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    Laugh A Little

    … on memories of an old yankee man

    Oh, the forbidden… How it draws us. Forbidden people. Forbidden activities. Forbidden… Garages. A little over a week ago, a large dumpster arrived on... Read More

    Tags: comedy, old yankee man, humor, death of a parent, moving, cleaning out garage, death of a grandfather, grandfather, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a multimedia behavioral study (ish)

    I just read another one of the bazillion (or so) articles out there that point to the internet or social media or access to a keyboard,... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, humor, nastiness on-line, on-line anger, on-line hostility, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on sweet snow… and snow

      Yesterday morning, JoHn and I woke up and decided to head over to Cafe du Monde.  Our flight didn’t leave until noon, and... Read More

    Tags: New Orleans, NoLA, Beignets, Cafe du Monde, dyslexia, musings, learning disabilities, comedic writing, Loyola New Orleans, comedy, humor, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an easter challenge accepted

    Every Easter Sunday morning since First Born Mac was puny (pew-knee), there has been a rather loud and massive hunt for candy. The Easter... Read More

    Tags: Easter, secrets to happiness, Healthy Easter, musings, comedic writing, comedy, kids, humor

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    Think A Little

    … on hailing the heroes of the in-betweens

    Yesterday I drove to Maine to check on the renovations being done at The Inn.  It had been a busy week and, as I... Read More

    Tags: humor, in-betweens, kids leaving home, malcolm gladwell, comedic writing, maine, empty nest

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    Laugh A Little

    … on seeing oneself in the mirror (or reflections on lunacy)

    Oh dear Lord. Do you think if you see yourself clearly in the mirror and crack yourself up that it is going to result in... Read More

    Tags: maine, humor, blog design, web design, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on photographing an essence

    I was playing with some pics of the dogs this morning, and brought this one of Blaze down to the basic of basics. Cropped... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, comedy, humor, photography, photographing dogs

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    Cry A Little

    … on saying so long to the bicep

    This week was a down week. A spring cold came in for a landing, super slowly and day by day until I was absolutely... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, humor, joy, favorite car, first cars

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    Think A Little

    … on the wait for a window

    When we bought the house in Maine, more than a decade ago, and set to work on renovating it, one of the places we... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy, humor, secrets to happiness, The Inn and gardens

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    Laugh A Little

    … on found stuff (and evening the score)

    Dear Sam, I know! Cool right?! It’s a mousetrap! There are five little holes drilled in the side, beneath each steel thing-a-ma-bub.  You push the... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, maine, comedy, humor, zombie apocalypse, antique mousetrap, vampire slaying

  • Laugh A Little

    … on coming back (sexy back)

    Achilles tendons are dicks. No seriously. They are not nice and friendly tendons, they are fakers. Hanging out, on the back of your feet,... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, humor, photography, cows, achilles, achilles tendon, rehab, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the absence of mom-credit

    Recently I sent Number One Son Sam a text, accosting him with my love… And, being a dutiful son, he acknowledged my message within a... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, german shepherd, comedy, humor, dog texts

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The Freakin’ Egg Thing

That plastic egg container that comes with every refrigerator. It requires far more anal retentive attention than I have. It makes me crazy because I really don’t know how to only have the super organized egg thing instead of the cardboard egg container because I will never have one dozen eggs and use every single one before I buy more eggs. Once I bought another freakin’ egg thing to solve this problem but it was still an issue so I finally destroyed them.

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