Tag: Reunion: Coda
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, January 14, 2023, or: And on the Seventh Day, the Writer Rested…(After a Trip to Market Basket)
Early Afternoon, Sunday, January 14, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. I am writing this, the 1,397th post in A Certain Point of View, Too, later than usual. I needed to go to the Market Basket in North Conway because I was running low on groceries. If the weather hadn’t been so lousy yesterday, Marc,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, January 12, 2024, or: Reflections on My First Month in New England…and a Progress Report on Reunion: Coda
Late Morning, Friday, January 12, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, folks. It’s just past 10 in the morning here in New England as I begin this, the 1,395th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. Although it’s cold outside – the temperature is 34°F/1°C, with a feels-like factor of 48°F/9°C, it is a lovely…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, January 11, 2024, or: Notes from a Storyteller in New England (and a Quick Life Update)
Late Morning, Thursday, January 11, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, everyone. It’s late morning here in my corner of New England on the fourth day of the regular workweek. Since it’s early winter still, the temperature here is 31°F (0°C) under mostly cloudy conditions. It feels colder than that, though; the wind-chill factor on…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Early to Rise, Early to Work? Musings on a Gray, Cold New England Morning
Mid-to-Late Morning, Wednesday, January 10, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. It’s already midway through the workweek, and this 10th day of the new year is off to a chilly and soggy start here in New England. As I write this, the temperature in Madison is 38°F/3°C under a mixture of light snow and rain.…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Getting Ready to End the First Workweek of 2024
Late Morning, Friday, January 5, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. Welcome to the 1,387th post in A Certain Point of View, Too. Today, obviously, is Friday, the first of the new year. It’s a bright, sunny, if perhaps frigid day here in this corner of New England. As I write this at 10:48 AM…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Contemplating the Return to Work on ‘Reunion: Coda’
Late Morning, Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hello, there. Welcome to another post – the second for the new year, the 1,382nd overall – in A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s a bright but frigid New England morning here; the temperature outside is 26°F/-3°C under sunny skies, with a “feels-like” temperature of…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, December 21, 2023, or: ‘Alexa, Read to Me From This Book…” & Quick Life Update from Madison
Late Morning, Thursday, December 21, 2023, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. It’s a frosty early winter day here in my corner of New England. Presently, the temperature in Madison is 25°F/-4°C under sunny conditions. The forecast for the Conway/Madison area calls for sunny skies and a high of 34°F/1°C. As we are in a…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, October 26, 2023, or: Memories of Octobers Past…and Finding My ‘Epistolary’ Voice in Chapter 12
Late Morning, Thursday, October 26, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, folks. Well, here we are on a somewhat sunny and cool (78°F/26°C) – for the subtropical zone, at least – October morning in the Tampa Bay area. It looks like it’s going to be a nice day; the forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Starting a Story from the Middle (an Excerpt from ‘Reunion: A Story’)
An Excerpt from Reunion: A Story In 1987, 11 years before I decided to write my first complete work of fiction, I took a Creative Writing course (CRW-2001, I believe it was) at what was then called Miami-Dade Community College, South Campus. As I recall, late in the semester, we students were asked to write…
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, October 20, 2023, or: A Quick Life Update
Midday, Friday, October 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there! Welcome to another Friday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s a warm autumn day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, the temperature is 80°F/26°C under sunny conditions. We’re still experiencing chilly morning temperatures after the passage of a strong…
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