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    Laugh A Little

    … on transitions in dingleville (it’s gonna be an adventure!)

    Hi! So it’s been a crazy few days leading up to “Mac and Jack Moving Day” (MJMD (why not?!) And today is the day!... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, humor, kids growing up

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    Think A Little

    … on sparkle hunting

    Cool sails quiet on ocean air Fog grips the coves and inlets where The sun is veiled in Maine’s embrace Those ‘from away’ softly despair.... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine, poem, poetry

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    Think A Little

    … on a joyful perspective

    My grandmother and grandfather lived in a small house in Woburn, Massachusetts that seemed huge. And every Sunday after attending our respective churches, my... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on discovering the gardens

    When I’m in Maine, it is easy (and, c’mon, natural) to be drawn to the water. Because, here’s why: The boats (Maine’s summer ‘traffic’), the... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy

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    Think A Little

    … on maine interrupted

    In addition to being ocean-y here, it is also pine-y. There is something so deeply ingrained in my psyche about the combination of pine... Read More

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

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    Think A Little

    … on feeling twenty-two (plus a couple of decades (plus))

    Taylor Swift sings a song about being twenty-two. The chorus is “I don’t know about you, but I’m feelin’ twenty-two…” And it is as... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, humor, first apartment, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on jungle cats… er…dogs

    I know. Powerful. Elegant. And I can now tell you…. move-y. This thing moves all the time. Not only do you need to find this... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on hole-y marshal dillon dingle.

    In photography, when you take a photo and then you don’t do anything to it, because you do not rent Photoshop or are too... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the relativity of a pile of crap

    The other day, I was hangin’ out down at Baby Beach. Baby Beach has the official name of Hendricks Head, but we have called... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on me and stephen hawking and twister

    This morning I met Fred, a human, in the Old Barn. I made the point because there is also Fred-the-dog, who doesn’t really know... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy, humor, old house restoration

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    Think A Little

    … on a late mid coast afternoon in black and white

    Yesterday I headed out with my camera at about five in the afternoon and snapped and clicked lazily while the breeze blew off the... Read More

    Tags: maine, musings, everyday life

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    Think A Little

    … on maine through other sets of eyes

    Our time in Maine is precious. And preciously guarded. The reality is that ‘summer’ is an ebbing and flowing timeframe each year, based on... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine

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wHierd

Similar to ‘wHat’, ‘wHy’ and ‘JoHn’. In Dingleville, we tend to pronounce the ‘H’s’ in these words and I don’t know wHy it started, or wHere or by wHom. Sometimes we even add H’s where there are none. It’s wHonderful.

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