Tag: Books
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Chapter with the Emails Moves Forward…One Romantic Email at a Time
Late Morning, Thursday, January 18, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. It’s almost 9 AM Eastern Standard Time as I begin my 1,401st post on A Certain Point of View, Too. Once again, it’s been one of those long mornings when I wake up much earlier than I need to, can’t get back to…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, January 12, 2024, or: Reflections on My First Month in New England…and a Progress Report on Reunion: Coda
Late Morning, Friday, January 12, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, folks. It’s just past 10 in the morning here in New England as I begin this, the 1,395th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. Although it’s cold outside – the temperature is 34°F/1°C, with a feels-like factor of 48°F/9°C, it is a lovely…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, December 19, 2023, or: A Quick Update from a Florida ‘Ex-Pat’ in New England
Late Morning, Tuesday, December 19, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Good morning, folks. As I begin this post, it’s late morning in New Hampshire. It’s a beautiful day so far; the rain that has been soaking this part of the state has cleared off, at least for now, and the sky is clear, at least over…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, June 12, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Berliner Philharmoniker/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, John Williams/Berliner Philharmoniker: John Williams -The Berlin Concert, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), MicroProse Software, Music, Music & Concert Specials, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaHi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 12, 2023. It’s a hot early summer day (85°F/29°C). It’s sunny, humid, and with no rain in the immediate future, it’s bound to get hotter still. Today’s forecast for the Tampa Bay area calls for mostly summer skies and a high…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Late Start to My Workday…and One Final Tweak to ‘Reunion’
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s almost noon here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, April 17, 2023. I’m off to a late start on this cloudy, sometimes rainy, and balmy spring day because I went to bed far too late and woke up just a tad later than my usual 6:30 AM “rise and shine” time.…
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Book Review: ‘Code-Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan-And Why Truman Dropped the Bomb’
Code-Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan-And Why Truman Dropped the Bomb (1995) By: Thomas B. Allen and Norman Polmar Publisher: Simon & Schuster The Invasion That Never Was In 1995, the Golden Anniversary of the Allied victories in Europe and the Asia-Pacific theaters of World War II, Simon & Schuster published Code-Name Downfall: The…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, January 14, 2023, or: Low Temperatures, Cold Symptoms Put the Kibosh on a Planned Book Review
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in Alfred Coppel, Blogging, Books, Code-Name Downfall: The Top-Secret Plan to Invade Japan – and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb, Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Military History, Personal Thoughts, The Burning Mountain: A Novel of the Invasion of Japan (1983)A cold front passed through Central Florida between yesterday afternoon and early this morning, so the temperature in Lithia (as I write this) is 47°F/8°C under mostly cloudy skies on Saturday, January 14, 2023. The house is warmer than that, thank the Force, but I still have that nagging cold, and the combination of low…
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