This year, on October 13th, the Nearly Perfect Husband and I will celebrate our twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Who knew, when he showed up with... Read More
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… on becoming a real dog (or not)
I’m not the type of person to call my dogs ‘fur babies’ or dress them up in outfits or let them lick ice cream... Read More
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… 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
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… 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
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… on looking, and seeing
Every Thursday, beginning at 8:00 a.m., Boothbay hosts a farmers’ market. It’s hard to miss because someone, and I don’t know who because I... Read More
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… on an unexpected sleep-over
As you know, a few weeks ago I sent the Nearly Perfect Husband and Gabe, the Self-Proclaimed Perfect Boy, to the emergency vets in... Read More
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… on following someone else’s recommendations
A long time ago, I read a book by the writer, minister, drawer, painter, philosopher, sculptor, mango-cello player, ditch-digger, newspaper carrier, IBM salesman, and... Read More
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… on a kajillon dollar piece of land (with a chicken)
There is a piece of land here, that just came up for sale for a kajillion dollars, and the island is all abuzz. There... Read More
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… on garden therapy
On our little street, on our little island (i know, I totally co-opted the street and the island right there, but I’m gonna stick... Read More
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… on rash decisions
Ya. wHoops. The other night, Number One Son Sam opened the back door, at 11:30 p.m. – when people were all sorts of tired... Read More
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… on different chores for different places
In Maine, we have a few chores to do that differ vastly from the boring laundry, raking, changing lightbulbs, vacuuming the dogs (what, like... Read More
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… on espousing his spouse-ing
I met my true love, current spouse, In Nineteen Eighty-Three Young and sportin’ Levi-Strauss, and sitting next to me. “You, with the blog! You must... Read More