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    Think A Little

    … on punctuating our lives

    Punctuation is important. See? Because, seriously, one comma between ‘disabled’ and ‘elderly’ would make it clear that the toilet is only for the disabled and elderly pregnant... Read More

    Tags: joyful life, Memory Self, TED Talk, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a feel good for a friday

    When we were kicking around the decision to move to Maine, we got many different reactions. Wow! Cool! What?! And there was a lot... Read More

    Tags: maine, feel good stuff, home auction, small town life, southport maine, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on places visited now and then

    It’s like this. I came to Rockport more than once, but probably less than five times, as a child. There is one specific memory I... Read More

    Tags: musings, childhood memories, photography, road trip, Rockport

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    Laugh A Little

    … on love and age

    Oh my Gawd you guys! So last week I told you about JoHn’s excellent 25th anniversary surprise of bringing me to the Old Meeting... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, humor, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on 25 years with the nearly perfect one

    For those of you – and I am so grateful that ‘thank you’ doesn’t seem to cut it – who have been hanging out here,... Read More

    Tags: 25th anniversary, anniversary, twenty fifth anniversary, musings, humor, secrets to happiness, Love

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    Think A Little

    … on the last roses

    Petals to Stars… From pinks, to creams And creams to browns As cool breezes prevail The roses souls Retreat inside And golden leaves set sail... Read More

    Tags: poem, poetry, fall, gardens

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    Think A Little

    … on changes

      Late yesterday afternoon, I walked by the front window and happened to glance outside, toward the country road that passes in front of our... Read More

    Tags: musings, fall, changes, dealing with change, just ponderin', New England

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    Laugh A Little

    … on ponderin’ a move

    Last week it hit me. Moving. Like, for real. The idea has been, that when Self-Proclaimed Perfect Boy Gabe heads off to college, we will... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, moving, nostalgia

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    Think A Little

    … when it rains (apples)

    Man oh man oh man. The past couple of weeks have been very interesting to say the least. Hang on to your hats while... Read More

    Tags: joy, aging parents, grief, musings, everyday life, maine, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on forced disconnection

    About a half hour ago, as I was preparing to post on a creative group that I love, about an upcoming workshop that is... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, secrets to happiness, facebook down, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on foregoing time for a privilege

      People assume I have a cleaning lady. Ha! No, silly you, it isn’t because my house is so clean! I think it may... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, joy, cleaning

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    Laugh A Little

    … on never, and always

    It’s hard to believe that it’s only been four months since Grampa, The Old Yankee Man, moved on to putter around that Great Garage in... Read More

    Tags: musings, old yankee man, secrets to happiness, aging parents, grief

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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