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    Think A Little

    … on a delayed gift, acorn to oak

    There’s a baby oak tree in the potting room sink. Five years ago, on an August afternoon in North Carolina, I sat with JoHn... Read More

    Tags: family, empty nest, college graduation, parenting, just ponderin', Elon University, class of 2020, class of 2020 plus one, covid college graduation, rites of passage

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    Think A Little

    … on serendhoppity

    A few weeks ago, I got a call from a very important Niece who happens to be the Mom of two very important Practice... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, Easter, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, what's important, easter bunny, easter candy hunting

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    Cry A Little

    … on the who outside the bathroom door

    Late this morning, I was in the bathroom with, I’m ashamed to say, my phone, when I saw the screen light up with a... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, secrets to happiness, parenting, just ponderin', adult children, maine blogger, mothers and daughters, lisa dingle, mothers and sons

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    Laugh A Little

    … on cracks and crack ups

    This was a very crack-filled week. As in ‘cracks in the best laid plans’. Not crack, the drug. I just wanted to clarify that... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, secrets to happiness, elder care, just ponderin', sandwich generation, coastal maine, caregiving, maine blogger, balance, perspective

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    Laugh A Little

    … on falling too fast

    This is the first September we’ve spent in Maine since we stumbled across The Inn* (and made the ‘holy-cow-can-you-believe-we-are-doing-this decision to buy it) more... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, joy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', midcoast maine, autumn in maine, fall in midcoast maine

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    Wag A Little

    … on breaking the news

    Blaze – looking uncharacteristically disheveled as she blows her coat (big time) – seems to be taking the whole idea of going to hang... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, german shepherd, humor, photography

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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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    Cry A Little

    … on knowing, and *knowing*

    Until about twenty minutes ago, I couldn’t look. Totally true. It’s been nearly a week since Sam’s accident down in New Orleans, and all... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the scamp and birthdays

    I looked it up. Scamping is being mischievous in an endearing, a playful, or naughty way. Actually, I don’t think ‘scamping’ is a word. Scamp is though. And Marshal... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, german shepherd, humor, photography, german shepherd dog

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    Cry A Little

    … on a trophy (a JPNN Special Monday Edition)

    The dark descends, the lights come on. The seats fill. The engine noise – the crowd – starts… swelling, retreating… ebbing, flowing. One song... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, maine, photography, New England Patriots, G.O.A.T., Super Bowl, Super Bowl LI, Tom Brady, Tom Brady's Mom

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    Laugh A Little

    … on five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred… legos

    Yesterday, the Nearly Perfect Husband (also known in these parts as ‘Daddy’ (Marshal), ‘Fah-sah’ (Gabe), ‘But Daaaaad’ (Mac), and – depending on what he... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, kids, empty nest, moving, 525, 600 minutes, legos, Rent, Seasons of Love

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