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Tag Archives: marriage
Wednesday Musings: Big, Big News!
Yes, I’ve been quiet for a while. Things are okay. Really. More than okay, actually. But Nancy and I have been hella busy. With travel, with family stuff. But most of all with the big news that is the subject … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Grief, Music, parenting, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, death, family, friendship, grief, kids, life issues, marriage, New York, parenting, politics, Tennessee, writing career
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Monday Musings: Contemplating Marriage At Thirty-Three Years
Thirty-three years ago, on Memorial Day Weekend in 1991, Nancy and I were married. We were living in California at the time, doing our graduate work at Stanford, which is where we met. We had a wonderful weekend, which included … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, parenting
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, friendship, kids, love, marriage, memories, parenting, weddings
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Monday Musings: The Hypothetical Musings of a Hypothetical Stoner, Offered Hypothetically…
This will come as a surprise to none of you, but I was a stoner when I was in high school. And college. And for a good part of graduate school. I am fine with revealing this, because, while I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Fun, Music
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, friendship, fun, Grateful Dead, humor, marijuana, marriage, memories, music, personal history
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Wednesday Musings: (No, That’s Not a Typo) Let’s Spend a Flight Delay Together
I have little to say professionally this week, but I have been thinking a good deal about a great many things. So, I’m double-dipping on musings . . . . On Monday of this week, after a busy weekend in … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, kids, parenting, Politics, travel
Tagged air travel, blogging, cancer, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, flight delays, kids, marriage, New York, parenting, politics, regional differences, Travel
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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: 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: Digital Technology, Ansel Adams, and the Joy of Modern Photography
As I mentioned in a post last week, Nancy and I just spent a week and a half out in Colorado, seeing our girls, hiking, and unwinding. It was a good trip, and, as is my wont, I spent a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fun, History, nature, photography, technology, travel
Tagged Ansel Adams, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, fun, history, marriage, nature, photography, technology, Travel
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Monday Musings (On Tuesday): Our Family Trip
As I write this, we are winging our way back home after a week and a half in the mountains of Colorado, west of Colorado Springs. Nancy and I rented a house in a little town called Florissant, just a … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, kids, nature, parenting, photography, travel
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, fun, kids, marriage, memories, nature, parenting, photography, Travel
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Monday Musings: A Strange Post In Times Of Personal Struggle
This has not been the best week for my family and me. It was, actually, the sort of week that not so long ago would have convinced me to take a break from blogging at all, to say “I need … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, parenting, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, cancer, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotional health, family, friendship, kids, life issues, marriage, mental health, parenting
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Monday Musings: Contemplating Our Republic As July 4th Approaches
This is a holiday week and Nancy’s first week as FORMER acting-president of the university. And so I am feeling lazy and rather unmotivated. I can think of lots of stuff to write about, but those thoughts have been slow … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Politics
Tagged Affirmative Action, blogging, Cheeto Fuck-nuts, constitution, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, democracy, elections, family, history, marriage, politics, Supreme Court, Winston Churchill
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