Category: Spring in Florida
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The Season Changes and a New Story Waits in the Wings
Late Morning/Midday, Saturday, May 31, 2025, Miami, Florida Today marks the end of meteorological spring, as opposed to traditional or astronomical spring, which ends on June 21 (the summer solstice) for us in the Northern Hemisphere. Regardless of which “spring” you prefer, it feels like high summer in my corner of South Florida. On this…
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A Writer’s Dual Life – One Foot on the Creative Side, the Other on the Business Side
Midday, Friday, May 30, 2025, Miami, Florida With meteorological summer looming just around the corner – June 1, to be exact, when the Atlantic hurricane season officially kicks off – the heat has taken no prisoners. It’s 92°F (33°C) outside, the kind of heat that hangs heavy in the air, pressing against your skin. The…
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Quality Matters in Independent Publishing: Fixing ‘Reunion: Coda’…and Other Matters
Afternoon, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, there. It’s another scorching late spring day in South Florida on this last “Hump Day” of May 2025. Outside, it’s 89°F (32°C) under mostly sunny skies. With humidity at 63% and a gentle 9 MPH (15 Km/H) breeze from the southeast, it feels like 98°F (37°C). We’ve…
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Dear Reader, Let Me Tell You a Story About Friends and Beers—But Not the Whole Story
Afternoon, Monday, May 26, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, there, folks. It’s a hellishly hot late spring day in South Florida. Currently, the temperature is 90°F (32°C) under mostly sunny skies. That’s hot, but with 66% humidity and a southeasterly breeze blowing at 12 MPH (19 Km/H), it feels like 97°F (36°C). The original forecast high…
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From Dreams to Pages: The Story Behind Reunion: Coda
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, 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, Spring 2025, Spring in FloridaMidday/Early Afternoon, Friday, May 23, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, everyone. To no one’s surprise, it’s yet another scorching “August in Spring” day in southeastern Florida on this last day of the regular workweek. Currently, the temperature is 89°F (32°C) under mostly sunny conditions. With humidity at 63% and the wind blowing from the south at…
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Summer-like Springs, Rave Reviews, and Sleepless Nights
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Book Reviews, Books, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Life in Bogota, 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, Miami-Dade Community College, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Semester in Spain Program, Semester in Spain Program – CCIS, Spring 2025, Spring in FloridaAfternoon, Thursday, May 22, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi there! It’s one of those gloriously vibrant late spring days that feels like summer has arrived a bit early. The temperature is sitting at a toasty 94°F (34°C) under cheerful, mostly sunny skies—high for May, or at least higher than what I remember from my younger days…
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Tales of Writing and Weather in Southeastern Florida
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Books, Creative Writing, Dawn Pisturino, Florida Weather, Haiku for the Midnight Hour, Ian W. Toll, Ian W. Toll, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Life in South Florida, Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942, Pacific War Trilogy, Poetry, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring in Florida, The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945Early Afternoon, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, there. Well, it’s another torrid late spring day in southeastern Florida on this second workday of the week. Outside, the temperature in my neighborhood – Coral Terrace – is 91°F (33°C) under sunny conditions – the same as in my former home in the Tampa Bay…
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On Writing and Storytelling: Summer is (Almost) Here, So What Are My Post-‘Reunion: Coda’ Plans?
Late Morning/Midday, Monday, May 19, 2025, Miami, Florida “I believe someone made a grievous mistake when summer was created; no novitiate or god in their right mind would make a season akin to hell on purpose. Someone should be fired.” ― Michelle Franklin Hi, everyone. It’s another torrid, late spring day that somehow feels like…
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Musings and Movie Music for a Sweltering Spring Sunday in South Florida
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Books, Boy of Harvard (Men of Harlech parody), Creative Writing, Florida Weather, John Williams (Composer), Life in Florida, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Michel Legrand, Movie and TV Soundtracks, Movies, Music, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Song Parody, Spring in Florida, Summer of ’42 (1971), Uncategorized, Zulu (1964)Afternoon, Sunday, May 18, 2025, Miami, Florida Man, it’s hot. It’s like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot. – Neil Simon, Biloxi Blues It’s another searing subtropical spring day in South Florida, the hottest day I’ve experienced since my return home from New Hampshire last October. The temperature is 90°F (32°C) under…
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When a Spring Day Feels Like Summer…and ‘Reunion: Coda’ Gets a Third Review on Amazon
Midafternoon, Friday, May 16, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi, everyone. As another workweek ends, it’s another hot, humid, and sunny late spring day in the subtropics. Currently, the temperature is 90°F (32°C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 59% and the wind blowing from the southeast at 9 MPH (15 Km/H), it feels like 99°F (37°C).…
A Certain Point of View, Too 