Category: Life in the Tampa Bay area
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, November 8, 2023, or: The Moving Process Goes On, and an Update on the ‘Reunion Duology’
Late Morning, Wednesday, November 8, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hello, there, folks. It’s another mild late autumn day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin this, the 1,325th post in A Certain Point of View, Too, the temperature in my current neighborhood is 77°F/25°C under sunny skies. (It actually feels warmer though; the heat…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, November 6, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
Late Morning, Monday, November 6, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. It’s a mild (73°F/23°C) and sunny late autumn morning here in the Tampa Bay area. And, since I’ll be leaving for Madison, New Hampshire on December 12, I’ve been looking at the weather conditions there (39°F/4°C under partly cloudy conditions) to get an idea…
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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 Monday, October 30, 2023, or: Starting the Week on an Anxious Note
Late Morning, Monday, October 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope all of you who read A Certain Point of View, Too had a nice weekend, and that your Monday – whether it’s a back-to-work, back-to-school, or just a first-day-of-the-new-week day for you – has been good to you so far. Here, it’s a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, October 18, 2023, or: An Unexpected Need to Nap
Late Morning, Wednesday, October 18, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. It’s a quiet and chilly October morning here in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature outside is 63°F/17°C under sunny skies. That cold front that passed through earlier this week must have been a strong one; the skies will continue…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, October 15, 2023, or: It’s Beginning to Feel (a Bit) Like Autumn
Midday-Early Afternoon, Sunday, October 15, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, everybody. I hope you’re all doing well on this second Sunday in October. It’s quiet and tranquil in my room as I write this, and if the temperature outside matches what my computer’s Weather app indicates, it’s beginning to feel a little bit like autumn –…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, October 14, 2023, or: Music for Rest & Relaxation
Afternoon, Saturday, October 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope your weekend is off to a good start on this second Saturday in October 2023. I don’t have much to report, except to say that I’m going to take the day off from writing. I’m a bit fatigued, and I (obviously) can’t write well…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 12, 2023, or: Ambivalent Anniversaries and Tough Writing Choices
Late Morning, Thursday, October 12, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Constant Readers. I hope you’re having (or that you had, if you live on the far side of the International Dateline, where it’s already Friday the 13th) a good day. I’m hoping that my day will be, at the very least, productive, and I will…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, October 8, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
Afternoon, Sunday, October 8, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hello, everyone. How are you all doing? I hope you are having/have had a nice Sunday. I promised myself – reluctantly – that I would take time off from working on my novel and give my mind and body (my mind, mostly) a break, at least for the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, September 30, 2023, or: A Brief Message for the Last Saturday of September 2023
Afternoon, Saturday, September 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to another Saturday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. I hope you are having a good weekend – the last one for September and marks the end of the month and first third of meteorological fall. It’s just past 2 PM as…
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