Tag: Books
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Song Parody for Reunion: Coda – Boy of Harvard
Based on the 1873 John Oxenford version of Men of Harlech To the tune of Men of Harlech Lyrics by Alex Diaz-Granados (with advice from Juan Carlos Hernandez) Boy of Harvard, what’s your story? Tell her now or you’ll be sorry. A gorgeous lass stands before ye, Hear ye not her call? At your pause…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, January 28, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Late Morning/Midday, Sunday, January 28, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, Constant Readers (and Not-so-Constant Readers). It’s late morning here in my cozy corner of New England on a cold, somewhat leaden winter day. Currently, the temperature is 36°F (2°C) under mostly cloudy skies. With a northerly wind barely blowing at 1 MPH (2 KMH) and…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Reunion: Coda‘s Epistolary Chapter – ‘the One with the Emails’ – is DONE!
Mid- to Late Morning, Thursday, January 25, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi there, dear readers. It’s a cold but sunny winter morning here in east central New Hampshire. Currently, the temperature is 31°F (0°C) under partly sunny conditions. With humidity at 89% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 1 MPH/1 KMH, the feels-like…
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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.…
A Certain Point of View, Too 