Tag: Life After Miami
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, July 28, 2023, or: To Write or Not to Write…A Sleepy Writer Wonders After a Restless Night
Late Morning, Friday, July 28, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hello, Dear Reader. It’s another sweltering summer day in the Tampa Bay area on this last Friday of July 2023. As I write this, noon is still over one hour away, and even though the official temperature is 85°F/29°C under sunny conditions, the feels-like factor is 93°F/34°C.…
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On Writing & Storytelling: It’s a Wrap for Chapter 10, Scene Two of ‘Reunion: Coda’!
Hey, Dear Reader, I’m back! It’s late evening here in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, July 27, 2023, and as I write this, the sunset is about 30 minutes away. It’s still hot outside – 83°F/29°C is the official temperature, but the feels-like factor, even under mostly cloudy skies and a setting sun, is 85°F/30°C. That…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Despite a Change of Plans, ‘Hump Day’ Was Productive
Late Evening, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, again, Dear Reader. It’s just after sunset here in the Tampa Bay area as I begin this post. Even though the sky is getting dark, it’s still hot outside; the temperature is “only” 81°F/27°C under mostly cloudy skies, but since we had no rain – at…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Today on the ‘Reunion: Coda’ Agenda…Switching a Scene from Script to Novel
Late Morning, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hello, Dear Reader, and welcome to my 1,197th post on A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s “Hump Day” – the last Wednesday of July 2023, and the third day of the workweek. It is, of course, also a summer day in west-central Florida. Not surprisingly, it’s…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Action Plan for Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Family History, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Movie Magic Screenwriter 6, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, there, Dear Reader. This being summer, and this being west central Florida in summer, it’s shaping up to be another sweltering day in the Tampa Bay area. As I start writing this, the temperature outside is 86°F/30°C under sunny skies. Thanks to a combination of a…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Quickie Reviews for ‘Reunion,’ and Hopes and Aspirations for My Workday
Morning, Monday, July 24, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, as I write this, it’s late morning on the first day of the last work week of July 2023. It is, of course (this being Florida), another stifling hot, if perhaps not as sunny, summer day. The current temperature is 87°F/31°C under mostly…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, July 22, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Afternoon, Saturday, July 22, 2023, Lithia, Florida Another weekend – another scorching Saturday in July. It’s early afternoon here in my corner of Hillsborough County, and we are in a “heat advisory” situation until 7 PM Eastern Daylight Time. The current temperature – outside, anyway – is 93°F/34°C under mostly sunny conditions. With no rain…
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More Musings, More Thoughts for Friday, July 21, 2023, or: My Unexpected Mental Health Break Day
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Blogging, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), MicroProse Software, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Regiments: Second Wave, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaLate Afternoon/Early Evening, Friday, July 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Well, Dear Reader, it’s still quite hot outside. According to my computer’s Weather app, the current temperature is 92°F/33°C under mostly sunny conditions. That heat advisory I mentioned earlier today is still in place – the heat index (at 5:32 PM EDT) is 100°F/37°C. That’s hellishly…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, July 21, 2023, or: On Writing Stories on a Sweltering Summer Day in Florida
Midday, Friday, July 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Dear Reader. It is a suffocatingly torrid day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature outside is, according to the Weather app on my computer, 91°F/33°C under partly sunny conditions. The heat index is quite high – the “feels-like” temperature is…
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More Musings, More Thoughts for Thursday, July 20, 2023, or: On Writing, Stress, Grief, Stormy Weather, and Stark Realities
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Creative Writing, Family History, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in Florida, Victoria Eugenia Pineros Restrepo (Vicky)Evening, Thursday, July 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, again, Dear Reader. It’s still light outside – sunset is about an hour or so away – as I begin writing this second post of the day. And after a batch of thunderstorms passed through the area between 5 and 6 PM Eastern Daylight Time, the skies…
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