Tag: Summer in Florida
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Tempus Fugit: The Seventh Day of the Sixth Month…and Summer Memories from 1975
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Coral Estates Park (Miami-area Neighborhood), Creative Writing, Family History, Life in Florida, Life in Miami (1972-2016), Life in Miami….Again, Life in South Florida, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer 1975, Summer 2025, Summer in Florida, Tempus fugit, Things I MissMidday/Early Afternoon, Saturday, June 7, 2025, Miami, Florida “The summer stretched out the daylight as if on a rack. Each moment was drawn out until its anatomy collapsed. Time broke down. The day progressed in an endless sequence of dead moments.” ― China Miéville, Perdido Street Station It’s the seventh day of June – and…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, August 5, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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in Adults-Only Games, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Amazon Music, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray Collection, Boston Pops Orchestra, Computer and Video Games, Creative Writing, John Williams (Composer), John Williams in Vienna, John Williams Live in Vienna (2020 Album), John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Leap of Faith, Life in Florida, Life in the Tampa Bay area, MicroProse Software, Movies, Music, Personal Thoughts, Pops in Love: John Williams & the Boston Pops, Regiments (2022), Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning, Saturday, August 5, 2023, Lithia, Florida “The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.” ― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees Another hot Saturday, another day in hellishly hot Florida. It’s late morning here in the Tampa Bay area, and even though…
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On Writing & Storytelling: TGIF! The Endpoint of Chapter 11, Scene One is in Sight
Late Morning, Friday, August 4, 2023, Lithia, Florida “I believe someone made a grievous mistake when summer was created; no novitiate or god in their right mind would make a season akin to hell on purpose. Someone should be fired.” ― Michelle Franklin Ah. Another summer day is here, and another work week is ending.…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A SITREP on ‘Reunion: Coda’ for August 3, 2023
Late Morning, Thursday, August 3, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, Dear Reader. As I write this, noon is less than three hours away, and yet it is shaping up to be another simmering high summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. Currently, the temperature (outside) is 82°F/27°C under mostly sunny conditions. However, with humidity at…
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On Writing & Storytelling: My Action Plan for Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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in Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Beatriz Diaz-Granados, Blogging, Creative Writing, Family History, Florida Weather, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Movie Magic Screenwriter 6, Personal Thoughts, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Summer in FloridaLate Morning, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hey, there, Dear Reader. This being summer, and this being west central Florida in summer, it’s shaping up to be another sweltering day in the Tampa Bay area. As I start writing this, the temperature outside is 86°F/30°C under sunny skies. Thanks to a combination of a…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Quickie Reviews for ‘Reunion,’ and Hopes and Aspirations for My Workday
Morning, Monday, July 24, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, as I write this, it’s late morning on the first day of the last work week of July 2023. It is, of course (this being Florida), another stifling hot, if perhaps not as sunny, summer day. The current temperature is 87°F/31°C under mostly…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, July 20, 2023, or: Grief, Stress, and Writing
Early Afternoon, Thursday, July 20, 2023, Lithia, Florida Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, it looks like today is going to be one of the hottest days of the still young summer; as I write this, the temperature (outside, of course) is 91°F/33°C under mostly cloudy conditions. With humidity at 64% and a barely moving (3…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Quick SITREP on ‘Reunion: Coda’ and the Effects of Bad Weather on My Output
Late Afternoon, Monday, July 17, 2023, Lithia, Florida It Was a Dark and Stormy…Afternoon Hi, all. I’m back for a quick update on my writing experience on this hot, rainy, and even stormy first day of the workweek. First off, as I predicted, the “scattered rain showers” did pop up around noon today – as…
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Late Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, July 9, 2023, or: My Sunday Was Not Necessarily ‘Funday’ (But it Wasn’t Necessarily a Bad Day, Either)
My Sunday Wasn’t Exactly a “Fun Day” Sunday Afternoon, July 9, 2023. Lithia, Florida It’s now late afternoon on this hellishly torrid summer day. Outside, it is mostly sunny – a line of rain showers did make their way to the Tampa Bay area, but I don’t think they had much of an impact with…
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On Writing & Storytelling: A Quick Sunday Afternoon SITREP on ‘Reunion: Coda’
No Stormy Weather, But Sweltering Heat Continues Sunday, July 9, 2023, Lithia, Florida It’s early afternoon in my corner of Hillsborough County as I begin this, my 1,172nd post in A Certain Point of View, Too. Outside, the heat is oppressive: the current temperature is 92°F/33°C under partly sunny conditions, but when you factor in…
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