Tag: Life in Florida
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 12, 2023, or: Ambivalent Anniversaries and Tough Writing Choices
Late Morning, Thursday, October 12, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Constant Readers. I hope you’re having (or that you had, if you live on the far side of the International Dateline, where it’s already Friday the 13th) a good day. I’m hoping that my day will be, at the very least, productive, and I will…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, October 7, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Midafternoon, Saturday, October 7, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. How are you all doing on this first Saturday in October? I’m not going to write a long post for A Certain Point of View, Too today. I decided, albeit after giving the matter some thought, to take today off from being a writer and just…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 5, 2023, or: Family Anniversaries Loom; Progress on Novel Inches Forward
Midday/Early Afternoon, Thursday, October 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Welcome to another Thursday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s the fifth day of October, which as you know is not one of my favorite months – for a number of reasons. First, it’s the “birthday month” of both my parents. Dad…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, September 30, 2023, or: A Brief Message for the Last Saturday of September 2023
Afternoon, Saturday, September 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone, and welcome to another Saturday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. I hope you are having a good weekend – the last one for September and marks the end of the month and first third of meteorological fall. It’s just past 2 PM as…
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On Writing & Storytelling: To Avoid ‘Burning Daylight’ and Stick to Work Commitments, Setting Realistic Goals is Key
Afternoon, Saturday, September 23, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Welcome to another weekend edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. This being early fall, and this being Florida, it is a hot, humid afternoon here in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature outside is 84°F/30°C under sunny conditions. Maybe it’s because yesterday was…
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On Books & Reading: My Much Delayed Update of My TBR Pile
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in Books, Creative Writing, Fire & Steel: The End of World War Two in the West, James D. Hornfischer, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Peter Caddick-Adams, Star Wars Books, Star Wars: Brotherhood, The Kick-Ass Writer (Chuck Wendig), To Be Read (TBR) Stack, Who Can Hold the Sea: The U.S. Navy in the Cold War 1945-1960Late Morning, Tuesday, September 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, all. It’s another warm early fall day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I begin this, my 366th post for 2023 and 1,265th overall since I started A Certain Point of View, Too in March 2020, the temperature outside is 80°F/27°C under mostly cloudy conditions.…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, September 18, 2023: Weekend Wrap-Up, and Resuming My Writer’s Journey
Late Morning, Monday, September 18, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. It’s the beginning of the third workweek in September 2023, and even though we are 18 days into meteorological fall (and five days away from traditional or astronomical fall), it still feels like summer in the Tampa Bay area. Right now (9 AM) the…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, September 17, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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in A Bridge Too Far (1977 film), Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Autumn in Florida, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, MicroProse Software, Movies, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Star Trek, Star Trek: Picard – Season TwoLate Morning/Midday, Sunday, September 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Here in my corner of the Tampa Bay area it is – as I begin this post – late Sunday morning. Even though it’s not quite noon, the temperature outside is still a scorching 86°F/30°C under sunny conditions. With the wind blowing from the southwest…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Weekend is Upon Us; Now My Question is: To Write…or Not to Write?
Late Morning/Midday/Early Afternoon, Saturday, September 16, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s another hot, humid, and potentially rainy day in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature outside is 86°F/30°C under sunny skies. However, with a “barely there” breeze blowing from the east-northeast at 5 MPH/8 KMH and humidity at a sticky…
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