Category: Life in Florida
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 28, 2021, or: A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That Revisited
Hi there. It’s just past noon on Sunday, March 28, 2021, and here in New Hometown, Florida it is a warm, sultry day. Currently, the temperature is 84˚F (29˚C) under mostly cloudy skies; with humidity at 66% and the wind blowing from the south-southwest at 14 MPH (22 KM/H), the heat index is 86˚F (30˚C).…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, March 22, 2021, or: Where in the World Did the Time Go?
Hello, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Monday, March 22, 2021. Currently, it is a chilly – by Sunshine State standards, at least – and gray day here; the temperature is 64˚F (18˚C) under cloudy skies. With the wind blowing from the north-northwest at 7 MPH (11 KM/H) and humidity…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 21, 2021, or: A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That…..
Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s mid-afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, March 21, 2021. The temperature is 60˚F (15˚C) under cloudy skies. With humidity at 82% and the wind blowing from the west-northwest at 6 MPH (9 KM/H), it feels like 58˚F (14˚C). The rest of the afternoon should see partly sunny skies;…
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Remembrance of Things Past: ‘He Once Met a Girl Named Maria…’ (1987)
From January of 1985 to December of 1989, I attended what was then Miami-Dade Community College – South Campus.[1] I majored in Journalism/Mass Communications, and since I took so many history courses during my time there, you could make a good argument that I minored in that subject as well. For most of my frustrated…
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Condominium Review of East Wind Lake Village: Notes From a Long-Time Resident
I lived in East Wind Lake Village from February 1978 to April 2016. My mom bought a 3 bedroom/2 bath townhouse from plans in the fall of 1977 and did the closing in mid-February of ’78, two months after the promised completion date. So this pretty much is as authoritatively a review as East Wind…
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Old Gamers Never Die: ‘Cold Waters’ – One Campaign, Two Endings
Hello there, Dear Reader. It’s late afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, March 14, 2021. Right now the temperature is almost summerish: 81˚F (27˚C) under sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the west at 10 MPH (17 KM/H) and humidity at 53%, the heat index is 82˚F (28˚C). Today’s forecast calls for…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, March 12, 2021, or: Why I Miss My Old Home Town (While Reconciling Myself to Reality)
Hello, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here on Friday, March 12, 2021. It’s a nice day in New Hometown, Florida; the temperature – outside – is 80˚F (27˚C) under partly sunny skies. With humidity at 48% and a northeasterly breeze blowing at 6 MPH (9 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 80˚F (27˚C). Today the high…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, March 9, 2021, or: Of Subs and Scripts
Hello, everyone. It’s midafternoon here in New Hometown, Florida on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Currently, the temperature is 76˚F (24˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With the wind blowing from the east at 14 MPH (22 KM/H) and humidity at 42%, the feels-like temperature is 75˚F (24˚C). The forecast for today calls for mostly sunny skies…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, March 6, 2021, or: Another Trip Around the Sun – #58 – Ends, Another Begins
Hi, Dear Reader. Here in New Hometown, Florida it is almost mid-afternoon on Saturday, March 6, 2021. It’s chilly outside – at least by Florida standards – and a bit gray and almost gloomy. The temperature is 64˚F (18˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. The forecast for today – scattered rain showers and a high of…
A Certain Point of View, Too 