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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... Read More

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

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    Think A Little

    … on bird food and wonders

    This morning, I texted a photo of these oranges to a friend and included the label, “Bird food”. I knew she’d get it. We’ve... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, COVID-19, john krasinski, some good news, baltimore oriole, musings, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on that elusive ‘next to godliness’ thing

    This post was going to be professionally illustrated. I drew the amoeba, and then the red circle with a line through it. Then I... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, humor, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, COVID-19, disinfecting

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    Think A Little

    … on the hound’s way

    Yesterday I wandered ’round the house And I wept I wept for those so certain That they are terrified I wept for those so... Read More

    Tags: poetry, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, wonder, maine blogger, maine photographer, english pointer, hound, musings, COVID-19, poem

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    Think A Little

    … on the coming spring

    The timing of spring is relative in midcoast Maine. While others anticipate the days that fall in and around the twenty-first of March, we... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer, COVID-19, musings, quarantine, gardens, spring garden clean up, photography, just ponderin', spring, gardening, Maine gardens

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    Think A Little

    … on anticipation (a.k.a., faith)

    In the first week of the President’s request for us to stay at home for fifteen days to ‘flatten the curve’, I made the... Read More

    Tags: quarantine, flowers, stargazer lily, musings, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, COVID-19

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    Think A Little

    … on the downside of labels

    My Inner Introvert is being bullied… By my Oppositional Reflex. It’s like they are both sitting in the back seat of my brain (which, in... Read More

    Tags: shelter in place, quarantine, oppositional reflex, surviving quarantine, musings, just ponderin', southport maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, COVID-19, isolation

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    Think A Little

    … on walking and chewing gum

    “… but I can’t complain.” Sure you can. As a matter of fact, go right ahead. I mean, don’t throw a hissy fit or... Read More

    Tags: physical distancing, isolation, musings, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, coronavirus, COVID-19

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    Think A Little

    … on kicking ‘but’

    I grew up poor. Now. I recognize, very well, that ‘poor’ is relative. I was ‘that kid’ at school, with the dirty/ripped/stained/badly sized clothing... Read More

    Tags: COVID-19, we're all in this together, working together, musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on stepping out with care

    Today I headed out into the world, carefully and taking full advantage of hand sanitizer. Here is what I needed: Birdseed Tulips I know.... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, coronavirus, COVID-19, isolating, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on fear and toilet paper

    Okay, let’s get this out of the way. I have toilet paper. I have five rolls of it, tucked into the cabinet located at... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, hoarding toilet paper

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Spanky Baby Jesus

An expletive you can utter any time you need an expletive or you want to express surprise (like, “Jesus H. Christ” or “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick”). It came about when I misread my friend Katherine’s description of her toilet paper nativity scene, where she noted her ‘sparkly baby Jesus’. Sad. True.

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