Tag: life
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, June 18, 2024, or: Running Aground, Yet Again, on the Shoals of ‘Writer’s Block’
The Madison Summer Almanac for June 18, 2024, forecasts a hot, sunny day with a high of 93°F (34°C) and a heat index of 97°F (36°C). The writer, struggling with writer’s block, faced challenges organizing files due to a Google storage ultimatum. Despite the frustration, they maintain hope for a better writing day ahead. This…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, June 17, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second – My Sunday Summed Up…and Hopes for a Productive Monday Workday
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), MicroProse Software, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer 2024Today in Madison, New Hampshire, the weather is mostly sunny with a high of 80°F (27°C). The writer reflects on their uneventful weekend, spent mostly indoors, indulging in solitary activities. They express a desire to make progress on their writing but feel uncertain about their creative inspiration for the day.
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 12, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the First…and Some Thoughts on Mother’s Day of ’24
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, Family History, Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), MicroProse Software, New Hampshire Weather, Personal Thoughts, Regiments (2022), Regiments: Iron Curtain, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring 2024The post describes a cloudy but pleasant spring day in New Hampshire. The author reflects on taking a break from writing, expressing the stress and fatigue involved in the process. It’s Mother’s Day, a bittersweet occasion due to the loss of the author’s mother and past family tensions. The post ends with well wishes and…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 5, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the First…and Melodies and Sentiments I Love
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blogging, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), Melodies and Memories: Music, Songs, and Singers, New Hampshire Weather, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Spring 2024Sunday, May 5th, 2024 in Madison, New Hampshire, brought a cool, rainy day with a temperature of 53°F (11°C). The forecast predicted rain throughout the day, with a high of 54°F (12°C). The writer, a transplanted Floridian, shared their uneventful Saturday, commemorating “Star Wars Day” by watching Star Wars: Andor, and running errands. They announced…
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, March 18, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second…and a New Workweek is Upon Us!
Late Morning/Midday, Monday, March 18, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone, and welcome to the start of another workweek. It’s a cold early spring day here in northern New England; the current temperature is 38°F (3°C) under cloudy conditions. With the wind blowing from the west-southwest at 9 MPH (14 KMH) and humidity at 42%,…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Reunion: Coda‘s Epistolary Chapter – ‘the One with the Emails’ – is DONE!
Mid- to Late Morning, Thursday, January 25, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi there, dear readers. It’s a cold but sunny winter morning here in east central New Hampshire. Currently, the temperature is 31°F (0°C) under partly sunny conditions. With humidity at 89% and the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 1 MPH/1 KMH, the feels-like…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, January 9, 2024: Filling Out Forms, Doing Chores, and Rejiggering Schedules to Write a ‘First Novel’
Late Morning/Midday, Tuesday, January 9, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there. Well, as I begin my 1,392nd blog post on WordPress, the temperature in Madison is 24°F/-4°C, with a feels-like factor of 34°F/1°C, under cloudy conditions. After a perfect – if frigid – Monday, it looks like another winter storm is going to affect Carroll…
A Certain Point of View, Too 