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Category Archives: History
Wednesday Musings: (No, That’s Not a Typo) Let’s Spend a Flight Delay Together
I have little to say professionally this week, but I have been thinking a good deal about a great many things. So, I’m double-dipping on musings . . . . On Monday of this week, after a busy weekend in … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, kids, parenting, Politics, travel
Tagged air travel, blogging, cancer, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, flight delays, kids, marriage, New York, parenting, politics, regional differences, Travel
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Monday Musings: Family, Soccer, and the Women’s World Cup
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about Title IX (which became law a half century ago) and the impact women’s sports have had on our culture, our society, and my family. I received a fair number of comments on … Continue reading
Monday Musings: Digital Technology, Ansel Adams, and the Joy of Modern Photography
As I mentioned in a post last week, Nancy and I just spent a week and a half out in Colorado, seeing our girls, hiking, and unwinding. It was a good trip, and, as is my wont, I spent a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fun, History, nature, photography, technology, travel
Tagged Ansel Adams, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, fun, history, marriage, nature, photography, technology, Travel
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Monday Musings: Humans Behaving Stupidly
In real life, it’s not so easy. When actors in life’s drama do dumb things, we can’t revise the narrative to avoid disaster. We’ve all experienced the frustration. We’re reading a book or watching a movie or television show, and … Continue reading
Posted in History, nature, Politics, Writing
Tagged blogging, climate change, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, environment, global climate change, global warming, history, nature, politics, writing
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Monday Musings: Contemplating Our Republic As July 4th Approaches
This is a holiday week and Nancy’s first week as FORMER acting-president of the university. And so I am feeling lazy and rather unmotivated. I can think of lots of stuff to write about, but those thoughts have been slow … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Politics
Tagged Affirmative Action, blogging, Cheeto Fuck-nuts, constitution, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, democracy, elections, family, history, marriage, politics, Supreme Court, Winston Churchill
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Monday Musings: Coming Home From Launch Pad, and Contemplating the Cosmos
I spent last week at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, attending the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop. Launch Pad is the brainchild of Mike Brotherton, a science fiction writer who also happens to be a professor of Astronomy at U … Continue reading
Posted in History, nature, photography, travel, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, Christian Ready, climate change, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope, James Wess Space Telescope, Launch Pad, Mike Brotherton, space, Theodora Zastrocky, writing
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Professional Wednesday: What Holds Me Back, part II — Building a Platform
Last week, I started my newest series for the Professional Wednesday feature: “What Holds Me Back.” My first entry was on life in general, and the ways in which we learn to cope with life’s intrusions on our creative output. … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, History, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of writing, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, publicity, publishing, publishing business, self-promotion, social media, time management, writing, writing advice, writing tips
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Professional Wednesday: My Best Mistakes, part IV — Managing Expectations
For the past several weeks, I have been sharing “My Best Mistakes,” which have included inappropriate remarks at a convention, poor business decisions, and replies to reviews. This week’s “Best Mistake” is a little different, in that it’s less about … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, History, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged ambition, blogging, business of publishing, business of writing, Children of Amarid, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, LonTobyn Chronicle, publishing industry, publshing business, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: Our Best Former President
In 1976, I was thirteen years old. I couldn’t vote, obviously, but I could work for candidates I liked, passing out pamphlets and such. That’s what I did in my little (at the time) moderately conservative (at the time) hometown … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Politics
Tagged Bill Clinton, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, energy independence, environment, Habitat for Humanity, health care, history, Jimmy Carter, politics, Ronald Reagan, social justice
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Monday Musings: Title IX, Soccer, and My Family
This past weekend, Nancy and I went up to Nashville to see the U.S. women’s national soccer team play Japan in a group stage match of the She Believes Cup. The tickets were a gift to us from our younger … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, kids, parenting, Sports
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, history, kids, parenting, sexism, sexual assault, sexual harassment, soccer, sports, Title IX, women's rights
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