Category Archives: Friendship

Monday Musings: The Tyranny of Clocks and Calendars

Posted on January 29, 2024 by dbjackson

Many years ago — more than a decade, which boggles my mind just a little — Nancy, Erin, and I went down to Monteverde, Costa Rica, to visit Alex, who was taking the first semester of her junior year in … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: The Hypothetical Musings of a Hypothetical Stoner, Offered Hypothetically…

Posted on January 15, 2024 by dbjackson

This will come as a surprise to none of you, but I was a stoner when I was in high school. And college. And for a good part of graduate school. I am fine with revealing this, because, while I … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year and a Musings Post Celebrating Grief (Yep!)

Posted on January 3, 2024 by dbjackson

For years now, I have written New Year’s posts, often more than one per holiday. In December, I have often taken stock of the year that’s ending, evaluating my accomplishments, examining my disappointments, trying to make sense of an entire … Continue reading →

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Checking In and Saying Thanks

Posted on November 15, 2023 by dbjackson

It’s been a little over three weeks since Alex, our older daughter, lost her two and a half year battle with cancer. It feels like more. It feels like less. We have had celebrations of her life in New York … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Musings (Yeah, I Know…): Another (Brief) Update

Posted on September 19, 2023 by dbjackson

I’ve started this post several times, only to flame out after a few lines. The truth is, I have nothing I want to write. I am in New York again, staying with my older daughter, doing what I can to … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Family Update

Posted on September 11, 2023 by dbjackson

We are in New York this weekend — an impromptu trip to help our older daughter who is suffering through some rough side-effects after her most recent treatments. We are dealing with a lot right now. Her most of all. … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: DragonCon and Professional Community

Posted on September 6, 2023 by dbjackson

I am back from DragonCon, and I have a shortened week in which to get done a great deal, so today’s post will be fairly brief. Mostly, I want to say thank you — to the convention organizers, who did … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings (On Tuesday): Feeling the Loss of Jimmy Buffett

Posted on September 5, 2023 by dbjackson

The news of Jimmy Buffett’s death this past weekend, hit me surprisingly hard, and I am still trying to figure out why. Buffett, the “Roguish Bard of Island Escapism,” as the New York Times called him in an online obituary, … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: Reading Books Several Times

Posted on August 23, 2023 by dbjackson

I have just started reading a book that I have read at least one time before. Maybe two. It is Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay, a terrific historical fantasy set in a world modeled after Tang Dynasty China. The … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: A Strange Post In Times Of Personal Struggle

Posted on July 17, 2023 by dbjackson

This has not been the best week for my family and me. It was, actually, the sort of week that not so long ago would have convinced me to take a break from blogging at all, to say “I need … Continue reading →

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