Do not defend me in anger, or hate Dehumanize, dismiss, or crudely berate Kindle my views for your personal fire Include me by force in your venomous choir We may... Read More
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… on color’s vacation
One of the things I love about exploring more of my time at The Inn in winter is that, though just three hours north of the town we’ve called... Read More
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… on shades of blue
The light streams in The world anew In dawning, dulcet Shades of blue. The snowflakes fly As snowflakes do In Maine, if not In Katmandu. Clouds veil, obscure The... Read More
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… on tangles
I sometimes think that, in the hustle and bustle and struggle to ensure things are done in the way we each consider ‘right’, we tangle ourselves into an awful... Read More
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… on an official portrait and royal merchandising
She is one. strange. dog. But royal. And, apparently, genetically predisposed toward regal poses on floral backgrounds. I wonder if anyone will ever make a plate featuring her likeness.... Read More
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… on a questionable start to the day
Today I woke up in Maine for the first time in a month. I woke up with a start, having shut my phone’s alarm song off (Ventura Highway) at... Read More
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… on photographic training
I wanted to practice my photography today, figuring that – like musicians – we wicked professional photographers need to work on our craft each day to get better. Buuuuut it was... Read More
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… on quietly ponderin’ an old man’s shovel
That shovel above did not belong to the Old Yankee Man, no way… because plastic. But seeing it there, outside the back door this morning, reminded me of him. The Old... Read More
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… on dreams of a garden (wedding)
Yesterday, I was googling away, in total wedding planning mode. The Nearly Perfect Husband walked by as I was looking up “skinny evergreens”. Then he walked by again when... Read More
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… on wrestling time (or tilting at windmills)
So this whole calendar thing. Yes… the calendar thing. I mean, I get the whole ‘day, solar year, and lunar cycle’ thing. And the whole Gregorian-kicks-out-the-Roman calendar thing, which... Read More
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… on not an elf on the shelf
Ya. So I’m sitting there the other night, all cozy in my big comfy chair and looking at my warm and cozy twinkle lights and kind of overlooking one.... Read More
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… on the mess
Last weekend we had Dingle Family Christmas. Sure, it’s a little misleading in that not everyone who comes to Dingle Family Christmas is toting around the last name ‘Dingle’,... Read More