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    Cry A Little

    … on great adventures

    The baby. The last one. In years gone by, I’ve packed cars to the brim and tucked two… and a half… kids into them.... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, empty nest, photography, youngest leaving home

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    Cry A Little

    … on a soft morning landing

    The day after Jack’s Crazy Cool and Magical Proposal (totally earned ‘proper title’ status), I woke up super early… like 4:20 a.m. early. It... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, maine, humor, college graduation, photography, high school graduation, proposal, high school sweethearts, love story

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the potential promotion of a half kid (part three)

    When last I left you, I’d picked up the ring and all who knew squealed and May was upon us with long drives and... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, comedic writing, family, maine, comedy, humor, old house restoration, photography, Love, engagement, barn engagement, barn proposal, proposal, barn decorating, engagement decorating

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the potential promotion of a half kid (part two)

    Okay, I am so sorry I’m late.  And I swear to Gawd that I was not being coy or trying to create dramatic tension (at... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, comedic writing, family, maine, comedy, humor, photography, just ponderin', engagement, barn engagement, barn proposal, proposal

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the potential promotion of a half kid (part one)

    Boy do I have stories for you. Hang on, let me grab some coffee and a few shots of the sunrise… Then we’ll talk.... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, family, maine, engagement, engagement ideas, proposals, weddings

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    Cry A Little

    … on the arms, and genes, of the angels

      It is a long held notion that we pass down not only physical traits like eye color and nose shape and handedness to... Read More

    Tags: musings, grandparents, empty nest, old yankee man, death of a parent, high school graduation

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    Cry A Little

    … on saying thank you

    I was looking through some papers the other day and came across something I’d written in 2005. I’d written it for a friend’s local... Read More

    Tags: musings, Patriotism, Memorial Day, Thanking Veterans, Veterans

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    Cry A Little

    … on a letter to my kid as he graduates college

    Hey kid, Wow. I know you’re out there, in that sea of caps and gowns. Sitting. Waiting. Listening to people tell you how honored... Read More

    Tags: musings, empty nest, college graduation, photography, Loyola New Orleans, #loyno16, loyno

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    Laugh A Little

    … on memories (appetizers and meals)

    We all have them, those iconic pics in our lives. Often not the wedding or baby or family pics taken by professional photographers at... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, old yankee man, humor, death of a parent, just ponderin'

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    Laugh A Little

    … on craze and contemplation; last leaving the nest

    My life has been reduced to piles. And boxes. And more piles. And a list (or seven). This month, Number One Son Sam will... Read More

    Tags: musings, empty nest, humor, college graduation, secrets to happiness, high school graduation, last to leave home, youngest leaving home

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    Laugh A Little

    … on memories of an old yankee man

    Oh, the forbidden… How it draws us. Forbidden people. Forbidden activities. Forbidden… Garages. A little over a week ago, a large dumpster arrived on... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, old yankee man, humor, death of a parent, moving, cleaning out garage, death of a grandfather, grandfather

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    Cry A Little

    … on spring’s reminder test

    This spring morning I awoke to the conversations of a thousand winged beings.  And as I yawned and stretched I realized… This was nature’s... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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