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

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

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

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    Cry A Little

    … on the hat

    When the kids were much less tall than they are today, we often read a book by Jan Brett, called The Mitten. It was… well,... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', christmas in maine, maine blogger, memories of loved ones, Christmas, Grieving, grief

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the admission of colored christmas light snobbery

    This post was originally posted on December 2, 2013. This morning, whilst walking with friends, we touched upon colored light vs. white light ‘class-i-ness’ and... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy

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    Think A Little

    … on christmas beacons

    Oh yes. The day after Thanksgiving was, as it always is, Decorating Day. Decorating Day is a National Holiday for Dingles (no, seriously, it... Read More

    Tags: christmastime, home for christmas, missing loved ones at christmas, first christmas after loss, grief at christmastime, decorating day, musings, grief, just ponderin', maine christmas

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    Laugh A Little

    … on thank you pies

    Yesterday I went to the local YMCA (‘The Y’) to walk with my friends. We’ve been alternatively walking and lifting/pushing/complaining (a.k.a., ‘the weight machines’)... Read More

    Tags: Boothbay Register, just ponderin', thanksgiving pies, boothbay ymca, dolphins swim team, maine thanksgiving, musings, humor, thanksgiving

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    Think A Little

    … on the rising sun thing

    That’s my friend Kim, with a sunrise on her face. Hang on… Oh, here we go. This sunrise… I know. It was pretty great.... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, sunrise, maine blogger, maine photographer, musings, grief, just ponderin', Sunrise in Maine, death

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    Laugh A Little

    … on voting here (and hereafter)

    Today it is raining – sometimes pouring – onto our little peninsula in Maine. It is also voting day! I know, I know… it’s... Read More

    Tags: voting, midcoast maine, maine blogger, election, election 2018, musings, humor, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on dream days (introvert-style)

    Blow me a bubble one without trouble Or people, or small talk noise free To float in, to ponder and let my mind wander... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, musing, introvert, day dreaming, coast of maine, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on small boats in big seas

    I love this picture. A storyteller, an audience. Chirps and bleeps and ringtones absent. Distracting screens and crowds replaced by the quizzical faces of... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, divisiveness, thoughts, philosophy, musings, red sox, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', divided nation, maine blogger

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    Think A Little

    … on growing up so fast

    Well, let’s see. It’s been a few weeks since three baby squirrels – well, one very small baby squirrel – showed up… and then brought... Read More

    Tags: musings, and janet, photography, nat geo, just ponderin', maine wildlife, secrets of happiness, wildlife, olympus omd em1 mark II, gray squirrels, wildlife photography, grey squirrels, orphaned squirrels, tic, tac

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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!

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