Category: Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward)
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On Writing & Storytelling: Contemplating the Return to Work on ‘Reunion: Coda’
Late Morning, Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hello, there. Welcome to another post – the second for the new year, the 1,382nd overall – in A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s a bright but frigid New England morning here; the temperature outside is 26°F/-3°C under sunny skies, with a “feels-like” temperature of…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, January 1, 2024, or: Goodbye to 2023, Hello to 2024
Mid-Morning, Monday, January 1, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. Welcome to my first post of the new year – and 1,381st overall – in A Certain Point of View, Too. Well, unsurprisingly, my first New Year’s Day in New Hampshire is a chilly one. As I write this at 8:14 AM EST, the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, December 31, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second (New Year’s Eve Edition)
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Christmas 2023, Creative Writing, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), John Williams (Composer), Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), Movies, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Weather in New Hampshire, Winter 2023-2024Late Morning, Sunday, December 31, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. I hope that you are doing well today, which is (depending on where you are right now) either the last day of 2023 or the first day of 2024. For me, it’s late morning on the last Sunday (and day) of 2023. It’s a…
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A Quick Life Update from Madison, New Hampshire: A Trip to Market Basket on 2023’s Last Friday
Afternoon, Friday, December 29, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire It’s now afternoon – somewhere between early and mid-afternoon – here in my corner of New England on the last Friday of 2023. The weather outside, while not frightful, is…naturally, gray and wintry without being oppressively cold or rainy. As I write this at 2:38 PM EST,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, December 27, 2023, or: The Settling-In Saga Continues…and a Quick Writer’s Life Update
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, From Lithia (FL) to Madison (NH), Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing as a CraftLate Morning, Wednesday, December 27, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. It’s just past 9 AM Eastern Standard Time here in my corner of New England. Currently, the temperature in my neighborhood is 37°F/3°C under light rain and snow showers; the feels-like temperature outside – which is where I don’t want to be right…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, December 26, 2023 – Post-Christmas Day Edition
Late Morning, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, and welcome to another installment of A Certain Point of View, Too. As I write these words, the temperature in the Madison area is 34°F/1°C under mostly sunny skies. The feels-like temperature is 43°F/6°C, and the forecast for today calls for mostly sunny skies…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, December 22, 2023, or: A Brief Update from Wintry Madison, New Hampshire
Midday/Early Afternoon, Friday, December 22, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there. I’m obviously off to a late start on the blogging front as it is shortly past noon on a wintry December day in upper New England. As I begin this, my 1,369th post in A Certain Point of View, Too, the temperature in Madison…
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A Quick Update for Thursday, December 21, 2023
One piece of advice I received a lot before Patti picked me up in Florida on December 12 was to try and get some sunshine outside during the winter months to absorb Vitamin D and at least alleviate the psychological effects from the longer, darker nights of the season. (That, and to take Vitamin D…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, December 18, 2023, or: Rainy Days and Mondays….
Early Afternoon, Monday, December 18, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. Well, it’s been six days since my friend Patti Aliventi picked me up at my former home in Lithia, Florida, thus beginning the New England phase in my life. I’m still struggling to deal with the reasons why the move was necessary, but I…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, December 7, 2023, or: A Quick Life Update on Pearl Harbor Day
Early Afternoon, Thursday, December 7, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s a chilly – for Florida – early winter day here in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature outside is 66°F/19°C under sunny skies. The feels-like temperature is 76°F/25°C, and the forecast for today calls for sunny skies and a high of 72°F/22°C. Up…