Category: Autumn in Florida
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On Writing & Storytelling: To Avoid ‘Burning Daylight’ and Stick to Work Commitments, Setting Realistic Goals is Key
Afternoon, Saturday, September 23, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Welcome to another weekend edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. This being early fall, and this being Florida, it is a hot, humid afternoon here in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature outside is 84°F/30°C under sunny conditions. Maybe it’s because yesterday was…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, September 18, 2023: Weekend Wrap-Up, and Resuming My Writer’s Journey
Late Morning, Monday, September 18, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. It’s the beginning of the third workweek in September 2023, and even though we are 18 days into meteorological fall (and five days away from traditional or astronomical fall), it still feels like summer in the Tampa Bay area. Right now (9 AM) the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, September 17, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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in A Bridge Too Far (1977 film), Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Autumn in Florida, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Movies, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Star Trek, Star Trek: Picard – Season TwoLate Morning/Midday, Sunday, September 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Here in my corner of the Tampa Bay area it is – as I begin this post – late Sunday morning. Even though it’s not quite noon, the temperature outside is still a scorching 86°F/30°C under sunny conditions. With the wind blowing from the southwest…
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Musings & Thoughts For Friday, September 15, 2023, or: A Quick Post to Mark the End of Another Workweek
Late Morning, Friday, September 15, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, we have arrived at the midpoint of September (and the third Friday of the month). Even though we are 15 days into meteorological fall (traditional fall begins next Wednesday), it’s still awfully warm and humid here in the Tampa Bay area. As I write…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My ‘Hump Day’ Was a ‘Two-Steps Forward, One Step Back’ Kind of Day
Late Morning/Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, September 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Greetings, all! It is another extremely hot early (meteorological) fall day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin my 1,260th post in A Certain Point of View, Too, the temperature (outside) is 87°F/31°C under sunny conditions. With humidity at 58% and the wind blowing…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, September 13, 2023, or: Reaching a Writing Milestone, and Grappling with Chapter 11…Still!
Late Morning/Midday, Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, all. So, it’s Wednesday (Hump Day) already, huh? Wow…and on Friday we’ll be in the middle of the month. (Yikes!) Tempus Fugit indeed. Here in the Tampa Bay area, though, it seems as though summer didn’t get the memo that it’s already meteorological fall, cos it’s…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Slowly, Surely, Chapter 11 of Reunion: Coda is Taking Shape
Late Morning, Tuesday, September 12, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Tuesday just called and wants to know what happened to Friday!!” ― Neil Leckman Greetings, everyone. As I write this, it’s almost 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time here in the Tampa Bay area on this, the second day of the work week. It’s a typical early fall…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, September 8, 2023, or, Summer Still Simmers on ‘Star Trek Day’ – and ‘Reunion’ Gets a Trailer AND a Review!
Late Morning, Friday, September 8, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, here we are on Friday, September 8, 2023, the last day of a holiday-abridged workweek and also the first week of both September and meteorological fall. Because of Labor Day, I still feel like this Friday feels more like a Thursday, and, as Arthur…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, September 7, 2023, or: Summer Refuses to Go Away, ANOTHER Hurricane is Out at Sea, and Chapter 11 is STILL Kicking My Butt
Late Morning/Midday, Thursday, September 7, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, there, everyone. Well, here we are again, on a Thursday that, thanks to the three-day Labor Day weekend, feels oddly like a Wednesday. A hot, sticky, subtropical Florida Wednesday, with a dollop of yet more “Will a hurricane hit Florida?” anxiety added to the mix. Currently,…
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