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    Laugh A Little

    … on the acquisition of live poultry and being a dog

    I want a freakin’ chicken. No, I’m not kidding. I want a chicken. I want several. A gaggle or a flock or a peck or whatever it is you... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on big boy pig piles

    Little boys tend to fall into one of two categories. They are dinosaur kids, or truck kids. I’m not saying that the same kid can’t enjoy dinosaurs and trucks... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, sports, comedy, kids, soccer

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    Laugh A Little

    … on sociopaths and psychopaths (there is a difference)

    Once upon a time in or about the year 2000, my dear husband and I had a conversation over a cup of coffee on one of those rare, quiet... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, mayhem, tortoises, turtles

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    … on old houses not quite empty

    When one impulsively purchases an old house, the feeling of elation is quickly followed (and when I say ‘quickly’, I mean specifically the amount of time between agreeing to... Read More

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

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    Think A Little

    … on mr. holland

    There is a house, across the cove from mine, on an island snuggled in the mid coast of Maine.  We, my nearly perfect husband and I, found this island... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, friends, maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on oddballs and tennis balls

    See that guy up there? Oddball. It isn’t his name. It’s just him. I don’t even know his name. But I’ve seen him nearly every Thursday morning in the... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on rocky balboa (at 11 months)

    This is the raw photo of the champ. Eventually it will make its way, in black and white, onto a full-blown movie poster. There will be big, white capital... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, yellow lab, bernese mountain dog, great pyrenees, sports

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a name for a dog

    Once upon a day in-or-about the year 1999, I found myself pulling off an exit on Route 95 and into the parking lot of a state liquor store in... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd, pet loss

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    Laugh A Little

    … on watching television

    Every morning in Maine, I come downstairs and my very first chore is to move around the house, opening up the windows and let the super clear, salty air... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd, labrador retriever, yellow lab, bernese mountain dog

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    Laugh A Little

    … on t and marshal (part two)

    I’ve never written a ‘part two’ to anything before. How do you start this? I was just watching Gilmore Girls and the episode started with, “Previously on Gilmore Girls”... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, pet loss

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    Laugh A Little

    … on t and marshal (part one)

    Did you know that there was a study done recently that showed that Facebook can contribute to depression?  Yep. Now, I have to add a quick caveat here and... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, german shepherd, pet loss

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    Think A Little

    … on gardens (and getting to Maine)

    Approximately 8 years ago, my nearly perfect husband and I were in the midst of continuing a decade-long search for ‘The Maine House”. He had grown up in Leave-It-To-Beaverville... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, everyday life, family, gardens, maine

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Should People

You know them. They know how things “should” be. What you “should” say, and do and wear and eat and and and and and (and they give me a hive).

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