Category: Movies
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Songs in Minor Keys (A Haiku)
Clefs, notes, and stanzasMelancholic melodies;How still the day seems!
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On Writing & Storytelling: Music that Inspires Me While I’m Working on ‘Reunion: Coda’
Late Morning, Wednesday, September 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi all. As you know, I love listening to music when I write. It doesn’t matter what I’m writing; it could be a blog post such as the one you’re reading now, or a first draft of a screenplay, or a prose story, but unless I have…
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On Books & Reading: My Much Delayed Update of My TBR Pile
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in Books, Creative Writing, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, James D. Hornfischer, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Peter Caddick-Adams, Star Wars Books, Star Wars: Brotherhood, The Kick-Ass Writer (Chuck Wendig), To Be Read (TBR) Stack, Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960Late Morning, Tuesday, September 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, all. It’s another warm early fall day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin this, my 366th post for 2023 and 1,265th overall since I started A Certain Point of View, Too in March 2020, the temperature outside is 80°F/27°C under mostly cloudy conditions.…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, September 18, 2023: Weekend Wrap-Up, and Resuming My Writer’s Journey
Late Morning, Monday, September 18, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. It’s the beginning of the third workweek in September 2023, and even though we are 18 days into meteorological fall (and five days away from traditional or astronomical fall), it still feels like summer in the Tampa Bay area. Right now (9 AM) the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, September 17, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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in A Bridge Too Far (1977 film), Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Autumn in Florida, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Movies, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Star Trek, Star Trek: Picard – Season TwoLate Morning/Midday, Sunday, September 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Here in my corner of the Tampa Bay area it is – as I begin this post – late Sunday morning. Even though it’s not quite noon, the temperature outside is still a scorching 86°F/30°C under sunny conditions. With the wind blowing from the southwest…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, September 8, 2023, or, Summer Still Simmers on ‘Star Trek Day’ – and ‘Reunion’ Gets a Trailer AND a Review!
Late Morning, Friday, September 8, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, here we are on Friday, September 8, 2023, the last day of a holiday-abridged workweek and also the first week of both September and meteorological fall. Because of Labor Day, I still feel like this Friday feels more like a Thursday, and, as Arthur…
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On Writing & Storytelling: As Summer’s Heat Lingers in Florida, ‘Reunion: A Story’ Gets Its Very Own Book Trailer!
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in Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Anthony James (AJ) Hernandez, Autumn in Florida, Creative Writing, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Movies, Popcorn Sky Productions, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaMidday/Early Afternoon, Wednesday, September 6, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone! Welcome to the first Hump Day post for September 2023! Here in the Tampa Bay area, it’s still summer-style hot even though we are now on Day Six of meteorological autumn. (Traditionalists who stick to the astronomical calendar: Yeah…I know. The autumn equinox isn’t until…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, September 5, 2023, or: A Tuesday That Feels Like a Monday? That Just Isn’t Right!
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, September 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida “What’s wrong with Tuesdays?” Trent asks. “Everything. Monday’s always Monday, but at least it’s the start of something new. Wednesday is hump day, Thursday’s almost Friday, and Friday brings the weekend. But Tuesday? Nada.” ― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus Hi, everyone. One of the things…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 21, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third – Wrap-up Edition
Late Morning, Monday, August 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s another torrid late summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. Outside, the temperature is 85°F/29°C under sunny skies. With an east-northeasterly breeze of 9 MPH/14 KMH and humidity at a sticky 66%, the heat index is 93°F/35°C. That’s bad enough, but as…
A Certain Point of View, Too 