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    Laugh A Little

    … on a surprise visit (wahoo!)

    In the early spring of 2019, two ducks stopped by The Inn* for a visit. I was over the moon with excitement. Having long dreamt... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, secrets to happiness, being present, ducks, mallards, small things, extraordinary ordinary

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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: everyday life, humor, secrets to happiness, musings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Inn

Our house in Maine. It is not an inn anymore (hence the “a private residence” on the sign out front) but it was, in the early 1900s.

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