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    Cry A Little

    … on life stuff, all of it and all at once… always

    This morning we awoke to a pop and the sound of our beloved fan, the one we turn on each night for its pleasing... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, empty nest, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a wedding destiny-ation

    When we were done restoring The Inn, our place that was an inn during the late 1800s and early 1900s but is not an... Read More

    Tags: maine, humor, acid etching, acid stained floor, barns, concrete barn floor, maine barns, old barn restoration, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on sticking the landing

    I don’t usually write about news stories. I have… when they’ve struck my fancy. I wrote about the Batkid based on what I’d seen in the... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, photography, grief, aging, Driving Miss Norma, Miss Norma

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the morning after

    Well good mornin’! I got a few messages last night, letting me know people were with Marshal in his moment of profound disappointment that... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, photography, Dunstable, marshal dillon dingle, Stella, winter in new england

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    Cry A Little

    … on a couple of toasts

    Once upon a time Delia Ephron wrote a book called Hanging Up, and then her sister Nora produced it into a movie. It wasn’t a... Read More

    Tags: musings, old yankee man, humor, photography, joy, grief

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    Cry A Little

    … on gentle reminders

    A gentle reminder… Tap on the shoulder… A whisper of a memory… Or that freaky scene in Poltergeist where Carol-Anne turns from the television and... Read More

    Tags: death of a parent, musings, maine, grandparents, old yankee man, humor, secrets to happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on winter hanging on

    This has been one of those crazy busy weeks with happenings, some lots of fun, and good, and some very not. So It was... Read More

    Tags: winter in maine, jellyfish, musings, maine, humor, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on frames, framing and framed

    Years ago, when the Nearly Perfect Husband and I could finally afford food and a roof over our heads (and haircuts… that was big... Read More

    Tags: framing, framing our experiences, life lessons, painting, secrets of happiness, musings, secrets to happiness

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    Cry A Little

    … on a trophy (a JPNN Special Monday Edition)

    The dark descends, the lights come on. The seats fill. The engine noise – the crowd – starts… swelling, retreating… ebbing, flowing. One song... Read More

    Tags: New England Patriots, G.O.A.T., Super Bowl, Super Bowl LI, Tom Brady, Tom Brady's Mom, musings, family, maine, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on alternative news (part 2 of…)

    Thanks for readin’. As always, come on over to Just Ponderin’s Facebook page to comment <3  

    Tags: photography, Alternative facts, Alternative news, musings, everyday life

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    Think A Little

    … on alternative news (1 of… ?)

    I’ve decided to protest … and set up my own news network. As self-appointed Director of Programming, my content may be a bit out of... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, photography, Alternative facts, Alternative news

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    Think A Little

    … on a snowy morning gift

    The Nearly Perfect Husband and I were home in chic and trendy Dunstable last week for a number of reasons, not the least of... Read More

    Tags: winter in maine, musings, maine, old yankee man, humor, photography, joy, moving, southport maine, midcoast maine

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Gawd

The way to invoke the deity without being hit by lightening for taking the actual name in vain (Side benefit: Also fits in with a Boston (Baw-stun) accent). You have to capitalize it though (just to be sure, and also because of reverence).

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