Category: Family History
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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,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, December 21, 2023, or: ‘Alexa, Read to Me From This Book…” & Quick Life Update from Madison
Late Morning, Thursday, December 21, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. It’s a frosty early winter day here in my corner of New England. Presently, the temperature in Madison is 25°F/-4°C under sunny conditions. The forecast for the Conway/Madison area calls for sunny skies and a high of 34°F/1°C. As we are in a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, December 16, 2023, or: A Quick Update from Madison
A Quick Update It’s early evening here in Madison, New Hampshire (it feels strange not to type “Lithia, Florida” anymore). Because we’re in the northern latitudes, it gets dark here in winter; the sun set at 4:07 PM. It’s also cold – the temperature is 34 degrees Fahrenheit/1 degree Celsius, and we are expected to…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, December 11, 2023, or: My Last Monday in Florida (Mixed Emotions Edition)
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Late Morning, Monday, December 11, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, folks. This is going to be a short post; I’m even going to dispense with the usual weather report I usually write at the beginning of a new blog entry. Today is a day full of mixed emotions as it is my last full day as…
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Tempus Fugit: I Wish You’d Known My Mom (A Tribute)
Late Morning/Midday, Saturday, October 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. If you’re a regular visitor to this space, you might recall that my late mother would have been 95 years old on Tuesday, October 17. As it is, she’s been gone for over eight years; she died less than three months before her 87th…
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Tempus Fugit: Yesterday Was My Mom’s 95th Birthday….
Yesterday was my mother’s 95th birthday. She, of course, is no longer here. She died in the early morning of Sunday, July 19, 2015, after a five-year struggle with dementia and the effects of a long and eventually failed recovery from an operation to repair her spine. I do my best not to dwell on…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 5, 2023, or: Family Anniversaries Loom; Progress on Novel Inches Forward
Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, October 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Welcome to another Thursday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s the fifth day of October, which as you know is not one of my favorite months – for a number of reasons. First, it’s the “birthday month” of both my parents. Dad…
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September 11, 2001 Plus 22 Years: Time Has Passed, But The Memories Are Still Vivid
Adapted from a post I wrote in my original A Certain Point of View blog on Google’s Blogger platform. If you were to ask me if I remember what happened on Monday, September 10, 2001, I would have to be honest and say “Nothing, really.” I surely must have walked my six-year-old Labrador retriever, done…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Action Plan for Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Family History, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Movie Magic Screenwriter 6, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, there, Dear Reader. This being summer, and this being west central Florida in summer, it’s shaping up to be another sweltering day in the Tampa Bay area. As I start writing this, the temperature outside is 86°F/30°C under sunny skies. Thanks to a combination of a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, July 22, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Afternoon, Saturday, July 22, 2023, Lithia, Florida Another weekend – another scorching Saturday in July. It’s early afternoon here in my corner of Hillsborough County, and we are in a “heat advisory” situation until 7 PM Eastern Daylight Time. The current temperature – outside, anyway – is 93°F/34°C under mostly sunny conditions. With no rain…
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