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    Think A Little

    … on a wake of friends

    Yesterday, I went to the wake for a friend. That doesn’t quite capture it. Yesterday I joined a wake of friends… and family… and... Read More

    Tags: Grieving, grief, friendship, small town life, death of a friend

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    Think A Little

    … on gardening in the shade

    That’s a hellebore. They are funky and strangely mysterious and I love them. Here are some more… Very cool. There are oodles of myths... Read More

    Tags: shade garden, death of a pet, garden photography, musings, photography, death of a dog, Grieving, grief, just ponderin', hellebore

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    Think A Little

    … on what she feels

    I took this photo of Blaze a little while ago. I’d been looking at her, trying to look into her. What do you know?... Read More

    Tags: Grieving, just ponderin', marshal dillon dingle, musings, pet loss, death of a dog

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    Cry A Little

    … on the hat

    When the kids were much less tall than they are today, we often read a book by Jan Brett, called The Mitten. It was… well,... Read More

    Tags: Grieving, grief, just ponderin', christmas in maine, maine blogger, memories of loved ones, Christmas

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    Cry A Little

    … on an inn, empty

    “Sometimes when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” – Alphonse de Lamartine “Just one tiny human isn’t here, and the entire house... Read More

    Tags: Grieving, grief, just ponderin', Christmas joy, christmas magic, death of a loved one, coastal Maine winter, saying goodbye, The Inn and gardens, musings

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    Cry A Little

    … on quietly ponderin’ an old man’s shovel

    That shovel above did not belong to the Old Yankee Man, no way… because plastic. But seeing it there, outside the back door this morning, reminded... Read More

    Tags: old yankee man, photography, Grieving, death of a parent, grief, death of a loved one

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    Think A Little

    on empty chairs

    It is an odd thing, this sandwich generation thing. The kids are off on their new adventures, and my dictatorship is starting to crumble. I... Read More

    Tags: musings, old yankee man, photography, Grieving, death

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    Cry A Little

    … on packing for a trip

    Yesterday was a beautiful day. Exactly the type of day that Grampa would have loved to be a part of. And he was. Family... Read More

    Tags: Grieving, musings, family, yellow lab, old yankee man, aging parents

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The Freakin’ Egg Thing

That plastic egg container that comes with every refrigerator. It requires far more anal retentive attention than I have. It makes me crazy because I really don’t know how to only have the super organized egg thing instead of the cardboard egg container because I will never have one dozen eggs and use every single one before I buy more eggs. Once I bought another freakin’ egg thing to solve this problem but it was still an issue so I finally destroyed them.

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