A couple of weeks ago, just after late afternoon rain, I got a text from my friend from across the cove. It was a... Read More
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… on the lovings from, and of, a dawg
Every afternoon, usually between 2:00 and 3:00, JoHn heads into town to pick up a coffee and have a chat with the folks who... Read More
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… on maintenance mode
A few seconds ago, I logged into this very space to write a new post and there was a message, which was pretty much... Read More
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… on life marching
The truck is all packed. The last load of his clothes – mostly of which he brought down from his bedroom floor (yesterday) –... Read More
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… on hopetimism
I am an optimist. But not just an optimist. I’m an optimist who dances with hope on a regular basis. Smooshing it all together,... Read More
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… on kicking off summ-ah
As you can see, green is happening. Also there is some purply-pink in the form of a certain rhododendron who lives just outside the... Read More
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… on bird food and wonders
This morning, I texted a photo of these oranges to a friend and included the label, “Bird food”. I knew she’d get it. We’ve... Read More
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… on that elusive ‘next to godliness’ thing
This post was going to be professionally illustrated. I drew the amoeba, and then the red circle with a line through it. Then I... Read More
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… on the hound’s way
Yesterday I wandered ’round the house And I wept I wept for those so certain That they are terrified I wept for those so... Read More
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… on the coming spring
The timing of spring is relative in midcoast Maine. While others anticipate the days that fall in and around the twenty-first of March, we... Read More
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… on anticipation (a.k.a., faith)
In the first week of the President’s request for us to stay at home for fifteen days to ‘flatten the curve’, I made the... Read More
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… on the downside of labels
My Inner Introvert is being bullied… By my Oppositional Reflex. It’s like they are both sitting in the back seat of my brain (which, in... Read More