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    Think A Little

    … on ambient people

    A few weeks ago, I ran across an internet meme/comic that went something like this: A woman bursts into a room, clearly ecstatic, and... Read More

    Tags: isolation, breakfast sounds, favorite sounds, spring peepers, musings, just ponderin', COVID-19

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    Think A Little

    … on serendhoppity

    A few weeks ago, I got a call from a very important Niece who happens to be the Mom of two very important Practice... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, what's important, easter bunny, easter candy hunting, musings, family, Easter, secrets to happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on waking up on maine’s midcoast

    Nearly every morning, when I wake up, the bed covers have been kicked, tossed, and otherwise molded into a loden cloud of duvet and... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, maine spring, maine morning, mornings, gardens, porcupines, maine, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, spring in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on gatherings (floral and faunal)

    This morning I went outside to perform my very first garden chore of the season. I dug into the Potting-slash-Writing Room tool drawer, selecting... Read More

    Tags: hellebore, quarantine, covid, post quarantine, musings, maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', spring, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on kindnesses with tresses

    It all started with a man bun. Well, to be fair, it started pre man bun. Half-Kid Jack¹ had graduated college (yay!), gotten a... Read More

    Tags: pantene beautiful lengths, a good day, musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', man bun, hair donation, locks of love, wigs for kids

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    Think A Little

    … on not waiting for the tripod

    The other night the snow was still falling and landing softly on all the other flakes that had already bedded down. I’d been looking... Read More

    Tags: winter in maine, winter in new england, barn, musings, maine, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', snow

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    Think A Little

    … on a decade of service

    Today is HRH The Princess Bunny Blaze’s tenth birthday. I was not there on the day of her birth. But I was there, three... Read More

    Tags: old dogs, just ponderin', winter in maine, old dog, musings, german shepherd, maine, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on boat and people stories

    Right now and about an hour’s drive northeast of here, in the not-quite freezing waters of the Atlantic, pieces of a special wooden boat... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, the apprenticeshop, lobster boat, wooden boats, boat building, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on quiet glee

    Fresh scone… raspberry jam… clotted cream. Free formed pottery plate, crystalized glaze, warm and deep… knife shared with friends and family often, over many... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, snow day, scones, musings, just ponderin', winter in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on yawns from screams

    Small round snowflakes float on air Bouncing, Seuss-like, here… and there. All the while the blue sky beams And I dream of yawns replacing... Read More

    Tags: poem, poetry, photography, secrets to happiness, hope, maine blogger, maine photographer, snowy owl, unity

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    Cry A Little

    … on the who outside the bathroom door

    Late this morning, I was in the bathroom with, I’m ashamed to say, my phone, when I saw the screen light up with a... Read More

    Tags: family, secrets to happiness, parenting, just ponderin', adult children, maine blogger, mothers and daughters, lisa dingle, mothers and sons, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on who transcended who

    In the midst of a holiday season that sprinkled warmth and joy with pandemical particulates in each of our peripheral visions… A text. Two... Read More

    Tags: maine, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine birds, maine blogger, snowy owl, musings

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