Just Ponderin' logo
     
  • Read
  • Stalk me
  • Sustainability
  • Dingle-isms
  • Contact me
search

read

  • view:
  • all posts
  • laugh a little
  • cry a little
  • think a little
  • wag a little
  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on a year with marshal dillon dingle (a poem of love and thanks)

    The light into my bedroom streaming Morning light sends wood floors gleaming Small shifts and shuffles from their dens Two German Shepherds softly dreaming.... Read More

    Tags: comedy, poem, musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, pet loss

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on an old dog (and the things he’s done for love)

    We have had many dogs, my nearly perfect husband and I, and hopefully will have the room and the time and the ability to... Read More

    Tags: pet loss, bernese mountain dog, comedic writing, everyday life

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on rocky balboa (at 11 months)

    This is the raw photo of the champ. Eventually it will make its way, in black and white, onto a full-blown movie poster. There... Read More

    Tags: yellow lab, bernese mountain dog, great pyrenees, sports, musings, comedic writing, german shepherd

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on watching television

    Every morning in Maine, I come downstairs and my very first chore is to move around the house, opening up the windows and let... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, family, german shepherd, labrador retriever, yellow lab, bernese mountain dog, musings, comedic writing

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on t and marshal (part two)

    I’ve never written a ‘part two’ to anything before. How do you start this? I was just watching Gilmore Girls and the episode started... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, pet loss, musings

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on t and marshal (part one)

    Did you know that there was a study done recently that showed that Facebook can contribute to depression?  Yep. Now, I have to add... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd, pet loss

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    …on Fred

    Ah, Labs. The author Jon Katz, when he posts on his blog (bedlamfarm.com) about his black lab, Lenore, challenges his readers not to smile... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, family, labrador retriever, yellow lab, musings, comedic writing

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on puppies in repose

    This post should really be entitled, ‘…on puppY in repose’. As in singular puppy. Singular nine-month-old puppy. For the record, nine month old puppies... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on she who is the bunny blaze

    It’s her. I know it’s a dark pic, but look closely. You are actually getting a chance to observe – nay – marvel at... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    …on PAWnderin’ vs. Ponderin’

    It occurs to me that I may have made a somewhat not insignificant (yep, I wrote it and I’m sticking to it…. take THAT... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family

  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
Dingle-ism graphic

Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

Read more Dingle-isms...

Join the bazillions of ponderers (okay, more like thousands (for real!)) by subscribing to the blog:

(I won’t share your address, I promise!)

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 3,947 other subscribers

WordPress blogger? You can follow here.

contact: lisadingle@justponderin.com

social:

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

©2023 just ponderin’