Tag: Life in Florida
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, June 13, 2023, or: It Was 40 Years Ago Today…(A Tempus Fugit Story)
It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, June 13, 2013. It’s a sunny early summer day in the Tampa Bay area; it’s warm (86°F/30°C) but it feels warmer, and it’s going to get hotter as the hours tick by. Today’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a high of 93°F/33°C. Today I…
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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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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, June 11, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
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in Adults-Only Games, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Books, Computer and Video Games, Computer Games, Creative Writing, John Williams: Live in Vienna, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, MicroProse Software, Movies, Music & Concert Specials, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Regiments: Second Wave, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaHi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, June 11, 2023. It’s a warm (80°F/27°C) early summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. It’s sunny, humid, and it’s going to be a hot and more humid day, with the forecast calling for a high of 91°F/32°C and mostly sunny…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, June 10, 2023, or: Weekend Update – Part the First*
* Alternate Title: On Writing & Storytelling: Man, I Really Need a Day (or Two) Off! “Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Running into Unexpected Narrative Speed Bumps
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, June 9, 2023. It’s a warm (80°F/27°C) sunny early summer day, with clear sunny skies and rising temperatures. It’s going to be sunny and hot – the high for today is expected to reach 89°F/31°C, although the heat index (aka “feels-like temperature”) will…
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On Writing & Storytelling: SITREP on Tasks Accomplished – and Tasks to be Done
Hi, there! It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. It’s relatively cool outside on this seventh day of the month and seventh day of meteorological summer (traditional summer is still two weeks away); the temperature is 74°/23°C under sunny conditions. This being Florida, it won’t stay this mild for long.…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Sleepy or Not, I Got Some Editing Done Today
It’s midafternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – the 79th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, one of the pivotal battles of World War II. It’s a hot (86°F/30°C), sunny day outside, but happily there are no rain showers or thunderstorms in the forecast. I’m still sleepy and tired even…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, June 6, 2023, or: Action This Day…& D-Day Plus 79 Years
Hi, there. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. It’s a cool (71°F/22°C) but rapidly warming morning in the Tampa Bay area, and the forecast for the rest of the day calls for sunny skies and a high of 90°F/32°C) – a reminder that yes, meteorological summer began less than…
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On Writing & Storytelling: If it’s Monday, it Must be ‘Revision Day’….
It’s late evening here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, June 5, 2023. As I write this, the sun is still above the western horizon; it will set, however, in less than an hour, and soon, night will fall. After I revised the scene where Jim and Marty first started practicing their duet for the Spring…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Road to Success is a Bit Bumpy
On the Issue of Using “Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)” in Reunion: Coda[1] Hello again, Dear Reader. Well, I finally got a response from Concord Music, the copyright holder to the song “Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)” from West Side Story. It was brief – the rep in question, Georgina, referred me to…