Category Archives: kids

Wednesday Musings: A New Beginning

Posted on January 7, 2026 by dbjackson

This week, I did something I hadn’t done in a really, really long time. I began work on a new novel. Not a media tie-in. Not work-for-hire set in someone else’s world. This novel is mine through and through. And … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: It’s The Guns. Again.

Posted on December 15, 2025 by dbjackson

I lived in Providence, Rhode Island for six years, four of them as a student at Brown University. To this day, many of my closest friends are those I met at Brown. The campus, and the beautiful neighborhoods around it, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: One Year In Our New House

Posted on November 24, 2025 by dbjackson

Today marks the one-year anniversary of our move to the new house in Upstate New York. We left Tennessee on November 22, 2024 and reached our house the next day, but, by design, our stuff didn’t arrive until the 24th, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Musing: Two Years

Posted on October 22, 2025 by dbjackson

Today marks the second anniversary of Alex’s death. Two years. In the past, I have said that the time since feels like more than it actually has been and also like less. Not anymore. Not really. Today, I am struck … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Musings: Our Child’s Birthday

Posted on May 6, 2025 by dbjackson

Our beloved older daughter would have been thirty years old today. Alexis Jordan Berner-Coe. Early on, it felt like a big name for such a tiny child. She was always the smallest in her class, the smallest on her team, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Nesting (Redux) and Writing

Posted on April 28, 2025 by dbjackson

Back in early January, with snow falling on our bare trees and the brisk cold of a northeastern winter defining our days, I wrote a post for this blog about “Nesting.” The title referred to what Nancy and I had … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Thoughts After Visiting My Kid

Posted on March 17, 2025 by dbjackson

Last week, I flew out to Colorado to visit, Erin. Now, it goes without saying that I will leap at any chance to have time with my Peanut. I don’t need excuses to visit. But in this case, we had … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: My Big Brother

Posted on March 3, 2025 by dbjackson

People often ask why Nancy and I moved to New York when we left the Appalachians. We could have settled pretty much anywhere, but we chose an area — the Hudson River Valley — that few think of as a … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: A Little Piece of Italy

Posted on February 24, 2025 by dbjackson

Last April, after a grief-filled winter, and a previous fall that was more difficult than I could possibly describe, Nancy and I went to Italy for three weeks — a long-delayed trip that had once been intended as a celebration … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Musings: Good To Be Back

Posted on January 2, 2025 by dbjackson

The keyboard feels strange beneath my fingers. That’s how long it’s been. My typing is rusty — typos come with almost every word. But I am writing. Something, anything. I am writing. Again, finally. It’s been two months since I … Continue reading →

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