Category: Life in the Tampa Bay area
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, December 2, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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Mid- to Late Afternoon, Saturday, December 2, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to another installment of A Certain Point of View, Too. I usually post way earlier in the day, not in the middle of the afternoon, but I find that as M-Day draws closer, the harder it is for me to concentrate…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, December 1, 2023, or: New Season, New Month, and Music Videos to Chase Away the Blues
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, From Lithia (FL) to Madison (NH), Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaMidday/Early Afternoon, Friday, December 1, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to another entry in A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s both the last day of the workweek – although admittedly I’ve suspended most work on my novel because of my upcoming move North – and the first day of a new month.…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, November 28, 2023, or: Notes on a Chilly Day in Florida
Midday/Early Afternoon, Tuesday, November 28, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I’m off to a later-than-usual start today. It’s – by Florida standards, anyway – a cold day in the Tampa Bay area. The temperature on this late autumn day is 58°F/14°C under cloudy skies. I don’t watch much live television here, so I haven’t seen…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, November 24, 2023, or: Long Weekend Update, Part the First
Late Morning, Friday, November 24, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Here we are, the day after Thanksgiving; I hope my American readers all had a nice, drama-free holiday. My Thanksgiving experience was all right. The food was good. The company was also good. I was sad it would be the last holiday I’d celebrate…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, November 21, 2023, or: Moving Out – The Process Continues….
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, November 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Well, it’s a warm, almost summer-like late fall day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I start this, my 1,338th post for A Certain Point of View, Too, the temperature outside is 80°F/26°C under sunny skies. Of course, this being Florida, and since…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, November 19, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Countdown to M-Day Edition)
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, From Lithia (FL) to Madison (NH), Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Morning/Midday, Sunday, November 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida Greetings! It’s a relatively mild late autumn day here in the Tampa Bay area. Outside, the temperature is 78°F/25°C under sunny conditions (but it feels like 89°F/31°C thanks to a weak sea breeze of 4 MPH/6 KMH blowing from the southwest and 60% humidity). Today should be…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, November 15, 2023, or: The Boxing-Up of Things Continues…So Does Work on the Novel….
Late Morning/Midday, Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, everyone. As I start writing this new entry, it is a mild late fall day in the Tampa Bay area. Right now the temperature outside is 76°F/25°C under light rain. Like yesterday, it’s a gloomy, gray-tinged day, and – also like yesterday – it’s going…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, November 14, 2023, or: The Big Move’s Preparations Continue Apace – The I Hate Packing Edition
Late Morning, Tuesday, November 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Leaves have fallen onto the snow like punctuation marks. They’ve held on for so long, but winter gets to us all in the end.” ― Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game Hey there, everyone. It’s a cool – by Florida standards anyway – late fall morning here…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, November 13, 2023, or: Memories, Anniversaries, and Other Matters of the Heart
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Cheryl T, Coral Estates Park (Miami-area Neighborhood), Coral Park Elementary School, Creative Writing, From Lithia (FL) to Madison (NH), Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in South Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Morning/Midday, Monday, November 13, 2023, Lithia, Florida Greetings and salutations, folks. It’s a cool (77°F/25°C) late autumn morning on a humid and cloudy day in the Tampa Bay area. What little light filters through my closed Venetian blinds is dim and gray, so it’s not a gorgeous November morning here. The forecast for the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, November 11, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Early Afternoon, Saturday, November 11, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, there. Welcome to the second Saturday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too for November 2023. It’s a hot, almost summer-like day here in the Tampa Bay area. The current temperature is 87°F/31°C under sunny skies. It’s quite humid outside, too, so the heat index…
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