Today it is raining – sometimes pouring – onto our little peninsula in Maine. It is also voting day! I know, I know… it’s wicked contentious (not with everyone,... Read More
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… on dream days (introvert-style)
Blow me a bubble one without trouble Or people, or small talk noise free To float in, to ponder and let my mind wander Just heart stuff and soul... Read More
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… on small boats in big seas
I love this picture. A storyteller, an audience. Chirps and bleeps and ringtones absent. Distracting screens and crowds replaced by the quizzical faces of seals appearing and disappearing with... Read More
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… on plumbing (and the power of money)
Yep. That is the Nearly Perfect Husband up there. On a lobster (lob-stah) boat. In the midst, and mist, of a very windy and soon-to-be stormy evening. He’d just... Read More
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… on flying pigs (and thingamajigs)
A question I never thought I’d have to answer: “Why did you replace your laptop with a trap, Lisa?” Well, I will tell you why: Location: My living room... Read More
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… on a feathered bottom
My friends like animal bums. Okay. Photos of animal bums. And they like them very much. One has even dreamt (or threatened) a coffee table book composed of her rather excellent... Read More
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… on growing up so fast
Well, let’s see. It’s been a few weeks since three baby squirrels – well, one very small baby squirrel – showed up… and then brought her stoopid brothers. They were... Read More
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… on boating for dummies
We’re looking at boats. I’m going to have to ask you to hold your tongue on this one. No, seriously. Because I have learned that, just as with announcing... Read More
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… on dingle diner, expanded
This morning, after putting out food and fresh water at the newest incarnation of Dingle Diner (and announcing that breakfast was served), only little Janet showed up. And I... Read More
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… on tic, tac, and janet
The other day, I opened the screen door and placed my foot on the first granite step when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. I... Read More
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… on the totally extraordinary ordinary
And there it was. A tomato, peeking out from behind a velvety green leaf. Red. Ripe. Ready. And me? Well, I was dancing. Alone in the early morning light of... Read More
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… on a helpful nudge toward enchantment
Sometimes, in the midst of a busy mind and heart, Wonder grabs us by the throat. Catching our breath on the intake and stopping it. The result equal to... Read More