Hi there, Dear Reader. It’s Saturday, January 2, 2021, and it is early afternoon here in New Hometown, Florida. Right now, the temperature is 81˚F (27˚C) under mostly cloudy skies. With humidity at 66% and the wind blowing from the south-southwest at 8 MPH (13 KM/H), the heat index is 83˚F (28˚C). Today’s forecast callsContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, January 2, 2021, or: Meet the New Year…Same as the Old Year”
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More Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, October 3: Venturing Out…Then Coming Back In
Hello again, Dear Reader. It’s late in the afternoon here in my corner of Florida, and it’s cloudy, gray, and even a bit drizzly outside. Currently, the temperature is 79˚F (26˚C) under cloudy skies; with humidity at 78% and a northeasterly breeze blowing at 11 MPH/17 KPH, the feels-like temperature is 79˚F (26˚C). The forecastContinue reading “More Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, October 3: Venturing Out…Then Coming Back In”
Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, September 26, 2020
Hi, there, Dear Reader, and welcome to another edition of Musings & Thoughts. It’s late morning here in my corner of Florida on this hot, humid September Saturday. Currently, the temperature outside is 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius) under mostly sunny skies. With humidity at a sticky 74% and a southerly breeze blowing atContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, September 26, 2020”
Books and Stories: Tackling the TBR Pile One Title at a Time
It’s early afternoon here in my small corner of Florida on this last day of Summer 2020. My blinds and curtains are closed, so my study is perhaps darker than it ought to be. Even so, the weather here is still “summery,” as it’s partly sunny and humid (66%) outside. Per my PC’s weather app,Continue reading “Books and Stories: Tackling the TBR Pile One Title at a Time”
Oh, Those End-of-Summer Blues & They Call the Wind…Sally
Don’t know whyThere’s no sun up in the skyStormy weather – Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler Well, it’s now early Sunday afternoon here in my corner of…er…not Paradise, but Florida, and the day is still a bit gray, damp, and even blustery. Right now it’s mostly sunny – at least at the spot where theContinue reading “Oh, Those End-of-Summer Blues & They Call the Wind…Sally”
Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, September 6, 2020: Another Late Summer Day in My Corner of Florida
Hello, Dear Reader. I hope this Sunday post finds you in good health and safe from the current global COVID-19 pandemic. If you are a citizen or resident of the U.S., I also hope that you are enjoying a nice pre-Labor Day weekend, even if the coronavirus health crisis means you have to put upContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, September 6, 2020: Another Late Summer Day in My Corner of Florida”
Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, September 1, 2020: Or, Hey, at Least I Got a New Book
Hi there, Dear Reader. Here it is late afternoon in my corner of Florida; warm daylight is streaming through the venetian blinds that shield my study from the hot summery sun that would otherwise flood it if all I had here were a window. It’s hot here; the temperature is in the low 90s, butContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, September 1, 2020: Or, Hey, at Least I Got a New Book”
Thoughts & Musings for August 14, 2020
Hello and welcome to another installment of Thoughts & Musings, the section of A Certain Point of View, Too where I don’t write reviews, politically-themed opinion pieces, or talk about ongoing or past projects. Those are my favorite things to blog about, but sometimes it’s nice to mimic Seinfeld and blog about…well, not quite nothing,Continue reading “Thoughts & Musings for August 14, 2020”
Bits and Pieces of My Mind, or Random Thoughts
Well, it’s Thursday, May 7, 2020, the 75th anniversary of Germany’s signing of the unconditional surrender documents at Allied headquarters in Reims, France, which ended the European phase of World War II. Actually, the May 7 signing at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters was the first surrender ceremony; Soviet dictator Josef Stalin protested that theContinue reading “Bits and Pieces of My Mind, or Random Thoughts”
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