A Certain Point of View, Too

Category: Creative Writing

Five Things I Am Good At

Dec 6, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in A Simple Ad (2019 short film), Creative Writing, Family History, Life in Florida, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Popcorn Sky Productions

Share five things you’re good at. Writing/Telling Stories: Probably not as well as, say, Stephen King, Ernest Hemingway, Tom Clancy, or Steven Spielberg, but I can craft a few good sentences on occasion, and sometimes, people like what I create or, in case of short films, collaborate on Cook: Okay, this one’s sort of tricky,…
Tapestry of Memories: A Haiku

Nov 26, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Creative Writing, Haiku, Poetry

Tugging the loose threads On life’s complex, rich tapestry Revives old sorrows
Beachscape -The Waves: A Haiku

Nov 25, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Creative Writing, Haiku, Poetry

Restless waves of teal Foam-tipped, splash and slosh swiftly On the white-sand beach
November Morning, 2022: A Haiku

Nov 23, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Creative Writing, Haiku, Poetry

Pewter-skied gray dawn Bleary-eyed, sleep-deprived, tired I wait for sunshine
School, 1972: Haiku #2

Nov 18, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Cheryl T, Coral Park Elementary School, Haiku, Life in South Florida, Love, Sex, & Relationships, Personal Thoughts, Poetry, Poetry

For Cheryl T…Wherever She May Be Winter’s chill comes now Pink wool sweater warms your skin Teardrops fall like leaves
On Blogs & Blogging: My Blogger Blog Hits the 1M-Pageviews Milestone Despite MAGA Fans’ Attempts to Muzzle It

Oct 27, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in A Certain Point of View (Blogger), Blogging, Conservatism in the U.S., Creative Writing, Donald Trump, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Social Media, U.S. Politics, WordPress

If you’re familiar with the genesis of A Certain Point of View, Too, you may recall that this blog was the unexpected consequence of a grievous act of censorship on the part of both Facebook and a handful of Trump supporters back in March of 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was being mishandled and…
On Books & Reading, or: Reading Habits, the TBR Stack Got Bigger, and a Quick Life Update

Oct 10, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Adults-Only Games, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Books, Computer and Video Games, Family History, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, James D. Hornfischer, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad, MicroProse Software, Movie Magic Screenwriter 6, Popcorn Sky Productions, Regiments (2022), Screenwriting, Screenwriting & Producing, Star Wars Books, Star Wars: Brotherhood, The Life and Times of Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle: Stories and Tips from Thirteen Years with a Leonberger, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, Thomas Wikman, Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960

I cannot live without books. – Thomas Jefferson I love books. I love to read. I learned to read at an early age. I don’t remember when I started to read, but my mom used to tell me (and anyone else, for that matter) that Tata, my maternal grandmother, taught me to read before…
Tales Told on Page & Screen: Six Word Story

Oct 6, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in A Simple Ad (2019 short film), Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez, Alex Diaz-Granados, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Movies, Popcorn Sky Productions, Screenwriting & Producing, Short Films

Six Word Story – A Simple Ad (Inspired by an apocryphal story about Ernest Hemingway) For Sale: Boy’s Skateboard. Never Used. Credits Directed by: Juan Carlos Hernandez Written by: Alex Diaz-Granados Produced by: Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez Edited by: Juan Carlos Hernandez Cast: Juan Carlos Hernandez as John, Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez as Sara Running Time: 3…
Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, September 6, 2022, or: After 11 Years, My Blogger Blog FINALLY Starts Paying Out

Sep 6, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in A Certain Point of View (Blogger), A Certain Point of View Too, Blogging, Book Reviews, Creative Writing, DVD Reviews, Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in South Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Movie Reviews, WordPress

Well, it finally happened. Last night, while I was doing my weekly look at the AdSense account of the Blogger precursor to this blog, I noticed that after 11 years and 1,404 blog posts, I finally reached the $100 payment threshold necessary for Google to pay me the ad revenue generated by my content on…
Tempus Fugit – 1972 Edition, or: Musings on the Ephemeral, Imperfect, and Malleable Nature of Memory

Aug 9, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Alex Diaz-Granados, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Family History, Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Personal Thoughts, Summer in Florida, Tempus fugit, Victoria Eugenia Pineros Restrepo (Vicky)

“Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.” ― Guy de Maupassant As the Dog Days of Summer 2022 near their finale – they began on Sunday, July 3, and will end on Thursday – I am struck by the concepts of memory, how…