Tag: Life After Miami
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, August 20, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second – Trouble in the Tropics Edition
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Florida Weather, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Popcorn Sky Productions, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida, Sunny in the Valley of Crickets, Sunny in the Village of Crickets, WeatherEarly Afternoon, Sunday, August 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s another hot and muggy day in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin writing this, the temperature is 89°F/32°C under mostly sunny conditions. With humidity at a sticky 63% and a somewhat brisker than usual easterly breeze – a land breeze in this…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, August 18, 2023, or: Sorry I’m Late, But…
Early Afternoon, Friday, August 18, 2023, Lithia, Florida I’m starting way later than usual on this, the last day of the regular workweek, which is unusual for me because I usually begin writing my daily blog post between 8 and 10 in the morning – depending on my energy levels and if I have a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, August 17, 2023, or: A Bit of Blogger’s Potpourri on a Stormy Day in Florida
Late Morning, Thursday, August 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s a gray, cloud-shrouded morning here…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, August 16, 2023, or: Welcome to Midweek, Midmonth, and a Hellishly Hot Midsummer!
Late Morning, Wednesday, August 16, 2023, Lithia, Florida Greetings and salutations, Dear Reader. Well, here we are again in midweek in mid-August, and it’s another miserably torrid midsummer day in Florida. As I begin this, my 1,226th post in A Certain Point of View, Too, the temperature outside is 87°F/31°C under mostly cloudy conditions. Of…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Novel-Writing Journey Continues…Slowly but Surely
Late Afternoon, Monday, August 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. I’m back to give you a quick update on my daily writing journey and the progress of my first novel, Reunion: Coda. First, as expected, the weather was typical “Florida mean season” stuff. It was sunny and hot for much of the morning, then turned…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 14, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third – and My Writing Plan for Today
Late Morning, Monday, August 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s yet another simmering midsummer day here in the Tampa Bay area. According to my computer’s Weather app, the temperature outside is 87°F/31°C under sunny conditions. With humidity at a sticky 70% and a south-southeasterly breeze blowing at 6 MPH/10 KMH, the heat index is…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, August 13, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second – Hot as Hell Edition
Midday/Early Afternoon, Sunday, August 13, 2023, Lithia, Florida “An’ the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the Bay!” – Rudyard Kipling, The Road to Mandalay The Tampa Bay area is nowhere near Mandalay, Burma. Nor is it across the Bay from China, for that matter. But summers here – as well as in…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 12, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First – Hellishly Hot Edition
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Amazon Prime Video, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Movies, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning/Early Afternoon, Saturday, August 12, 2023, Lithia, Florida Another Hellishly Sweltering Day in the Summer of ‘23 Hi, there. Well, here we are again, on a stifling midsummer day in Florida, starting one of those weird “meh” weekends where I must figure out if I’m going to take the day off from working on…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Reunion: A Story’
Jim Garraty was, from the first version of the story to the final published work, my literary alter ego. Like most first-time creative writers, I put a lot of myself into Reunion’s protagonist, even though Jim is an idealized, non-disabled, and far more accomplished version of Alex Diaz-Granados. We both attended South Miami High from…
A Certain Point of View, Too 