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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the importance of the straight man

    Oh that face. The one on the right. The big one? The one on the left? He just doinked the little one on the... Read More

    Tags: joy, New Orleans, NoLA, Audubon Zoo, straight man, Wolf's mona monkey, musings, everyday life

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    Cry A Little

    … on saying so long to the bicep

    This week was a down week. A spring cold came in for a landing, super slowly and day by day until I was absolutely... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, joy, favorite car, first cars, comedic writing, everyday life, family

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a ride home in the snow

    Yesterday morning I awoke to find my world was turning white. I have to tell you – but please keep it quiet because I... Read More

    Tags: joy, driving in snow, new england snow, snow, snowstorm, winter photography, musings, comedic writing, humor, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on death and peace

    A very long time ago, Little Me approached the front door of my father’s house.  I’ve mentioned this before. He had missed a few... Read More

    Tags: death of estranged father, death of estranged parent, death of father who abandoned, musings, joy, death of a parent, grief, abandoned by father

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    Laugh A Little

    … on faith, or fate, or what the fuh

    I am big on faith. Not so much the religious kind, and most of my religious friends bear with me on this. Which is... Read More

    Tags: maine, humor, joy, secrets to happiness, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on morning walk(abouts)

    The past few days has been pretty cool in that our friend Andrea is here from Australia.  So our days have been filled with... Read More

    Tags: comedy, photography, joy, Dunstable, secrets to happiness, foliage, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Think A Little

    … when it rains (apples)

    Man oh man oh man. The past couple of weeks have been very interesting to say the least. Hang on to your hats while... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, maine, humor, joy, aging parents, grief, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on foregoing time for a privilege

      People assume I have a cleaning lady. Ha! No, silly you, it isn’t because my house is so clean! I think it may... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, joy, cleaning

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    Think A Little

    … 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

    Tags: humor, joy, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … 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

    Tags: home design, maine, comedy, humor, joy, musings, comedic writing, family

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    Think A Little

    … 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

    Tags: humor, joy, farmers market, Love, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy

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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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