Category: Life in Florida
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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 Thursday, August 31, 2023, or: First Stress, Then Euphoria…Idalia’s Passing Screws Up My Sleeping Cycle
Late Morning, Thursday, August 31, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Well, here we are – it’s the last day of August and the last day of meteorological summer – on another torrid Thursday in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature is 83°F/29°C under mostly cloudy skies. However, with humidity at…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, August 30, 2023, or: Hurricanes, Stress, and Writing Are Not a Good Mix
Midday/Early Afternoon, Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Hi, there, everyone, and…
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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.” ―…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 28, 2023, or: Wrapping Up the Weekend Report, and Starting the New Workweek with Positivity
Late Morning/Midday, Monday, August 28, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The awfulness of Monday mornings is the world’s greatest common denominator. To the millionaire and the coolie it is the same, because there can be nothing worse.” ― Kenneth Fearing, The Big Clock Hi, everyone! Well, here we are, greeting – in my case, anyway – another…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 26, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Frustrated Writer’s Edition)
Late Afternoon/Early Evening, Saturday, August 26, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone! As I write this post, it’s just past 5:15 PM on a stifling, muggy late summer day in the Tampa Bay area. The current temperature is 93°F/34°C under mostly sunny conditions. Today’s forecast called for partly sunny skies and a high of 95°F/35°C, but…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Ups and Downs of My Writing Life
Late Morning, Friday, August 25, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, everyone! Here I am again on yet another hot, humid late summer day in the Tampa Bay area, getting ready to begin another workday before what promises to be yet another “meh” weekend. As I begin my 1,239th post on this blog, the temperature outside Is…
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On Writing & Storytelling: I Wrote Some Stuff Yesterday; I Will Write More Stuff Today
Late Morning/Midday, Friday, August 24, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Thursday is perhaps the worst day of the week. It’s nothing in itself; it just reminds you that the week has been going on too long.” ― Nicci French, Thursday’s Child Hi, there, everyone. Well, here we are on Thursday, Day Five of the average business week…
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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…
A Certain Point of View, Too 