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    Think A Little

    … on what (and when) we cannot see

    A few days ago, we tumbled out of bed early to make the ferry to Monhegan Island. Mac, Jack, Klack, Lack, Nack, Ouack, Pack,... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', Monhegan, Monhegan Island, fog, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, musings, maine, humor, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on four stalls and a wedding

    So. There are about to be lots of photos of the wedding out in the world because Jen Smith, who is the incredibly talented... Read More

    Tags: maine wedding, midcoast maine, The Inn and gardens, midcoast maine wedding, comedic writing, southport island maine, maine, comedy, humor, photography, secrets to happiness, southport maine

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    Wag A Little

    … on breaking the news

    Blaze – looking uncharacteristically disheveled as she blows her coat (big time) – seems to be taking the whole idea of going to hang... Read More

    Tags: photography, musings, family, german shepherd, humor

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    Think A Little

    … on a wedding garden

    The Gardens have been in a bit of scramble around The Inn*, getting ready for their wedding debut. On Saturday. Ya. This Saturday. I... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', midcoast maine, midcoast maine wedding, The Inn and gardens, roses, musings, wedding garden, gardens, maine, humor, photography, joy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on advenditures

    This morning, super duper early, I headed out on an adventure. Because the other day my friend Chris (a.k.a., ‘ChrisChrisChris‘) called and asked me... Read More

    Tags: windjammers, maine, humor, photography, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, tall ships

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    Laugh A Little

    … on signs and flamingos, but mostly signs

    It all started with a pink, plastic bird – one of those ones with funky metal sticks for legs, so  you can stand them... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, musings, old yankee man, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on touching dreams

    So… you know we moved to Maine. Well… I know I know I moved to Maine. No… it’s not the boxes still unpacked in my bedroom... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on delayed processing

    Get coffee… or wine, then sit down. I’m just sayin’. There are jumbles everywhere in my life right now. Jumbles of books… or chords…... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on drop offs (and drop outs) and pick ups

    I’m not sure if that magnet, which sits above Gronk’s* gas tank filler upper door, is about Marshal Dillon Dingle, or about me. I... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, humor, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on making sense of self

    So… there’s this dress. I can’t tell you much about it because it’s a secret. Not being a member of the Wedding Tradeworkers Union,... Read More

    Tags: humor, photography, secrets to happiness, wedding, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on every man for himself

    That is not a rat. It’s Tony Soprano, a made man on Southport Island. Tony is, in fact, a mink. An American one. I... Read More

    Tags: family, comedy, humor, New Orleans, NoLA, rats, musings, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Think A Little

    … on putting your work ‘out there’

    It’s totally freaky. Cars are going by more slowly and I swear they can see me swimming in my fishbowl. Yesterday, a ‘for sale’... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, secrets to happiness, selling the family home, home selling

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