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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: 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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Monday Musings: Memories On Our Walls

Posted on February 10, 2025 by dbjackson

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 →

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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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Monday Musings Return!: A Crazy, Wonderful Time

Posted on October 28, 2024 by dbjackson

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 →

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Monday Musings: “What’s Next?” Well, How About Some Big News?

Posted on May 20, 2024 by dbjackson

“When I ask ‘What’s Next?’ it means I’m ready to move on to other things. So, what’s next?” — Jed Barlet, THE WEST WING Yeah, I will seek out almost any excuse to quote from The West Wing, it being … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings Potpourri: Travel, Music, Soccer

Posted on March 11, 2024 by dbjackson

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 →

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Monday Musings: Old Dog, New Trick

Posted on February 26, 2024 by dbjackson

It has long been said that canines of a certain age are incapable of mastering new tricks. As a proverbial long-in-the-tooth pooch myself, I thought it might be amusing to test the cliché. And, as it happens, I have a … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: My Mother and My Daughter

Posted on February 5, 2024 by dbjackson

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 →

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Monday Musings: The Tyranny of Clocks and Calendars

Posted on January 29, 2024 by dbjackson

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 →

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