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Tag Archives: emotional health
Monday Musings: What Matters? Part III — People and Relationships
We lost my older brother a bit over five years ago, and, as you might expect, in the aftermath of his death, my emotions were roiled and at times conflicted. Among other things, I was angry with him. Deeply, almost … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, parenting, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, death, emotional health, emotional issues, family, friendships, kids, marriage, parenting, professionalism, relationships, siblings, therapy, writing life
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Monday Musings: What Matters? Part II — Time
Last week, I began a series of posts addressing the question “What matters?” My point in doing so was to focus on the simple fact that we have finite amounts of time, of energy (physical and emotional), and of the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Fun, kids, parenting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, exercise, family, friendship, kids, life issues, mental health, parenting, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: What Matters? Part I
When I was a kid, I always had an Etch A Sketch. Honestly, I’m not sure why. I sucked at it. I didn’t have the patience or the dexterity to create anything of quality on that silver-gray screen. I tried … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Music, photography, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, family, friendship, hobbies, mental health, music, New Year's, New Year's Resolutions, photography, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: A Tree and a Post — It’s Not About What You Think It Is, Or Is It?
This post probably isn’t about what you think it is. Nancy and I are nearing the end of what has been an exhausting and at times terribly difficult year. I won’t catalogue our burdens because they are, frankly, no worse … Continue reading
Posted in Family, kids, Novels, parenting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged #HoldOnToTheLight, blogging, Christmas, Christmas Tree, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, family, holidays, kids, mental health, parenting, writing, writing life
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Professional Wednesday: What I Learned During a Recent Visit With Claude Monet
Last week, Nancy and I were traveling for her work, and we had the opportunity to spend a day and a half in New York City. We had dinners with our older daughter, we attended some university functions, Nancy had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fantasy, Fun, History, kids, Novels, photography, travel, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged art, blogging, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, Claude Monet, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, family, history, ideas, Impressionism, inspiration, kids, marriage, parenting, photography, Radiants, Thieftaker Chronicles, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: The Things We Care About, a #HoldOntoTheLight Post
I honestly don’t know where this post is going, and so please bear with me as I work through my tangled thoughts. I am struck today — as I ponder a life that is both fraught and wonderful, complicated and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, kids, parenting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged #HoldOnToTheLight, blogging, cancer, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, emotional issues, emotional resilience, family, health issues, kids, mental health, parenting, writing
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Monday Musings: Taking Stock This Thanksgiving Week
A year ago at this time, I wrote a post about Thanksgiving — random thoughts on the holiday, essentially. I just reread it, and laughed once more at some of the memories I recounted. Part of the post touched on … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, Covid-19, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, family, friendship, gratitude, holidays, kids, marriage, mental health, parenting, Thanksgiving, writing, writing life
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Creative Friday: Images of Late Fall
Part of my journey back toward normal life and emotional health has been my rediscovery of my love of photography. For reasons I am still trying to understand fully, the difficulties of the past several months caused me to give … Continue reading
Posted in nature, photography
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, fall, foliage, mental health, nature, photography, reflections
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Monday Musings: Easing Back In
Dear Friends, About five weeks ago, I announced on various platforms that I would be withdrawing from social media for a while, and would also be delaying the releases of some upcoming projects. My announcement prompted expressions of sympathy and … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Character, Family, Friendship, kids, Novels, parenting, Short Fiction, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, emotional health, family, friendship, health care, Joshua Palmatier, kids, marriage, parenting, Radiants, Thieftaker, writing, Zombies Need Brains
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Monday Musings: How I’m Coping
I’ve written about politics and social issues a lot in recent weeks, and I want desperately to avoid doing so again this week. It’s not that I don’t have more to say. I do. But I feel as though I’d … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, Family, food, Music, nature, Novels, photography, Politics, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Aaron Sorkin, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, family, guitar, Guy Gavriel Kay, marriage, music, nature, photography, politics, social media, writing, writing life
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