Category: Florida Weather
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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 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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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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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, September 5, 2023, or: A Tuesday That Feels Like a Monday? That Just Isn’t Right!
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, September 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida “What’s wrong with Tuesdays?” Trent asks. “Everything. Monday’s always Monday, but at least it’s the start of something new. Wednesday is hump day, Thursday’s almost Friday, and Friday brings the weekend. But Tuesday? Nada.” ― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus Hi, everyone. One of the things…
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Weekend Musical Interlude, Sunday, September 3, 2023
Early Afternoon, Sunday, September 3, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, here we are on the second day of the long Labor Day weekend, and it’s a hot third day of both the new month and the new (meteorological) autumn season. Here in the Tampa Bay area, the weather is still summer-like, although if my…
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On Writing & Storytelling: New Month, New (Meteorological) Season, and Persistent Writing Challenges
Late Morning, Friday, September 1, 2023, Lithia, Florida “But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, August 29, 2023, or: As Hurricane Idalia Approaches, the Writing Goes On (Trouble in the Tropics Edition)
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, August 29, 2023, Lithia, Florida “That’s something every islander knows–there’s always going to be another hurricane. Another storm. Everything buried will surface again, and everything you thought would last forever will come down eventually. But you rebuild. You dredge. You keep moving, keep adding new. That’s how we go on living.” ―…
A Certain Point of View, Too 