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    Laugh A Little

    … on spring’s surprise(s)

    This spring has been kind of a blur, and I cannot remember if I told you about the wood ducks! That, up there, is... Read More

    Tags: musings, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, wood ducks, wood duck babies, wood ducklings

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    Think A Little

    … on focal point(s)

    Spring took it’s sweet and flowery time arriving on our fingerling peninsula here in Maine, and I don’t want to say that it made... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, spring in maine, perspective, chickens, ducks, champagne

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    Cry A Little

    … on grief, the invitation

    I opened the front door slowly After knockings barely heard No one stood there on the porch No one said a word My gaze... Read More

    Tags: musings, poem, poetry, grief, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on gardening in the shade

    That’s a hellebore. They are funky and strangely mysterious and I love them. Here are some more… Very cool. There are oodles of myths... Read More

    Tags: shade garden, death of a pet, garden photography, musings, photography, death of a dog, Grieving, grief, just ponderin', hellebore

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    Think A Little

    … on what she feels

    I took this photo of Blaze a little while ago. I’d been looking at her, trying to look into her. What do you know?... Read More

    Tags: Grieving, just ponderin', marshal dillon dingle, musings, pet loss, death of a dog

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    Cry A Little

    … on an awakening

    There is something wondrously cool about Wait. Just to be all kinds of honest and authentic, that – up there ^ –  is not... Read More

    Tags: spring, midcoast maine, spring in maine, Boothbay Harbor, caregiving, processing grief, empty nest, secrets to happiness, grief, just ponderin', southport maine

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    Think A Little

    … on being in it together

    The greys, the blacks, the blues, the reds They land amongst my flower beds All covered now, with mounds of white A singing songing... Read More

    Tags: maine birds, maine blogger, maine photography, birds in winter, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', winter, winter in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on the flight attendant

    That’s me. No, not in the pic. The pic was actually taken the other day, of my favorite little harbor in Maine, Cosy Harbor... Read More

    Tags: Boothbay Register, just ponderin', mother daughter relationships, parents are people too, musings, maine, empty nest, kids growing up

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    Laugh A Little

    … on loons and kurt vonnegut

    Oh, I know. Loon-atic. I spotted that guy from the window yesterday afternoon as the sun was sinking to the bottom of the sky.... Read More

    Tags: nature photography, common loon, being able to laugh at yourself, humor as medicine, nat geo wild, musings, humor, maine birds, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on the peace of the present

    I took this pic in the pink light of early this morning. It’s not a perfect shot of the dove’s head, but that was... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, mindfulness, wildlife photography, musings, mourning dove, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, being present, winter in maine, maine blogger

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    Think A Little

    … on insta-dad

    I’m not even going to try to cutely ease into this one. JoHn* is on Instagram. No, no. It’s tragic. Like, for me. For... Read More

    Tags: when parents instagram, instagram wife, musings, humor, just ponderin', southport maine, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on looking up

    When the writer Anne Lamott was 48 hours away from becoming sixty-one years old, she wrote down “every single thing I know as of... Read More

    Tags: look up, gaining perspective, anne lamott, musings, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, perspective, moon

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Should People

You know them. They know how things “should” be. What you “should” say, and do and wear and eat and and and and and (and they give me a hive).

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