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    Think A Little

    … on an anchor

      By this time, in mid-October-years-past, I would have had The Disposable Shack* decorated to the nines. What is ‘decorated to the nines’? That number seems rather... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, maine, empty nest, humor, photography, Life Anchor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on breaking my kids

    Dear Kids, There is no easy way to say this so I’ll just come out with it. You’re broken. Yep, you two Jack. Even... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, family, comedy, humor, 50 thinks you should never ever say to your kids, better homes and gardens, things you shouldn't say to your kids

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    Laugh A Little

    … on hunting season and blending in

    Okay, sure. Clocks weren’t melting and I didn’t wake up with a skinny, long and somewhat disturbing mustache. But the point is I could have. Seriously.... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, maine, comedy, old yankee man, humor, hunting season, maine hunting

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    Laugh A Little

    … on taking time to smell the offices

    When I was a younger version of me, still in my teens, I was going to community college and had signed up with a... Read More

    Tags: humor, photography, doing the impossible, overcoming odds

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    Laugh A Little

    … on acorns and oaks

    There is a college a wee bit south of us… Okay, eleven hours south. Fifteen if there are multiple pile-ups on i95, somewhere around... Read More

    Tags: family, empty nest, humor, photography, dropping off at college, Elon, Elon University, first year of college, kid going to college

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

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    Think A Little

    … on a welcome sense of otherness

    I know. Very cool. When I was getting these photos ready to put up, I actually googled the difference between ‘fog’ and ‘mist’, because... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, photography, Southport, fog, mist, the way life should be

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a visitor’s return home

    Spike! He’s all adult-y! I knew he’d be back. Last year we had some rather interesting initial indications of his presence (made known in particularly... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, photography, joy, porcupine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on monhegan

    When I am in Maine, I live on an island. Without a boat. I don’t even know how to ‘boat’, which is one of... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, photography, joy, Manana, Monhegan, Monhegan Island

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    Laugh A Little

    … on #unsungflungdung

    I was talking to someone last week and she said that some of my quippy-ness would translate fantastically to Twitter (a very supportive human,... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, humor, #unsungflungdung, online etiquette, trolling solution

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the a**hole

    Remember when we had our soft opening at The Village at The Old Southport Inn a couple of weeks ago? I know, I was... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy, humor, photography, squirrel story, squirrels, squirrels in feeders

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an early morning challenge

    Okay, no. It’s not a selfie. But… When I’m in Maine, I wake up early. No, not kind of early. I’m talking sometimes 4:20 a.m.... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy, humor, photography, kayaking, kayaking in maine

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Spanky Baby Jesus

An expletive you can utter any time you need an expletive or you want to express surprise (like, “Jesus H. Christ” or “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick”). It came about when I misread my friend Katherine’s description of her toilet paper nativity scene, where she noted her ‘sparkly baby Jesus’. Sad. True.

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