Tag: Life in the Tampa Bay area
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On Writing & Storytelling: As Summer’s Heat Lingers in Florida, ‘Reunion: A Story’ Gets Its Very Own Book Trailer!
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in Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Anthony James (AJ) Hernandez, Autumn in Florida, Creative Writing, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Movies, Popcorn Sky Productions, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: CodaMidday/Early Afternoon, Wednesday, September 6, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone! Welcome to the first Hump Day post for September 2023! Here in the Tampa Bay area, it’s still summer-style hot even though we are now on Day Six of meteorological autumn. (Traditionalists who stick to the astronomical calendar: Yeah…I know. The autumn equinox isn’t until…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, September 5, 2023, or: A Tuesday That Feels Like a Monday? That Just Isn’t Right!
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, September 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida “What’s wrong with Tuesdays?” Trent asks. “Everything. Monday’s always Monday, but at least it’s the start of something new. Wednesday is hump day, Thursday’s almost Friday, and Friday brings the weekend. But Tuesday? Nada.” ― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus Hi, everyone. One of the things…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, September 4, 2023, or: Labor Day Quandary – To Write or Not to Write….
Late Morning, Monday, September 4, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. It’s 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time here in the Tampa Bay area. Today is Labor Day here in the United States, so even though there are quite a few of my fellow Americans working to keep the lights on and all that, millions of folks…
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Weekend Musical Interlude, Sunday, September 3, 2023
Early Afternoon, Sunday, September 3, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Well, here we are on the second day of the long Labor Day weekend, and it’s a hot third day of both the new month and the new (meteorological) autumn season. Here in the Tampa Bay area, the weather is still summer-like, although if my…
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Weekend Musical Interlude: Saturday, September 2, 2023
Early Afternoon, Saturday, September 2, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, everyone. Even though I’ve gotten some rest over the past few days, I’m still a bit tired today and don’t feel like writing too much at the moment. It’s the weekend, anyway, so I am going to take some time to rest, read for a while,…
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On Writing & Storytelling: New Month, New (Meteorological) Season, and Persistent Writing Challenges
Late Morning, Friday, September 1, 2023, Lithia, Florida “But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend will settle into your favorite…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, August 31, 2023, or: First Stress, Then Euphoria…Idalia’s Passing Screws Up My Sleeping Cycle
Late Morning, Thursday, August 31, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Well, here we are – it’s the last day of August and the last day of meteorological summer – on another torrid Thursday in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature is 83°F/29°C under mostly cloudy skies. However, with humidity at…
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Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, August 30, 2023, or: Hurricanes, Stress, and Writing Are Not a Good Mix
Midday/Early Afternoon, Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.” ― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Hi, there, everyone, and…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, August 29, 2023, or: As Hurricane Idalia Approaches, the Writing Goes On (Trouble in the Tropics Edition)
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, August 29, 2023, Lithia, Florida “That’s something every islander knows–there’s always going to be another hurricane. Another storm. Everything buried will surface again, and everything you thought would last forever will come down eventually. But you rebuild. You dredge. You keep moving, keep adding new. That’s how we go on living.” ―…
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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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