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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, January 8, 2023 – Special Tempus Fugit Edition

Jan 8, 2023

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Blogging, Family History, Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in the Tampa Bay area, Life in the United States, Personal Thoughts, Tempus fugit

Hi, there, Dear Reader. On this lovely, cool – for the subtropics, anyway – midday on Sunday, January 8, 2022, I find myself reflecting that 2023 marks a plethora of significant anniversary dates. Mixed Feelings Some, like my birthday – March 5, for those of you who want to pencil it in their social calendars…
Afternoon in Lithia, 01.07.23 (A Haiku)

Jan 7, 2023

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Blogging, Haiku, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Poetry

Golden sunlight shines Upon the green grass outside: A breeze stirs the leaves
Lithia, 11:46 AM, 01.05.23 (A Haiku)

Jan 5, 2023

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Blogging, Florida Weather, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Winter in Florida

Rain clouds shroud the sky In a veil of grey darkness Boom! Thunderbolt strikes
Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, January 4, 2023, or: Things That Brought Me Some Joy in 2022

Jan 4, 2023

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Alex Diaz-Granados

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Although I will not remember 2022 with a great deal of fondness, I can’t say that the year was devoid of its momentary joys and pleasures. After all, I’ve watched some great movies (on home media, unfortunately, but I still watched them), read some interesting and entertaining books, listened to music I had not listened…
On Books & Reading: A TED Talk About My ‘Disrupted’ Reading Habits, Plus the Last TBR Report for 2022

Dec 29, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Blogging, Books, Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, To Be Read (TBR) Stack

Well, Dear Reader, it’s Thursday, December 29, 2022, and since today is almost at the halfway point of its 24-hour span, we are getting closer to saying goodbye to the Old Year and ushering in the New Year. I had hoped to write a book or movie review today, but I – once again –…
Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, December 17, 2022, or: Chilly Day in Tampa Bay Area Triggers Memories of Sevilla in 1988

Dec 17, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Blogging, College Life, Family History, Florida Weather, Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in South Florida, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami-Dade Community College, Personal Thoughts, Semester in Spain Program, Semester in Spain Program – CCIS, Student Journalist, Student Newspaper, Winter in Florida

“Fare thee well, and if for ever Still for ever fare thee well.” ― George Gordon Byron Today I woke up to an even chillier – by Florida standards, anyway – morning than I did the day before; the sun had only just risen, so it was still semi-dark outside, with temperatures in the low…
Morning in Tampa, December 2022 (A Haiku)

Dec 16, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Creative Writing, Florida Weather, From Lithia to Brandon, Haiku, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Personal Thoughts, Poetry, Winter in Florida

Battleship-gray skies Mixed with cold Siberian winds Give me chills, goosebumps.
A Sunday in November 2022: An Update in Haiku

Nov 27, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Blogging, Haiku, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, Personal Thoughts, Poetry

Long, slow, winter day; My mind, too tired to write prose, Crafted some haikus.
Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, November 24, 2022, or: Weird Dreams

Nov 24, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Blogging, Humor, Life in Florida, Personal Thoughts, Thanksgiving 2022

“Wiseass,” the old man said with gruff wry amusement. “Third condition: It’s a one-way trip back to 1972. This isn’t like in that Stephen King story, ’11/22/63,’ where there’s a gateway back to 2022 that you can slip through whenever you want. This is a one-way trip back in time.” “Well, that’s okay. There’s nothing…
Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, November 3, 2022, or: Movies, Moods, and Aspirations

Nov 3, 2022

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Alex Diaz-Granados

in Amazon, Books, Disney+, Emmanuelle (1974), Emmanuelle 2 (1975), Emmanuelle 3/Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977), Erotic Movies, Films by Steven Spielberg, Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947, Military History, Movies, Movies & Television, Operation Downfall, Star Trek: The Original 6-Movie Collection, Star Trek: The Original Motion Picture 6-Movie Collection, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, The Color Purple, The Mist (2007), To Be Read (TBR) Stack, World War II (1939-1945)

From Books to Movies Since yesterday I posted about my infamous To Be Read (TBR) list and how I tend to read different books about the same topic (for instance, the invasion of Japan that mercifully did not take place), today’s installment of A Certain Point of View, Too will be about the To Be…