Category: Life in the Tampa Bay area
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, September 22, 2023, or: There Shall Be No Weekend for This Writer
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in A Certain Point of View (Blogger), Alex Diaz-Granados, All the Things You Are, All the Things You Are (Kern and Hammerstein), Blogging, Creative Writing, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Music, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing as a CraftMidday/Early Afternoon, Friday, September 22, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, all. So, here we are again at the end of another workweek and on the brink of another weekend. For me, Fridays aren’t as full of promise as they used to be regarding restfulness or weekend fun. If I have a reasonably productive writing week (which…
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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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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 Sunday, September 10, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
Afternoon, Sunday, September 10, 2023, Lithia, Florida Greetings and salutations, everyone. I am starting this post unusually late in the day; here in the Tampa Bay Area (TBA) it’s just past 1 PM Eastern Daylight Time as I begin writing my 1,256th blog post on A Certain Point of View, Too. I had one of…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, September 9, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Early Afternoon, Saturday, September 9, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Welcome to another edition of my Weekend Updates from the Tampa Bay area in west-central Florida. It is, of course, another scorching day in the subtropics; the current temperature outside is 89°F/32°C under sunny skies. With humidity at 54% and a feeble 2 MPH/4…
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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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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, September 4, 2023, or: Labor Day Quandary – To Write or Not to Write….
Late Morning, Monday, September 4, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time here in the Tampa Bay area. Today is Labor Day here in the United States, so even though there are quite a few of my fellow Americans working to keep the lights on and all that, millions of folks…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, August 22, 2023, or: Summer Broils On…Writing Goes On, As Well
Late Morning, Tuesday, August 22, 2023, Lithia, Florida “This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realise that it is August: the summer’s last stand.” ― Sara Baume, A Line Made By Walking Hi, there, folks. So, here we are, just over three weeks into August – the last month of meteorological summer and one…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, August 20, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second – Trouble in the Tropics Edition
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Popcorn Sky Productions, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida, Sunny in the Valley of Crickets, Sunny in the Village of Crickets, WeatherEarly Afternoon, Sunday, August 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s another hot and muggy day in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin writing this, the temperature is 89°F/32°C under mostly sunny conditions. With humidity at a sticky 63% and a somewhat brisker than usual easterly breeze – a land breeze in this…
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