Category: Music
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, December 25, 2023: A Brief Post for Christmas Day from Madison, New Hampshire
Late Morning, Monday, December 25, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone, and welcome to the 1,372nd post I write for this blog. As the heading states, it’s late morning here in my small corner of New Hampshire. It’s a grey, chilly morning here; the current temperature is 36°F/2°C under cloudy skies, and the feels-like factor…
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Music & Melodies for Thanksgiving 2023
Blogger’s Note: I don’t feel up to writing a blog post today; I have a lot on my mind today (some of it good, some not), and I can’t focus all that well on writing a blog post on any topic, so I’m just going to share some music videos for your listening pleasure. Some…
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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 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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More of My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists
More of My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists For my friend Patti Aliventi. Music Albums – Movie Soundtracks Music Albums – Classical Music Albums – Pop/Rock Music Albums – Jazz/Standards Music Albums – Miscellaneous
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My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five ‘Favorites’ Lists
My Top Fives: A (Hopefully) Self-Explanatory Set of Five “Favorites” Lists Movies Books (Non-fiction) Books (Fiction) Computer/Video Games Songs (Standards, Mostly)
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, October 14, 2023, or: Music for Rest & Relaxation
Afternoon, Saturday, October 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I hope your weekend is off to a good start on this second Saturday in October 2023. I don’t have much to report, except to say that I’m going to take the day off from writing. I’m a bit fatigued, and I (obviously) can’t write well…
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On Music & Melodies: A Quick Music-Only Post to Start the Workweek
Hi, everyone! I’m a bit behind my usual schedule for posting on A Certain Point of View, Too, and I must get ready for my novel-writing journey for this first day of the official workweek, so today all you’ll get is another collection of music videos from YouTube, including another cover of All the Things…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, September 22, 2023, or: There Shall Be No Weekend for This Writer
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in A Certain Point of View (Blogger), Alex Diaz-Granados, All the Things You Are, All the Things You Are (Kern and Hammerstein), Blogging, Creative Writing, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, Music, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing as a CraftMidday/Early Afternoon, Friday, September 22, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, all. So, here we are again at the end of another workweek and on the brink of another weekend. For me, Fridays aren’t as full of promise as they used to be regarding restfulness or weekend fun. If I have a reasonably productive writing week (which…
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