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    Think A Little

    … on ten core values for people-ing

    Last week, I had lunch with a very close and very old – like, not old but long-time – friend. Along the hours (yep!), and on some topic or other... Read More

    Tags: musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', we're all in this together, holding the center, holding my center, staying centered

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    Think A Little

    … on blooming and resting (and budding)

    Some – not all – just some crabapple trees work so hard blooming up a storm one year, they need a longer-than-twelve-month break before they do it again. Sure,... Read More

    Tags: garden photography, crabapple tree, malus, musings, photography, just ponderin', gardening, gardening in Maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on gardening in and out of a pandemic

    May in Maine finds the gardens still at their beginnings. The forsythia still have not quite gone from sunny yellows to greens and the lilacs have only just bloomed.... Read More

    Tags: gardening, Maine gardens, spring in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, musings, gardens, just ponderin', spring

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    Think A Little

    … on this mother’s day morning

    It’s early when I step onto the porch. The air is silent and still, infused with the notion of leftover moonlight. The first bird musters up the courage to... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, morning, musings, mother's day, secrets to happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on an overwhelmingly good day

    I am weepy today, right now actually. It is that weepy that comes when grace, or gratitude, or wonder, executes a perfect blindside tackle, and you go down –... Read More

    Tags: musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on breakfast sounds (poem)

    Breakfast Sounds They are ambient… the people Chairs pulled out, scooched in Napkins unfolded onto laps Babes reaching for everything Shiny spoons offered As distractions, drumsticks Forks and knives and... Read More

    Tags: maine writer, breakfast sounds, upright bass, musings, poetry, photography, jazz, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on ambient people

    A few weeks ago, I ran across an internet meme/comic that went something like this: A woman bursts into a room, clearly ecstatic, and shouting “Things are opening up!... Read More

    Tags: breakfast sounds, favorite sounds, spring peepers, musings, just ponderin', COVID-19, isolation

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    Think A Little

    … on serendhoppity

    A few weeks ago, I got a call from a very important Niece who happens to be the Mom of two very important Practice Grandkids. One thing had led... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, what's important, easter bunny, easter candy hunting, musings, family, Easter, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on waking up on maine’s midcoast

    Nearly every morning, when I wake up, the bed covers have been kicked, tossed, and otherwise molded into a loden cloud of duvet and blanket and sheet. Belle-ah is... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, maine spring, maine morning, mornings, gardens, porcupines, maine, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, spring in maine, maine blogger

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    Think A Little

    … on gatherings (floral and faunal)

    This morning I went outside to perform my very first garden chore of the season. I dug into the Potting-slash-Writing Room tool drawer, selecting my red-handled bypass pruners from... Read More

    Tags: quarantine, covid, post quarantine, musings, maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', spring, maine blogger, maine photographer, hellebore

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    Think A Little

    … on kindnesses with tresses

    It all started with a man bun. Well, to be fair, it started pre man bun. Half-Kid Jack¹ had graduated college (yay!), gotten a job (yay!), moved to Seattle... Read More

    Tags: a good day, musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', man bun, hair donation, locks of love, wigs for kids, pantene beautiful lengths

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    Think A Little

    … on not waiting for the tripod

    The other night the snow was still falling and landing softly on all the other flakes that had already bedded down. I’d been looking out different windows, noticing how... Read More

    Tags: winter in new england, barn, musings, maine, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', snow, winter in maine

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