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    Cry A Little

    … on reminders sent and received

    That’s Mac up there. I did not take this photo, and suspect a certain Half Kid did. In addition to being my Half Kid,... Read More

    Tags: musings, grandparents, grief, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, grandmothers and granddaughters, death of a grandparent

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    Cry A Little

    … on gentle reminders

    A gentle reminder… Tap on the shoulder… A whisper of a memory… Or that freaky scene in Poltergeist where Carol-Anne turns from the television and... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, grandparents, old yankee man, humor, secrets to happiness, death of a parent

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    Cry A Little

    … on the arms, and genes, of the angels

      It is a long held notion that we pass down not only physical traits like eye color and nose shape and handedness to... Read More

    Tags: musings, grandparents, empty nest, old yankee man, death of a parent, high school graduation

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    Laugh A Little

    … on raising grampa

    That’s First Dinner, with Mac, Sam, and Grampa circa 1998. For a long time, we couldn’t figure out why Mac and Sam never really... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, grandparents, old yankee man, aging parents

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    Think A Little

    … on examples and lessons

    One of the massive benefits of JoHn being the youngest child was that his sisters and brother all had kids before we did, so... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, grandparents, humor, aging parents

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the definition of home

    There’s lots of ‘stuff’ going on in Maine right now. At The Inn (ever-ready caveat: It’s not really an Inn, but it was in... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, grandparents, humor, aging parents, elder care

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    Cry A Little

    … on something I saw and something I wished

    Please… Love me enough to button my shirt When my fingers won’t function And my hands sometimes hurt And… Smile, don’t sneer, when I can’t... Read More

    Tags: musings, poem, grandparents, poetry

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    Think A Little

    … on a day with a teeny bit of over-perspective

    Yep. Fred. Forever grateful for anything with cheese mixed in, and this morning’s breakfast was cheesy eggs. He was a happy, happy dog. Right... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, yellow lab, grandparents, old yankee man

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    Laugh A Little

    … on horse heads and crap acquired and… ‘gifted’

    That horse head up above? That’s what greeted our guests yesterday, when they approached our door dressed in Kentucky Derby attire (oh, ya. There... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on old yankee men as mouse props

    Did you happen, by any chance, to read the title of this post as, ‘old yankee men as mouse poops’? No? Never mind. I... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on breathing again and respecting the old yankee man

    It’s nearly the end of January and I feel like I’m just coming up for air, and I didn’t even realize I was holding... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, grandparents

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    Laugh A Little

    … on conversations while waiting for the spine doc

    Yesterday, I went with Granny and Grampa to the doctors. Grampa had fallen – and bounced – again a week or so ago, and... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, grandparents

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Gawd

The way to invoke the deity without being hit by lightening for taking the actual name in vain (Side benefit: Also fits in with a Boston (Baw-stun) accent). You have to capitalize it though (just to be sure, and also because of reverence).

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