“In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” ― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, June 1, 2023. It’s a warm (77°F/25°C) first day of (meteorological) summer and the Atlantic hurricane season.Continue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: A New Month Begins, and I Must Go On Writing, Come What May”
Category Archives: The New Story
On Writing & Storytelling: Today Was Not a Bad Day, Writing-Wise
“We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling.” ― Jimmy Neil Smith If yesterday’s writing session was frustrating and somewhat less than satisfactory (I only produced 441 words, and those came into being at a relatively late hour in my working schedule),Continue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Today Was Not a Bad Day, Writing-Wise”
Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, May 31, 2023: Adieu, Spring – And a Writer’s Anxieties Come to the Fore
Adieu to Spring 2023 “Is it so small a thing To have enjoy’d the sun, To have liv’d light in the spring, To have lov’d, to have thought, to have done; To have advanc’d true friends, and beat down baffling foes…?” ― Matthew Arnold, Empedocles On Etna and Other Poems It’s late morning here inContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, May 31, 2023: Adieu, Spring – And a Writer’s Anxieties Come to the Fore”
On Writing & Storytelling: A Better Day Than Yesterday…and Waiting for an Important Email
Well, it’s late afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, and it’s a sunny, hot (88°F/31°C) late spring day. It’s much too warm and muggy for me to venture out now, and in any case, I’m too tired to go for a long walk like the one I took this weekend. ThisContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: A Better Day Than Yesterday…and Waiting for an Important Email”
More Musings, More Thoughts for Monday, May 29, 2023, or: Memorial Day 2023 Update (Nighttime Edition)
It’s night here in Lithia, Florida, on Memorial Day 2023. It’s cool outside (75°F/24°C) under clear conditions, and the house is quiet except for the sound of the air conditioning and Mantovani: Great Concerts playing on my PC’s Amazon Music app. I’ve already had dinner – the last two slices of pizza that I orderedContinue reading “More Musings, More Thoughts for Monday, May 29, 2023, or: Memorial Day 2023 Update (Nighttime Edition)”
Musings & Thoughts for Monday, May 29, 2023, or: Looks Like My Work Week Got Off to a Bad Start….
Hi there. It’s early afternoon as I start this, my 208th post of the year and 1,108th overall – on Monday, May 29, 2023. And considering that it’s meteorological spring’s last hurrah (two more days, then it’s on to summer…and the official start of the hurricane season), it’s a nice day. It’s 76°F/26°C under mostlyContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Monday, May 29, 2023, or: Looks Like My Work Week Got Off to a Bad Start….”
Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon on Sunday, May 28, 2023, the last weekend of meteorological Spring ’23. It’s a nice day outside; it’s warm (80°F/27°C) under sunny conditions, and the forecast calls for sunny skies and a high of 86°F/30°C). The daily “highs” are creeping into the 80s/90s as both summer and theContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 28, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second”
Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 27, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Hi, there. It’s late morning in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, May 27, 2023. It’s a nice late spring morning here; sunny, cool (it’s only 72°F/22°C) and the skies overhead are clear. It hardly seems like summer – meteorological summer, not astronomical (traditional) summer – is only a few days away, along with the official startContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 27, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First”
On Writing & Storytelling: To Write or Not to Write – Today’s Pressing Dilemma
Hi, there, Dear Reader. How are you on this Friday, May 26, 2023 – or, if you live on the other side of the International Date Line, Saturday, May 27? As always, I hope you’re as well as your circumstances permit. Here in lovely Lithia, Florida, it’s a warm (78°F/26°C), humid, and sunny day, butContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: To Write or Not to Write – Today’s Pressing Dilemma”
On Writing & Storytelling: Time for Another SITREP on The New Story
Hi, there, Dear Reader, and welcome to the Thursday, May 25, 2023, edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s midafternoon here in Lithia, Florida, and it’s hot (84°F/29°C), dark, and rainy. It’s so dark that I just had to turn on the ceiling lamp, and I hear thunder, which of course means weContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Time for Another SITREP on The New Story”
A Certain Point of View, Too 