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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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
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… 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