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    Think A Little

    … on a whale of a time

    Sunday is Day of Rest. JoHn – the Nearly Perfect Husband – and I (and certain deities) are all in on this concept. We... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, just ponderin', gratitude, being present, mindfulness, humpback whale, awe, musings, joy

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    Think A Little

    … on the incredibleness of gifts

    Me: “Oh my gosh!” Gift Giver: “It’s just a little something.” Or maybe they say, “I didn’t know what to get so.” Or, “Don’t get too... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, Love, just ponderin', gratitude, cozy, gift giving, connection, joy, Christmas

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    Think A Little

    … on a last ride (until the next first)

    We’re easing into late fall, light morning frosts hinting at what’s to come. I’m pretty sure this photo was taken during our last ride... Read More

    Tags: fall, just ponderin', gratitude, cozy blog, cozy, summer's end, seasons, meanderings, musings, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on beauty in dark and light

    Yesterday morning, the water beneath and beyond our dock was filled with fog. It cast a veil over the recently risen sun, the effect... Read More

    Tags: photography, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, coastal maine, maine coast, positivity, lobster boats

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    Think A Little

    … on waking up on maine’s midcoast

    Nearly every morning, when I wake up, the bed covers have been kicked, tossed, and otherwise molded into a loden cloud of duvet and... Read More

    Tags: gratitude, midcoast maine, spring in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine spring, maine morning, mornings, gardens, porcupines, maine, just ponderin'

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    Laugh A Little

    … on ‘and yetting’ my way into christmas

    Oh yeah, they came. Practice grandkids. Two of ’em. The family arrived this year with some traditional Christmas stuff (holiday jammies), and some I... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, christmas magic, gratitude, maine christmas, perspective, christmastime, christmas 2020

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    Think A Little

    … on my cup and the new year

    The other day I shared a meme on my personal Facebook page. Wait. Short diversion here… To be honest, I’m not sure where the definition... Read More

    Tags: musings, joy, secrets to happiness, gratitude, secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, personal responsibility, what's in your cup

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    Laugh A Little

    … on kids these days

    Kids these days are awful. Entitled. Not even taught manners. If the world has to depend on the next generation of kids, we’re all... Read More

    Tags: joy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, maine blogger, musings, maine photographer, maine, kids these days, photography, Southport

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    Think A Little

    … on simply thankful

    Lately, it seems to me that the collective ‘we’ have lost our minds. And, in these times, my brain yields to my heart and... Read More

    Tags: seizure, thanksgiving, gratitude, 2016 election, thankful, musings, family

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    Laugh A Little

    … on different perspectives, same place

    If you follow the trees from the left to the right… you can see a break in the pines and spruce. Sort of a flat... Read More

    Tags: photography, southport maine, joyful life, mid coast maine, gratitude, Maine Island, boothbay maine, humor

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    Think A Little

    … on an ungrateful fail

    I tried to be ungrateful For a friendship that went south I tried to muster pissy-ness In my brain, if not my mouth And just... Read More

    Tags: poetry, photography, be grateful, grateful, gratitude, love your life, poem

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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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