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    Laugh A Little

    … on loving an old yankee man

    On August 9, 1993 I took the plunge and began living with another man. Yes. It was a shock to my friends and family,... Read More

    Tags: family, comedy, musings, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Think A Little

    … on a poet of strength with a gift of sure

    I missed a poetry reading yesterday because I was busy meeting an artist. I met a woman later on who turned out to be... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    on rules forgotten and the great facebook incident of 2007

    On a cold winter day years ago, I came around the corner into my kitchen and looked out the window. Two of my wonderful... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on freakin’ should people, and the rule book

    At 5:30 a.m. yesterday morning I left Lexington, Kentucky traveling northeast at an average speed of 74 miles per hour. If I only stopped... Read More

    Tags: comedy, comedic writing, everyday life

  • Laugh A Little

    … on a big move, to a big country, where nothing is a big deal

    In 1995, my dear husband and I found ourselves sprinting through LAX. And by ‘sprinting’, I mean moving as fast as humanly possible with... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, kids

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    Laugh A Little

    …on my first dog and the virgin mary in a bathtub

    Growing up, my favorite author was Albert Payson Terhune. Sure, it was a mouthful, and none of the other kids at Shawsheen Elementary School... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on big boy pig piles

    Little boys tend to fall into one of two categories. They are dinosaur kids, or truck kids. I’m not saying that the same kid... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, sports, comedy, kids, soccer

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    Think A Little

    … on mr. holland

    There is a house, across the cove from mine, on an island snuggled in the mid coast of Maine.  We, my nearly perfect husband... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, friends, maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on oddballs and tennis balls

    See that guy up there? Oddball. It isn’t his name. It’s just him. I don’t even know his name. But I’ve seen him nearly... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a name for a dog

    Once upon a day in-or-about the year 1999, I found myself pulling off an exit on Route 95 and into the parking lot of... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, family, german shepherd, pet loss, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on t and marshal (part two)

    I’ve never written a ‘part two’ to anything before. How do you start this? I was just watching Gilmore Girls and the episode started... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, pet loss, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on t and marshal (part one)

    Did you know that there was a study done recently that showed that Facebook can contribute to depression?  Yep. Now, I have to add... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd, pet loss, musings

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Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

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