Tag: Reunion Duology
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Song Parody for Reunion: Coda – Boy of Harvard
Based on the 1873 John Oxenford version of Men of Harlech To the tune of Men of Harlech Lyrics by Alex Diaz-Granados (with advice from Juan Carlos Hernandez) Boy of Harvard, what’s your story? Tell her now or you’ll be sorry. A gorgeous lass stands before ye, Hear ye not her call? At your pause…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, February 3, 2024, or: Weekend Dilemma – Do I Write? Or Do I Sloth?
Early Afternoon, Saturday, February 3, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Saturday edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. This is my 1,418th post, and I’m writing it on a sunny mid-winter day in New England. Currently, the temperature is 36°F (2°C) under sunny skies. With humidity at 41% and the…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Pressing On with the ‘One with the Emails’ Chapter…and Welcome to My 1,400th Post on WordPress!
Mid- to Late Morning, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, there, folks. Well, it’s 9:00 AM EST here in Madison as I begin this, the 1,400th post in this blog. It’s quite chilly here; the current temperature is 16°F/-9°C under partly sunny skies, with a “feels-like” temperature of 18°F/-°C. The forecast for today…
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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 Tuesday, November 14, 2023, or: The Big Move’s Preparations Continue Apace – The I Hate Packing Edition
Late Morning, Tuesday, November 14, 2023, Lithia, Florida “Leaves have fallen onto the snow like punctuation marks. They’ve held on for so long, but winter gets to us all in the end.” ― Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game Hey there, everyone. It’s a cool – by Florida standards anyway – late fall morning here…
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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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Where Time’s Winds Blow – A Poem
Where Time’s Winds Blow (A poem inspired by the Reunion Duology) Where time’s winds blow That’s where you are; Your bright eyes glow Like distant stars. I call your name And there you are; In time’s freeze frame Caught from afar. Where time’s winds blow Things cannot last; We come and we go Like ships…
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