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    Think A Little

    … on april showers’ superpowers

    Yesterday morning, I woke up to a world quenched from gentle overnight rains. This was a nice reprieve from the wind-whipped shards of water that have pummeled us several... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, just ponderin', spring, midcoast maine, human connection, reconnecting

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    Think A Little

    … on maine correspondences

    Dear friend, It appears as though an annual visitor has returned to our cove on the Landing Road, bringing with him a great deal of excitement. I say, ‘him’... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', it's the little things, e.b. white

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a mental palate cleanser

    According to Wikipedia (a wicked trustable source that I was not allowed to use in grad school (and was not available to me before that because it did not... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, dogs, just ponderin', hounds, maine coast

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a surprise visit (wahoo!)

    In the early spring of 2019, two ducks stopped by The Inn* for a visit. I was over the moon with excitement. Having long dreamt of having chickens… Side note:... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, secrets to happiness, being present, ducks, mallards, small things, extraordinary ordinary

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    Think A Little

    … on a very special kind of wHeird

    As you may have heard (or remembered (or maybe I thought I told you, but forgot)), we are in the process of building a wooden boat. Okay fine. ‘We‘... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', wooden boat, boatbuilding, lobster boat, maine boat, lobsterboat

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    Think A Little

    … on lessons from a bird

    Yep. I finally saw her. Experts, far more knowledgeable than I am about all things ‘bird’, suspect she is a ‘her’. I have been told that – though the... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', bird photography, Boothbay Harbor, maine blogger, look up, Steller's Sea Eagle, birding

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an incorrigible toddler

    So. You know how sometimes, when your kids are little, and you have one of those days when they look really good. Like, you have gotten up on time and... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine writer, amaryllis, indoor plants, black thumb

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    Think A Little

    … on some good words, and a bird

    About the bird. I do not know if you have seen the news lately. Like, the birding news. Okay, since the story has actually been on the national broadcast... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, just ponderin', being present, steller's eagle, cozy thoughts, cozy

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    Think A Little

    … on a labor of fear (and a little love)

    You guys, my plant is in labor. No, seriously… look! I am a nervous mess of a plant care-taker right now. This is how it all started: 1.  If... Read More

    Tags: maine, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, mindfulness, it's the little things, amaryllis, staying present

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    Think A Little

    … on purposeful contagioning

    The day after Thanksgiving, every year, is Decorating Day in the Dingle house. On that day, the boxes come down from the barn and magically appear, stacked on the... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', christmas clean-up, un-decorating day, christmas spirit, kindness, happy new year

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    Think A Little

    … on an unexpected christmas gift

    So it was Christmas Eve, and I was all excited. But also behind. As in I had one more bed to make and a final sweep of the house... Read More

    Tags: maine, christmas magic, maine blogger, maine writer, christmastime, maine life, christmas 2021

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    Think A Little

    … on christmastime uncurated

    I love old radiators. When we bought The Inn*, there was a lot of broken… floors… windows… ceilings… I don’t mean, ‘sort of not working’ broken. I mean ‘holes... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', christmas magic, maine blogger, maine christmas, maine photographer, maine writer, christmastime, christmas season, meaning of christmas

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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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