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Category Archives: food
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 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: My Mother and My Daughter
My mother would be 102 years old today, which speaks to a) how very old I am, and b) how uncommonly old she was when she and my father had me. I was born at the end of the Baby … Continue reading
Monday Musings: Confessions Of A Boring Old Guy
A few weeks ago, while we were vacationing in Colorado, I got high. When I was young — high school, college, and into grad school, I used to get high a lot. Too much, probably. But upon marrying Nancy and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Fun, kids, parenting
Tagged Aaron Sorkin, baseball cards, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, food, fun, humor, kids, marijuana, marriage, parenting, The West Wing, video games
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Monday Musings: Places I Want To Visit
As spring begins and summer looms, I find myself thinking more and more about travel. I already have a couple of trips planned for a bit later in the year — a trip to Denver, Colorado and Laramie, Wyoming in … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Fun, kids, nature, photography, travel
Tagged birdwatching, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, food, fun, hiking, kids, marriage, nature, photography, Travel, whiskey, wine
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Monday Musings: About That Birthday I Was Dreading
“You want to complain about a birthday?” Life said. “I’ll give you a birthday to complain about.” Last week, as usual, I wrote two posts. On Monday, I ruminated about my approaching birthday, making it clear that I was feeling … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, Family, food, Friendship, Fun, kids, nature, parenting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged birthdays, blogging, Covid, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, friendship, fun, kids, life issues, marriage, mental health, writing, writing life
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Wednesday Musings: Thanksgiving and Some People To Thank
The past couple of years, usually on the Monday of this calendar week, I have written about Thanksgiving — last year a catalogue of all the things for which I’m thankful (the list still holds), and the year before, ahead … Continue reading
Posted in Belle Books, Family, food, Friendship, Fun, kids, parenting, Radiants, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Debra Dixon, editing, family, holidays, kids, mental health, parenting, Radiants, Thanksgiving, The Chalice War, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: Celebrating Nancy
I mention Nancy on this blog quite often, yet, I rarely write about her. Well, she has a big birthday coming up this week (tomorrow) — a BIG birthday — and so this seems as good a time as any … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Fun, kids, parenting
Tagged birthdays, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, family history, kids, love, marriage, memories, parenting, personal history
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Monday Musings: Some Weird Occurrences Have Me Thinking About Technology
This past week, I had a couple of weird experiences that made me feel like I was an extra in Poltergeist or Enemy of the State. And I thought I would share them with you because if I’m freaked out, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, technology
Tagged appliances, blogging, creepiness, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, devices, family, food, movies, privacy, surveillance, technology
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Monday Musings: Memories of “New Year’s” Passed
I thought the ball would, you know, drop. As in fall. As in have a bit of velocity. I thought maybe it was made of glass and would shatter. THAT would be cool. I will confess that I don’t usually … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, Family, food, Fun, kids, Music, parenting
Tagged Allman Brothers Band, Australia, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, holidays, humor, marriage, memory, music, New Year's Eve, Y2K
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