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    Cry A Little

    … on a job well done

    Blaze is not a silly dog for just anyone. She is not a Lab or a Golden Retriever in a ShepHerd’s body. After all,... Read More

    Tags: boy and his dog, kids and dogs, german shepherd

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    Think A Little

    … on an anchor

      By this time, in mid-October-years-past, I would have had The Disposable Shack* decorated to the nines. What is ‘decorated to the nines’? That number seems rather... Read More

    Tags: maine, empty nest, humor, photography, Life Anchor, musings, family

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    Cry A Little

    … on fall blooms

      If called upon, I’ll bloom in fall Amongst the hips and leaves That have drifted, fallen all round In the chilled October breeze... Read More

    Tags: poem, poetry, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on the give away pile

    There is nothing like getting ready to move that shows you what an impractical human being you are… which could be another term for... Read More

    Tags: toxic friendships, toxic relationships, musings, dealing with narcissists, narcissism, stepping back from toxic relationships

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    Laugh A Little

    … on taking time to smell the offices

    When I was a younger version of me, still in my teens, I was going to community college and had signed up with a... Read More

    Tags: humor, photography, doing the impossible, overcoming odds

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    Laugh A Little

    … on acorns and oaks

    There is a college a wee bit south of us… Okay, eleven hours south. Fifteen if there are multiple pile-ups on i95, somewhere around... Read More

    Tags: empty nest, humor, photography, dropping off at college, Elon, Elon University, first year of college, kid going to college, family

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    Laugh A Little

    … on that half smile

    Gabe has had a thing for shoes, pretty much from his womb-period. Swear to Gawd, the kid was born knowing how to spell ‘Nike’…... Read More

    Tags: photography, just ponderin', growing up, kid leaving for college, leaving for college, nike, musings, family, empty nest

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    Laugh A Little

    … on different perspectives, same place

    If you follow the trees from the left to the right… you can see a break in the pines and spruce. Sort of a flat... Read More

    Tags: gratitude, Maine Island, boothbay maine, humor, photography, southport maine, joyful life, mid coast maine

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    Think A Little

    … on a welcome sense of otherness

    I know. Very cool. When I was getting these photos ready to put up, I actually googled the difference between ‘fog’ and ‘mist’, because... Read More

    Tags: fog, mist, the way life should be, musings, maine, humor, photography, Southport

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

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    Think A Little

    … on my heart’s place

    My heart fits here Between fog and air Over quiet coves And on waters where The cormorants dive And the ospreys soar While the eagles... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, poem, poetry

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    Think A Little

    … on what lies beneath

    If you are a long time reader, you know my Childhood was far from perfect – not perfectly bad… but complicated enough for it to be... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, childhood trauma, resilience, tough childhood, trust, what lies beneath

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