Tag: Life in the Tampa Bay area
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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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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…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, August 18, 2023, or: Sorry I’m Late, But…
Early Afternoon, Friday, August 18, 2023, Lithia, Florida I’m starting way later than usual on this, the last day of the regular workweek, which is unusual for me because I usually begin writing my daily blog post between 8 and 10 in the morning – depending on my energy levels and if I have a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, August 17, 2023, or: A Bit of Blogger’s Potpourri on a Stormy Day in Florida
Late Morning, Thursday, August 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s a gray, cloud-shrouded morning here…