Category: Life in Florida
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, October 18, 2020: or, The ‘No Coffee Blues’
Hello, Dear Reader. It’s mid-morning here in New Hometown, Florida on Sunday, October 18, 2020. Presently the temperature in my area is 75˚F (24˚C) under partly sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the north-northeast at 4 MPH (7 KM/H) and humidity at 93%, the feels-like temperature is also 75˚F (24˚C). The high for…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, October 17, 2020: Memories of Mom on Her 92nd Birthday
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s past noon here in New Hometown, Florida. Currently, the temperature is 82˚F (28˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the northeast at 16 MPH (26 KM/H) and humidity at 70%, the heat index is 86˚F (30˚C). Today’s daytime forecast calls for partly sunny skies and a high…
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Evening Musings & Thoughts for Friday, October 16, 2020: Walk Not Taken, Packages Received
Hello – again – Dear Reader. It is evening here in New Hometown, Florida. It’s getting dark outside; the sun set 12 minutes ago, and the temperature is 83˚F (28˚C) under partly cloudy skies. With humidity at 67% and the wind blowing from the northeast at 5 MPH (8 KM/H), the feels-like temperature is 87˚F…
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More Musings, More Thoughts for Thursday, October 15, 2020: A Short Stroll…and Back Again
Hello, again, Dear Reader. It is now early evening on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Presently, the temperature outside is 83˚F (28˚C) under mostly sunny skies; sunset is just four minutes away, and I’m sure that the next celestial condition will read “mostly clear.” [1] With the wind blowing from the east at 6 MPH (9…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 15, 2020: Remembering Mom: or, The Unwanted Burden of Being a ‘Favorite Kid’
Hi there, Dear Reader. It is noon here in New Hometown, Florida on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Currently, the temperature is 85˚F (29˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With an east-northeasterly breeze blowing at 4 MPH (7KM/H) and humidity at 72%, the heat index is 92˚F (34˚C). Today’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a high…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, October 14, 2020: Just Marking Time in New Hometown, Florida, or ‘No hay novedad aqui….’
It is now late afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida, and outside my bedroom – it still feels so weird to call it that – the temperature is 88˚F (31˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With the wind blowing from the east at 8 MPH (13 KM/H) and humidity at 55%, the heat index is 92˚F…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, October 12, 2020: Columbus Day Edition
Hello, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon – 2:15 PM Eastern – as I start this, the second blog post of the day for A Certain Point of View, Too. It is Monday, October 12, 2020, and it is quite hot outside. Presently, the temperature is 85˚F (30˚C) under mostly sunny skies. With humidity at…
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Even More Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, October 11, 2020: Gray Skies Over Florida, the Loss of the ‘Pathétique,’ and Other Insignifica
Of Rain and Men Hello again, Dear Reader. It’s now evening here in New Hometown, Florida. The sun is low on the western horizon; sunset is not until 7:03 PM Eastern, but the light from outside is dimming ever so steadily, and it will be dark here soon. The rain showers come and go as…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, October 11, 2020: A Walk in the Florida Sun
Hello again, Dear Reader. Well, it is now 2:21 PM Eastern as I start writing this, and as I remarked earlier, it’s quite a summer-like day even though it’s Sunday, October 11, 2020. That’s one of the weather realities that we Floridians have to accept when we choose to live here, no matter if we…
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Musings & Thoughts on a Hot October Afternoon Somewhere in Florida
Hello again, Dear Reader. It’s now late afternoon here in New Hometown, and so far, this second Saturday in October 2020 has been a hot day weatherwise. Not as hellishly hot as the past few days have been, but considering that it’s October and not August, it’s not exactly mild or even close to autumnal.…
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