Category: Insomnia
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, October 31, 2023, or: Ramblings of a Sleep-Deprived Novelist
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, October 31, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope you are having/have had a good day on this, the last day of October 2023 and, in the U.S. and other countries, Halloween. Here, it is a pleasant autumn-in-the-subtropics day; as I write this, the temperature outside is 80°F/27°C under sunny conditions, but…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, October 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Insomniac’s Edition)
Afternoon, Saturday, October 28, 2023, Lithia, Florida “It must be October, the trees are falling away and showing their true colors.” ― Charmaine J Forde Hi, folks. It’s almost mid-afternoon here in the Tampa Bay area on this, the last Saturday of October 2023. It’s sunny and warm (85°F/29°C) outside; I just stepped back inside…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, August 31, 2023, or: First Stress, Then Euphoria…Idalia’s Passing Screws Up My Sleeping Cycle
Late Morning, Thursday, August 31, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Well, here we are – it’s the last day of August and the last day of meteorological summer – on another torrid Thursday in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature is 83°F/29°C under mostly cloudy skies. However, with humidity at…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Tentative Plans for Writing Today…and Other Related Matters
I’m a writer. I have been a writer for a long time. I may not be commercially successful yet, but I have two published books on Amazon, and I have gotten paid for my work on various websites, and my blogs both bring in ad revenue. But…for those people out there who insist otherwise, here’s…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, July 10, 2023, or: Stressed Out! Tales from an Insomnia-Plagued Novelist
Come Rain or Come Shine Late Morning, Monday, July 10, 2023. Lithia, Florida It’s another steamy – and not in a good way – summer day in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature outside is 87°F/31°C under partly sunny conditions. With a weak southwesterly breeze and humidity at 57%, the heat index is at…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, June 26, 2023, or: A Slow, Late Start to a Writer’s Workday
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Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 26, 2023 – another torrid summer day in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature outside is 92°F/33°C, but with a weak westerly breeze and humidity at 47%, the feels-like temperature is 95°F/36°C. It’s partly sunny, no rain or…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, June 10, 2023, or: Weekend Update – Part the First*
* Alternate Title: On Writing & Storytelling: Man, I Really Need a Day (or Two) Off! “Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Sleepy or Not, I Got Some Editing Done Today
It’s midafternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – the 79th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, one of the pivotal battles of World War II. It’s a hot (86°F/30°C), sunny day outside, but happily there are no rain showers or thunderstorms in the forecast. I’m still sleepy and tired even…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Ups and Downs (Mostly Downs) of a Writer’s Working Life
Insomnia Strikes Again! Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, March 27, 2023 – and, man, am I tired! I had yet another one of those Gee, why can’t I go to sleep at a decent hour? nights when, as hard as I tried, I simply couldn’t get comfortable…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, February 26, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part II – Plans vs. Reality
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.” ― Robert Burns, Collected Poems of Robert Burns It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, February 26, 2023. I went to bed sometime after 3 AM and I slept till just past 8 AM, so I am (a) still a bit tired,…
A Certain Point of View, Too 