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Tag Archives: nature
Monday Musings: One Year In Our New House
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
Posted in Friendship, kids, nature, parenting
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, family, friendship, kids, life issues, moving, nature, New York, parenting
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Wednesday Musing: Two Years
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
Monday Musings: Memories On Our Walls
A couple of weeks ago, a dear friend posted on Facebook an image of a photo print she’d purchased from me years ago, along with a caption saying she still considered the image one of the things in her living … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, nature, photography, travel, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged art, blogging, conventions, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, David J. West, family, friendship, Guy Gavriel Kay, James Coe, Martin Springett, nature, photography, Stephen Alvarez, Travel
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Monday Musings: Here We Are
We woke this morning to a snow squall, something that happened with ever-decreasing frequency during our years in Tennessee, as climate change made the warm South even warmer. Here in New York, during the winter months, snow is still the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Friendship, Grief, nature, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, friendship, grief, life isssues, mental health, nature, snow, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings Return!: A Crazy, Wonderful Time
Where to begin. It has been an amazing and amazingly busy time for Nancy and me. I suppose it began in early September with DragonCon, which was great fun, as it always is. I don’t know how many more DragonCons … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Friendship, Fun, Grief, History, nature, photography, travel
Tagged Apartheid, conventions, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, DragonCon, family, friendship, grief, kids, nature, parenting, photography, South Africa, Travel
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Monday Musings: For One Night, Magic and Light Beat Out Doom and Gloom
Forty-one years ago, after an emotionally difficult sophomore year in college, I took a job as a camp counselor at a sleep away camp in rural Pennsylvania. I didn’t want to go home, and I didn’t want to stay in … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, kids, nature
Tagged blogging, current affairs, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, mass media, memories, nature, science, space
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Monday Musings Potpourri: Travel, Music, Soccer
I’ve taken a couple of weeks off from the blog recently — a week here, a week there. When I came back to the blog after all that happened last year, I chose to do so on my own terms. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Friendship, Fun, kids, Music, nature, Sports, travel
Tagged art, birdwatching, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Diego Rivera, family, food, friendship, Jason Isbell, kids, music, nature, parenting, Premier League, soccer, sports, Tommy Emmanuel, Travel, Zac Brown Band
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Monday Musings: The Tyranny of Clocks and Calendars
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
Posted in Family, Friendship, Fun, kids, nature, parenting, travel
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, fun, kids, memories, mental health, nature, parenting, time, Travel, vacations
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Monday Musings: Thunderstorm Memories
As I write this, a storm is moving in. The sky has turned an angry shade of purple-gray, and thunder rumbles frequently, close enough to reach me through windows closed against the oppressive heat, but far enough away that the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, kids, nature, parenting, travel
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, kids, King's Canyon NP, marriage, memories, nature, parenting, thunderstorms, Travel, weather, Yosemite NP
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Monday Musings: A Walk in the Rain, and a Quest for Solace
This is one of those weeks when I really have no idea what to write. The idea of the Monday Musings posts is that I compose something based on what I’m thinking about. But this week . . . well, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, kids, nature, parenting, Writing
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, family, kids, mental health, nature, parenting, writing
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