Category: Family History
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Musings for Mother’s Day 2025: Of Mothers, Sons…and Books
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in Miami….Again, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Morning, Sunday, May 11, 2025 (Mother’s Day), Miami, Florida Mother’s Day has long been a complicated holiday for me. My mom, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, has been gone for nearly a decade, and while time has softened the sharp edges of grief, her absence is still deeply felt. I internalize these feelings, rarely speaking or writing…
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Of Sons, Mothers, and Mother’s Day PTSD
Late Afternoon, Saturday, May 10, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, everyone. Sorry, I’m late, but sometimes, rarely, yes, but sometimes – it’s difficult to come up with a good topic for a blog post. Especially when I’m busy with other stuff, such as doing laundry, which is how I spend part of my morning and midday.…
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Miami, Evening, and a Novelist’s Reveries
Evening, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Miami, Florida Some thoughts as this last Tuesday of April 2025 winds down here in my corner of South Florida: As the evening settles in, I find solace in the timeless melodies and reflections that have shaped my journey. Writing Reunion: Coda has been an emotional odyssey, weaving together the…
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Waiting for My Copy of ‘Reunion: Coda’ – and Thinking of a Promise Kept
Late Afternoon, Thursday, April 17, 2025, Miami, Florida Well, two years and eight days after I began working on what I briefly called “The New Story” in another writing room in another part of Florida, I can now say that tomorrow I will hold a hardcover edition of Reunion: Coda in my hands. For me,…
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Time Marches On: Reflections on Turning 62…and Pushing the Novel Closer to Completion
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Creative Writing, Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in Miami….Again, Miami-Dade Community College, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Semester in Spain Program, Semester in Spain Program – CCISLate Morning, Thursday, March 6, 2025, Miami, Florida “Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened.” – Cora Harvey Armstrong Yesterday marked my 62nd orbit around the sun, and it was my first birthday celebration in Miami since 2015. Ten birthdays had passed since I last celebrated with family. My…
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Time Marches On: On Birthdays…and Literary Journeys
Late Morning/Midday, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, Constant (and not-so-Constant) Readers. It’s a bright and muggy early spring day in South Florida, with the current temperature at a toasty 82°F (28°C). With 66% humidity, it feels closer to a steamy 87°F (31°C). As a true Miami native and lifelong Floridian (barring a brief…
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Time Marches On…and On….
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, Creative Writing, Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Madison (NH), Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in Miami….Again, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Life in South Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing as a CraftEarly Afternoon, Saturday, March 1, 2025, Miami, Florida “In March, winter is holding back, and spring is pulling forward. Something holds and something pulls inside of us too.” ― Jean Hersey It’s a warm first day of March – and the first day of meteorological spring – in my corner of Miami-Dade County. The temperature…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Navigating Creative Waters and Harnessing the Muse
Midday, Thursday, February 27, 2025, Miami, Florida “The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft It is a warm, humid day in my corner of South Florida. The mercury reads 79°F (26°C) under mostly sunny skies, but…
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A Day in Miami: Reflections on Home and Writing
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, Family History, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Bogota, Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 – October 2024), Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, UncategorizedLate Morning/Midday, Monday, February 10, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s a beautiful, sunny day here in Miami, Florida, where the temperature has climbed to a balmy 81°F (27°C). With the humidity at 62%, it feels even warmer, like a tropical 91°F (33°C). Meanwhile, up north in Madison, New Hampshire, it’s a chilly 27°F (-3°C)…
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Goodbye 2024…Hello 2025
Late Morning, Wednesday, January 1, 2025, Miami, Florida Well, another year has ended, and here I am, starting 2025 in my hometown of Miami, 1,616 miles from where I lived – Madison, New Hampshire – at the start of 2024. Instead of waking up to a chilly New England morning with a mix of light…
A Certain Point of View, Too 