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    Laugh A Little

    … on soccer dreams, and watershed moments

    Whew. A busy few days, somewhat sad too. So welcome to a silly little post on the light and air-y topic of life’s watershed moments.... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, sports, comedy, soccer, humor, secrets to happiness, watershed moments

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    Laugh A Little

    on fifty (?!)

    Fifty? Eh…. Fifty shmifty It’s not as if-ty I’m so old I can’t be nifty Sure my joints Might be more stiff-ty My penmanship... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, poem, poetry, humor, secrets to happiness, turning 50, turning fifty

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    Think A Little

    … on retroactive fun

    “I think the Romans must have aggravated one another very much, with their noses. Perhaps, they became the restless people they were, in consequence.”... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, sports, comedy, soccer, humor, high school soccer, state soccer championship

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the dignity of a princess

    Me: “Hey Marshal Dillon Dingle, can you get up on your ‘place’ and sit with Gabe, because he got to take his fancy soccer... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, comedy, humor, high school sports

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    Laugh A Little

    … on morning walk(abouts)

    The past few days has been pretty cool in that our friend Andrea is here from Australia.  So our days have been filled with... Read More

    Tags: foliage, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, photography, joy, Dunstable, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on forced disconnection

    About a half hour ago, as I was preparing to post on a creative group that I love, about an upcoming workshop that is... Read More

    Tags: facebook down, musings, comedic writing, comedy, humor, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the defining trait of extroverts

      I have posted many times about how HRH The Princess Bunny Blaze loves to have her photo taken. And how Marshal Dillon Dingle... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, comedy, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on putting that there

    Okay, I want you to put that…. There. Epilogue: I did. But I wasn’t happy about it. And then my wicked smiley but frighteningly... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, humor, weight loss

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    Laugh A Little

    … on bringin’ sexy back

    This year, on October 13th, the Nearly Perfect Husband and I will celebrate our twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Who knew, when he showed up with... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, humor, getting in shape

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    Laugh A Little

    … on becoming a real dog (or not)

    I’m not the type of person to call my dogs ‘fur babies’ or dress them up in outfits or let them lick ice cream... Read More

    Tags: humor, musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an offer for anxiety therapy

    I was talking to my friend last night and telling him about the fact that, on Monday – like three days away – fifty... Read More

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

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    Think A Little

    … remembering nana, and ‘skimming’

    My grandmother was a ‘skimmer’. Not of books, she read those in detail, but of negative stuff. Now, negative stuff for Nana ran the... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, humor, joy

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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