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

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

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    Think A Little

    … on welcoming christmas

      My brain got busy this morning before there was even a hint of light in the still-snoozing sky. Not being able to get... Read More

    Tags: christmas eve, new england christmas, how the grinch stole christmas, dr. seuss, Christmas, christmas in maine, maine christmas, christmas 2020, covid christmas, christmas eve 2020

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    Laugh A Little

    … on helping(ish) miss judy

    So. Those of you who have been reading for a while might remember my summer neighbor, Miss Judy, especially from a post I called,... Read More

    Tags: secrets of happiness, maine christmas, christmastime, musings, just ponderin'

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    Laugh A Little

    … on ‘and yetting’ my way into christmas

    Oh yeah, they came. Practice grandkids. Two of ’em. The family arrived this year with some traditional Christmas stuff (holiday jammies), and some I... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, christmas magic, gratitude, maine christmas, perspective, christmastime, christmas 2020

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    Think A Little

    … on yours, mine, and ours

    I have said (well, typed), more than once on these pages, that no one – not me or you or that guy over there... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, secrets to happiness, maine blogger, maine photography, justponderin', 2020, sonder, John Koenig

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    Think A Little

    … on appreciating the whole show

    A couple of weeks ago, just after late afternoon rain, I got a text from my friend from across the cove. It was a... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, rainbow

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    Think A Little

    … on the lovings from, and of, a dawg

    Every afternoon, usually between 2:00 and 3:00, JoHn heads into town to pick up a coffee and have a chat with the folks who... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, rescue dog, musings, photography, just ponderin', dog photography, secrets of happiness, maine blogger

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    Laugh A Little

    … on whispers from within

    Here are the samenesses between Monet and his gardens at Giverny and me and my gardens in Maine. *Monet and I are/were/who-knows-may-be-again humans. *Monet... Read More

    Tags: covid, garden design, garden therapy, musings, photography, secrets to happiness, gardening, Maine gardens

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    Think A Little

    … on maintenance mode

    A few seconds ago, I logged into this very space to write a new post and there was a message, which was pretty much... Read More

    Tags: we're all in this together, quarantine, 2020, covid, The Inn and gardens, musings, just ponderin'

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    Cry A Little

    … on life marching

    The truck is all packed. The last load of his clothes – mostly of which he brought down from his bedroom floor (yesterday) –... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, parenting, just ponderin', kids leaving home, adulting, mom-ing, musings, empty nest

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    Think A Little

    … on hopetimism

    I am an optimist. But not just an optimist. I’m an optimist who dances with hope on a regular basis. Smooshing it all together,... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, just ponderin', hope, 2020, optimism, hope in action, motivation, musings

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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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