. It’s late morning in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, May 27, 2023. It’s a nice late spring morning here; sunny, cool (it’s only 72°F/22°C) and the skies overhead are clear. It hardly seems like summer – meteorological summer, not astronomical (traditional) summer – is only a few days away, along with the official startContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 27, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First”

On Writing & Storytelling: To Write or Not to Write – Today’s Pressing Dilemma


Hi, there, Dear Reader. How are you on this Friday, May 26, 2023 – or, if you live on the other side of the International Date Line, Saturday, May 27? As always, I hope you’re as well as your circumstances permit. Here in lovely Lithia, Florida, it’s a warm (78°F/26°C), humid, and sunny day, butContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: To Write or Not to Write – Today’s Pressing Dilemma”

On Writing & Storytelling: Time for Another SITREP on The New Story


Hi, there, Dear Reader, and welcome to the Thursday, May 25, 2023, edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s midafternoon here in Lithia, Florida, and it’s hot (84°F/29°C), dark, and rainy. It’s so dark that I just had to turn on the ceiling lamp, and I hear thunder, which of course means weContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Time for Another SITREP on The New Story”

On Writing & Storytelling: If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be ‘Make Revisions Day’


“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, May 24, 2023. It’s still cool outside on this late spring day (75°F/24°C) under partly sunny,Continue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be ‘Make Revisions Day’”

Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, May 23, 2023, or: Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, It’s Back to Work I Go….


“Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring, a charlatan in place of the warm balmy nights I dream of in April. It’s a sad season of life without growth…It has no day.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise Hello there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in my corner of Lithia, Florida,Continue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, May 23, 2023, or: Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, It’s Back to Work I Go….”

Musings & Thoughts for Monday, May 22, 2023, or: Up and About Before Sunrise – Again…


Oh, no. Not again. Not another early morning wakeup! Unfortunately, Dear Reader, as I start to write this at 8:37 in the morning of Monday, May 22, 2023, it’s been five hours since I woke up to use the facilities – and then failed to go back to sleep. I tried. I really tried toContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Monday, May 22, 2023, or: Up and About Before Sunrise – Again…”

More Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 21, 2023, or: I Will Be Getting Royalties Soon – But I Can’t Plan on Going House Hunting Just Yet…


One thing that did cheer me up today is that while I was writing Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 21, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second, Amazon sent me two emails to inform me that I can expect to receive at least two royalty payments. One is for the Kindle e-book edition ofContinue reading “More Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 21, 2023, or: I Will Be Getting Royalties Soon – But I Can’t Plan on Going House Hunting Just Yet…”