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    Laugh A Little

    … on delayed processing

    Get coffee… or wine, then sit down. I’m just sayin’. There are jumbles everywhere in my life right now. Jumbles of books… or chords…... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on drop offs (and drop outs) and pick ups

    I’m not sure if that magnet, which sits above Gronk’s* gas tank filler upper door, is about Marshal Dillon Dingle, or about me. I... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, humor, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on nicknames lived up to

    The Disposable Shack. Disposed. Well, not quite. But now I am thinking it was so unfair to refer to this wonderful home as the... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, empty nest, joy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', selling the family home, home

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    Laugh A Little

    … on every man for himself

    That is not a rat. It’s Tony Soprano, a made man on Southport Island. Tony is, in fact, a mink. An American one. I... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, humor, New Orleans, NoLA, rats

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    Think A Little

    … on dawn

    We live on a ball that weights 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 – thirteen septillion, one hundred seventy sextillion – pounds… and yet floats in space. When it turns just so,... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine, photography, joy, Sunrise in Maine, sunrise

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    Think A Little

    … on a good morning

    The little beach on the island is quiet in the early mornings and late afternoons, even in summer. But in the midst of the... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine, photography, spring in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on alternative news (part 2 of…)

    Thanks for readin’. As always, come on over to Just Ponderin’s Facebook page to comment <3  

    Tags: musings, everyday life, photography, Alternative facts, Alternative news

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    Laugh A Little

    … on apple pride

    Yesterday, a Christmas miracle happened. I was cleaning Self-Proclaimed Perfect Boy Gabe’s and Number One Son Sam’s bedroom (yes, to ready them for the... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, humor, apple, Christmas joy, family car decals, family car stickers

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    Laugh A Little

    … on feelin’ drift-y

    Down by the dock in Maine, for more than a decade, has been this piece of driftwood. It sits on this mossy outcropping of... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, maine, photography, Southport, secrets to happiness, open heart, open mind, Southport Island

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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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    Think A Little

    … on the first return (and having faith)

    The flowers in Maine – from peonies to roses to poppies to I-have-no-idea-what-so-many-are-called… Anyway, all of them. They remind me to have faith. Having no major... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, gardens, maine, photography, gardening, gardening in Maine, Maine gardens

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    Think A Little

    … on scheduling nothing

    Years ago, when JoHn and I were both still working bazillion hour weeks and juggling our careers with two, then three kids, we would schedule days... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, humor, secrets to happiness, doing nothing, saying no, saying no to invitations

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The Chipmunk Channel

The ShepHerds’ (and all dogs who have gone before) favorite channel to watch in Maine (basically we just throw the windows open in the Vampire Room and they climb into their comfy chairs, lean their chins on the window sill, and boob in front of the “tv”. The chipmunks on the front lawn can entertain for hours.

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