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    Cry A Little

    … on getting ready for the train

    People get ready There’s a train comin’ You don’t need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesels hummin’ You don’t... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, pet loss, bernese mountain dog

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a girls night out as one of the guys

    I don’t do Girls Night Out. Never have. Never wanted to. It might be because I’m more of a Monty-Python quoting, secret-man-cave-loving, one of the guys. I’m not a... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, girlfriends, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on tasty words

    Okay, so another cool thing along with the close up of sparkle water above. Half Kid Jack is taking a beginning drawing class because he is a senior in... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, synesthesia, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on cherub torture 101

    I’ll tell you what the hell that is. That is photographic proof of cherub torture. Every morning since Gabe-the-Self-Proclaimed-Perfect-Boy became an only child… Okay, technically he is not an only... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, kids, humor, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on man cave oscars and a near explosion

    Mac and I were watching the red carpet procession at the Oscars last night (Ya, it says 11:34 a.m. above, but that was the time I took the photo.)... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, humor, ADD, Red Carpet

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    Laugh A Little

    … on glen who isn’t a lawyer and a life-altering list

    Late yesterday morning I returned from Maine with The Shepherds and my olfactory senses were happy-fied by evidence that Glen-the-friend-and-painter had been true to his word and dropped by... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, maine, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on being a v.i.p. at dingle diner and real mail

    One really bizarre thing about living in a small, New England town is that every important decision is not made at Town Meeting or at the Town Hall, but is really... Read More

    Tags: comedy, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family

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    Laugh A Little

    … on old yankee men as mouse props

    Did you happen, by any chance, to read the title of this post as, ‘old yankee men as mouse poops’? No? Never mind. I got my handy-dandy-mysterious-magical lens-changing-camera a... Read More

    Tags: family, comedy, grandparents, old yankee man, humor, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an old dog waiting for his old-soul boy

    Monty Dingle. Handsome Old Man. Handsome Old Yankee Man. Canine style. A few months ago, he was fading. Our 132 pound, 10 1/2-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog seemed to have pushed... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, bernese mountain dog, comedy, kids, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on nothin’ but thank you

    Thank you. For coming on over. For visiting so often. From so many places around our ever-spinnin’ planet. For following the blog, for commenting, for telling your friends, for... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on keeping the home fire burning

    The rag-tag militia would arrive in ones and twos from all over the country. Many left a day early to beat a winter storm that threatened to keep them... Read More

    Tags: sports, comedy, soccer, humor, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the freakin’ medicine cabinet

    This post was going to start out with me telling you about how super hero-ish I am. Which I am, for sure, but now that’s not what it’s going... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy, humor

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The Vampire Room

The room in Maine that was once a three season porch that was sinking into the ground, but is now (we hope) somewhat sturdy. It is our wake up room (with comfy chairs), and also doubles as a dining room. It is painted this red color and has windows all along three of the walls, so at night when it is super dark outside and all the windows are black, it reminded us of a paneled room from a Dracula movie. And who wouldn’t want to live with that?!

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