Category: Creative Writing
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, November 5, 2023, or: Music to Enjoy a Lazy Autumn Sunday By….
Early Afternoon, Sunday, November 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to the first Daylight Savings Time Sunday post in A Certain Point of View, Too for 2023. Like millions of people throughout the world, I am not fond of the “Fall Back, Spring Forward” changing of the clocks thing. It usually throws my…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, November 4, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Late Morning, Saturday, November 4, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to another installment of Weekend Update in A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s a beautiful, cool but sunny day here in the Tampa Bay area on this first Saturday of November 2023. Per my PC’s Weather app, the temperature is 73°F/23°C under…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, November 3, 2023, or Memories, Melancholy, and Writing Plans for the Day
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Cheryl T, Coral Estates Park (Miami-area Neighborhood), Coral Park Elementary School, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in South Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Things I MissLate Morning, Friday, November 3, 2023, Late Morning, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope you are faring well on this first Friday of November 2023. It is a cool late fall day here in the Tampa Bay area; the temperature is 68°F/21°C under sunny conditions. That’s “chilly” by Florida standards, of course. Where I’m heading…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, November 2, 2023, or: Big Changes Ahead…and a Talented Friend’s Generosity
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, All the Things You Are, All the Things You Are (Kern and Hammerstein), Blogging, Creative Writing, Favorite Songs, From Lithia (FL) to Madison (NH), Life in Florida, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Music, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Morning, Thursday, November 2, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, everyone. It’s a chilly – by Florida standards – autumn morning here in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin this, my 1,319th post for this blog, it’s 61°F/16°C under sunny skies (the feels-like temperature is 60°F/15°C). A cold front passed through the area, so…
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Poet’s Corner: From Sand to Snow: A Writer’s Journey
From Sand to Snow: A Writer’s Journey I’m leaving the Sunshine State For a place where seasons change Trading sand for snow and ice A new start at sixty sounds nice I’m packing my bags and my books Ready to explore new nooks Seeking inspiration for new stories In a land of mountains and valleys…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, October 31, 2023, or: Ramblings of a Sleep-Deprived Novelist
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, October 31, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope you are having/have had a good day on this, the last day of October 2023 and, in the U.S. and other countries, Halloween. Here, it is a pleasant autumn-in-the-subtropics day; as I write this, the temperature outside is 80°F/27°C under sunny conditions, but…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, October 30, 2023, or: Starting the Week on an Anxious Note
Late Morning, Monday, October 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope all of you who read A Certain Point of View, Too had a nice weekend, and that your Monday – whether it’s a back-to-work, back-to-school, or just a first-day-of-the-new-week day for you – has been good to you so far. Here, it’s a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, October 29, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second (The Anxious Blogger Edition)
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Depression, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaMidday/Early Afternoon, Sunday, October 29, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. How’s your Sunday going? I sincerely hope you’re having (or, depending on where you live, have had) an enjoyable last Sunday of October 2023. As for me, I’m okay, I suppose. I’m still feeling tired from the sleepless night of October 27-28 – insomnia sucks…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, October 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Insomniac’s Edition)
Afternoon, Saturday, October 28, 2023, Lithia, Florida “It must be October, the trees are falling away and showing their true colors.” ― Charmaine J Forde Hi, folks. It’s almost mid-afternoon here in the Tampa Bay area on this, the last Saturday of October 2023. It’s sunny and warm (85°F/29°C) outside; I just stepped back inside…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 26, 2023, or: Memories of Octobers Past…and Finding My ‘Epistolary’ Voice in Chapter 12
Late Morning, Thursday, October 26, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Well, here we are on a somewhat sunny and cool (78°F/26°C) – for the subtropical zone, at least – October morning in the Tampa Bay area. It looks like it’s going to be a nice day; the forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and…
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