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    Think A Little

    … on an anchor

      By this time, in mid-October-years-past, I would have had The Disposable Shack* decorated to the nines. What is ‘decorated to the nines’? That number seems rather... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, maine, empty nest, humor, photography, Life Anchor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on acorns and oaks

    There is a college a wee bit south of us… Okay, eleven hours south. Fifteen if there are multiple pile-ups on i95, somewhere around... Read More

    Tags: family, empty nest, humor, photography, dropping off at college, Elon, Elon University, first year of college, kid going to college

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    Laugh A Little

    … on that half smile

    Gabe has had a thing for shoes, pretty much from his womb-period. Swear to Gawd, the kid was born knowing how to spell ‘Nike’…... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, empty nest, photography, just ponderin', growing up, kid leaving for college, leaving for college, nike

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    Cry A Little

    … on great adventures

    The baby. The last one. In years gone by, I’ve packed cars to the brim and tucked two… and a half… kids into them.... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, empty nest, photography, youngest leaving home

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    Laugh A Little

    … on moving considerations

    This season in Maine began earlier, and more hustle-y and bustle-y, than any of my seasons here that I can recall. And it has been... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine, empty nest, photography, taking it all in

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    Cry A Little

    … on the arms, and genes, of the angels

      It is a long held notion that we pass down not only physical traits like eye color and nose shape and handedness to... Read More

    Tags: musings, grandparents, empty nest, old yankee man, death of a parent, high school graduation

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    Cry A Little

    … on a letter to my kid as he graduates college

    Hey kid, Wow. I know you’re out there, in that sea of caps and gowns. Sitting. Waiting. Listening to people tell you how honored... Read More

    Tags: musings, empty nest, college graduation, photography, Loyola New Orleans, #loyno16, loyno

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    Laugh A Little

    … on new lights (not so simple)

    This light’s not mine This light is new The old one broke (By you know who). A ball kicked high A ball kicked low... Read More

    Tags: sports, soccer, poem, poetry, empty nest, kids leaving home, high school graduation

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    Laugh A Little

    … on craze and contemplation; last leaving the nest

    My life has been reduced to piles. And boxes. And more piles. And a list (or seven). This month, Number One Son Sam will... Read More

    Tags: musings, empty nest, humor, college graduation, secrets to happiness, high school graduation, last to leave home, youngest leaving home

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    Think A Little

    … on a message from your sponsor

    Dear kids, I see you. Yes you. Growing up. I see you in your ‘in betweens’ – between high school and college, between college... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, empty nest, college graduation, advice to adult kids, high school graduation

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

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    Think A Little

    … on life’s strangeness and wonder

    Even when I’m ‘okay’ with someone leaving, whether in life or in death, there is still pondering necessary. That noodling that happens when I... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, empty nest, grief, adult children, estranged child, estranged parent, life

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Spiking

Getting really, really mad really, really quickly (and often embarrassingly so)… “Oops, sorry. I spiked.”

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