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    Laugh A Little

    … on making magic

    It’s never too early… or too late… For magic. Thanks for readin’ As always, come on over to Just Ponderin’s Facebook page to comment <3

    Tags: christmas magic, holiday magic, family, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on thanksgiving, before

      The early morning on Thanksgiving is quiet. The table has been set since last night. I place a ‘cracker’ on each plate, a... Read More

    Tags: family, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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    Think A Little

    … (shhh!) on the secret of close family and friends

    Acceptance. That’s it. Anything else gums up the works… probably not irreparably, but it can get pretty gummy. So, acceptance. I learned that a... Read More

    Tags: friendship, musings, family, friends

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    Cry A Little

    … on the last first day

    It’s quiet. No quieter than it is when you went to practice yesterday Or out to the local rib joint with your friends last... Read More

    Tags: kids, poem, poetry, parenting, senior year high school, everyday life, family

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    Think A Little

    … on the roadies taking the stage

    It happens every year. In one, or more than one, cars packed to the gills (or grills?), the family slowly rolls down the driveway... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, maine, the load out

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    Think A Little

    … remembering nana, and ‘skimming’

    My grandmother was a ‘skimmer’. Not of books, she read those in detail, but of negative stuff. Now, negative stuff for Nana ran the... Read More

    Tags: joy, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on kevins (and family)

    Being the summer of me considering becoming a professional wildlife photographer, maine-ly because the critters keep showing up – miraculously – when I am... Read More

    Tags: maine, comedy, humor, joy, musings, comedic writing, family, home design

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    Think A Little

    … on complicated females

    HRH the Princess Bunny-Blaze (a.k.a., Blaze) is a complicated female. She also has a very important job, and jobs are important for all German... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, pet loss, family

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    Think A Little

    … on dads past, dads present, and dads yet to come

    Today could be a sad day, a nostalgic day. A first Father’s Day without a very important father. It’s also rainy here, grey. The... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, old yankee man, secrets to happiness, death of a parent, fathers day

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    Cry A Little

    … on falling (into place)

    Yesterday I was up in Maine. Yes, I know you have figured out that I take every opportunity to be in Maine, and work very... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, family, comedy, old yankee man, humor, aging parents

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    Think A Little

    … on sparkle water and magic

    I am a big fan of Sparkle Water. Sparkle Snow too. Sparkle anything… something magical about it. On Friday, Granny, Sister-In-Law Robin and I... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, old yankee man, photography, aging parents, death of a parent, death of a spouse

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    Cry A Little

    … on promises

    Will I think of you often? I will I will Will I think of you often, I will. With each beat of my heart... Read More

    Tags: loss of a parent, musings, family, poem, poetry, old yankee man, aging parents

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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