Tag: Life in Florida
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 28, 2023, or: Wrapping Up the Weekend Report, and Starting the New Workweek with Positivity
Late Morning/Midday, Monday, August 28, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The awfulness of Monday mornings is the world’s greatest common denominator. To the millionaire and the coolie it is the same, because there can be nothing worse.” ― Kenneth Fearing, The Big Clock Hi, everyone! Well, here we are, greeting – in my case, anyway – another…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 26, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Frustrated Writer’s Edition)
Late Afternoon/Early Evening, Saturday, August 26, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone! As I write this post, it’s just past 5:15 PM on a stifling, muggy late summer day in the Tampa Bay area. The current temperature is 93°F/34°C under mostly sunny conditions. Today’s forecast called for partly sunny skies and a high of 95°F/35°C, but…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Ups and Downs of My Writing Life
Late Morning, Friday, August 25, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, everyone! Here I am again on yet another hot, humid late summer day in the Tampa Bay area, getting ready to begin another workday before what promises to be yet another “meh” weekend. As I begin my 1,239th post on this blog, the temperature outside Is…
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On Writing & Storytelling: I Wrote Some Stuff Yesterday; I Will Write More Stuff Today
Late Morning/Midday, Friday, August 24, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Thursday is perhaps the worst day of the week. It’s nothing in itself; it just reminds you that the week has been going on too long.” ― Nicci French, Thursday’s Child Hi, there, everyone. Well, here we are on Thursday, Day Five of the average business week…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, August 22, 2023, or: Summer Broils On…Writing Goes On, As Well
Late Morning, Tuesday, August 22, 2023, Lithia, Florida “This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realise that it is August: the summer’s last stand.” ― Sara Baume, A Line Made By Walking Hi, there, folks. So, here we are, just over three weeks into August – the last month of meteorological summer and one…
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On Writing & Storytelling: As Summer Weather Simmers Outside, Writer Makes Progress Inside
Late Afternoon/Early Evening, Monday, August 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Well, several hours have passed since my last post, and the temperature did indeed reach 93°F/33°C or even exceeded it, cos as I write these words shortly after 6 PM Eastern Daylight Time, it is now 92°F/33°C under mostly sunny conditions. Sunset is still less than…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, August 21, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third – Wrap-up Edition
Late Morning, Monday, August 21, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, it’s another torrid late summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. Outside, the temperature is 85°F/29°C under sunny skies. With an east-northeasterly breeze of 9 MPH/14 KMH and humidity at a sticky 66%, the heat index is 93°F/35°C. That’s bad enough, but as…
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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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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 19, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Late Morning/Midday, Saturday, August 19, 2023, Lithia, Florida “August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, here it is late morning on another steamy late summer day in the Tampa…
A Certain Point of View, Too 