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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 screams. A snowy owl gazes... 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 notification. I finished drying my... Read More

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

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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 friends spotted a certain bird,... Read More

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

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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 back to sleep, Belle and... Read More

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

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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, ‘on driving miss judy‘. Miss... Read More

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

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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 never imagined them bringing (proofs... 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 – is just one thing.... 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 one-worder. “RAINBOW!!” I rushed from... 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 own the Red Cup, our... Read More

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

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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 and I both love/d gardens... Read More

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

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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 this: “Hey, Lis, WordPress 54.3... Read More

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

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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) – are tumbling in the dryer.... Read More

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

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The Inn

Our house in Maine. It is not an inn anymore (hence the “a private residence” on the sign out front) but it was, in the early 1900s.

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