Category: Personal Thoughts
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On Writing & Storytelling: Thoughts & Musings for (Another) Snow Day in Madison, New Hampshire
Late Morning, Saturday, January 13, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Another Snow Day in New England… Hello, there, folks. It’s another wintry day here in New Hampshire. Currently, the temperature is 32°F/0°C under light snow. The feels-like (or if you prefer, wind chill factor) temperature is 25°F/-4°C. According to the Weather app on this PC, we…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, January 11, 2024, or: Notes from a Storyteller in New England (and a Quick Life Update)
Late Morning, Thursday, January 11, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, everyone. It’s late morning here in my corner of New England on the fourth day of the regular workweek. Since it’s early winter still, the temperature here is 31°F (0°C) under mostly cloudy conditions. It feels colder than that, though; the wind-chill factor on…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Early to Rise, Early to Work? Musings on a Gray, Cold New England Morning
Mid-to-Late Morning, Wednesday, January 10, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. It’s already midway through the workweek, and this 10th day of the new year is off to a chilly and soggy start here in New England. As I write this, the temperature in Madison is 38°F/3°C under a mixture of light snow and rain.…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, January 8, 2024, or: If It’s Monday, It Must Be ‘Writing Day’
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Late Morning, Monday, January 8, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”― Carl Reiner Hi, everyone. Well, it’s the start of the second workweek of the still-young 2024, and here in Madison, it is a wintry, snow-covered morning. It snowed for much…
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More Musings, More Thoughts for Sunday, January 7, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third
Hi, everyone. It’s been a few hours since my last post; it’s still rather chilly (19 degrees Fahrenheit, -7 degrees Celsius) outside, and we’re still getting light snow showers from the winter storm now affecting this part of New England. I have not yet done any of the fun things I wanted to do for…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, January 7, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second (It’s Snowing Out There Edition)
Late Morning/Midday, Sunday, January 7, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire “The snow had ceased, and the sky was a soft eggshell color, the mountains dreaming under their woolen blankets. There was a loveliness in the forest’s absence of color, its haunted dark framed by grey-white boughs, as if the snowfall had winnowed it down to the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, January 6, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Snow Warning Edition)
Late Morning, Saturday, January 6, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hello, everyone, and welcome to my 1,388th post on A Certain Point of View, Too. As I begin to write this entry, it is a chilly New England winter morning: the temperature outside is 27°F/-3°C under cloudy skies. The feels-like temperature is just a tad higher…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Getting Ready to End the First Workweek of 2024
Late Morning, Friday, January 5, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. Welcome to the 1,387th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. Today, obviously, is Friday, the first of the new year. It’s a bright, sunny, if perhaps frigid day here in this corner of New England. As I write this at 10:48 AM…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, January 4, 2024, or: A Day of Errands and Sightseeing in New Hampshire
Early Evening, Thursday, January 4, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. Well, it’s now 15 minutes past sunset; I usually don’t write blog posts this late in the day unless (a) I’m adding a follow-up to something I posted at my usual midday publishing hour, or (b) had to wait till late in the day…
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