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    Laugh A Little

    … on the old yankee man and the giant slalom

    The Old Yankee Man has quite a fan club and I get messages all the time asking about him. Usually these messages are sweet... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, old yankee man

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    Cry A Little

    … on mattering humans

    Some people just matter. And they don’t just matter once or twice, or in the past or you are sure they will sometime in... Read More

    Tags: track and field, musings, everyday life, family, humor, college graduation

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    Think A Little

    … on a good morning, due to a great ‘good morning!’

    Every morning that Sam is home, he texts me from his bedroom: “Ok Send Blaze”. Photographic proof (Sam has the grey bubbles, I am... Read More

    Tags: yellow lab, comedy, comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a dear, dear world

    Number-One-Son-Sam just ate a piece of celery. Stuffed with bacon. Because he can, because as of today he is 20. He has decided, now... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, kids, humor, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on me and georgia o’keeffe and robert frost (wHierd)

    This pic reminds me of a Georgia O’Keeffe painting that is not of a vagina. Oh, sorry, was that too graphic for you? This... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy

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    Think A Little

    … on a maine winter in black and white

    I thought I’d offer a little photographical palate cleanser today. It’s opening day for many baseball teams across the country, including our own beloved... Read More

    Tags: maine

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    Think A Little

    … on snow shadows

    On Monday I headed up to the old Inn to get it stocked with food and warmth in anticipation of my friends Glen and... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy, humor, old house restoration

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the freakin’ dalmatian kitchen

    I’m color sensitive. Wait. Is that a thing? Could I have ‘Color Affective Disorder’? CAD? Oh my Gawd, I think I do. I really... Read More

    Tags: humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    …on flying pig clouds and letting it go (loudly)

    When I was driving home yesterday, quietly, in my car, by myself being all sorts of cerebral,  mentally going over my realization that Aristotle’s... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, comedy, humor, zombie pig, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on comfy socks and… comfortableness

    Uh. Ya. It is too a word. I looked it up. As in, ‘I longed for the comfortableness of my comfy socks’. It sounds like... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, maine, pet loss, bernese mountain dog, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on loosing my marbles in dreamland

    Stress wreaks havoc on our bodies. I’ve never read an actual scientific study on this myself, but I’m going with it because it sounds... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, pet loss, bernese mountain dog, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on missing them, and missing farts

    Hi! I’m so glad we’re here together. It means a ton. Grief, for me, is a little like exercise. There’s the feeling of impending... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, german shepherd, pet loss, bernese mountain dog, humor

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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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