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    Laugh A Little

    … on a nutty day turned good

    Yesterday got away from me. I’d left the house at about 9 am, heading north to Beth’s to order a turkey. I was probably... Read More

    Tags: Boothbay Harbor, sandwich generation, coastal maine, Thistle Inn, musings, caregiving, maine, just ponderin', southport maine, moving to maine, midcoast maine, winter in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on meeting a bombogenesis

    Bombogenesis! No I am not kidding! That is what happened to us the other night… well, us and a million or so other Mainers... Read More

    Tags: maine power outage, ocean photography, musings, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, coastal maine, bombogenesis, midcoast maine storm

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    Laugh A Little

    … on seagull jealousy

      I woke up to a seagull screech That turned into a fight I guessed it was a morning tiff Continued from last night.... Read More

    Tags: coastal maine, seagull, musings, maine, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine

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    Think A Little

    … on home making

    The other morning, Granny and I were sitting in the Vampire Room* sipping our coffee and talking about nothing, though everything was not off... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, new home, making a house a home, musings, moving, just ponderin'

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    Laugh A Little

    … on love in the time of (potential) cholera

    As I’d mentioned, it’s our first fall in Maine and it happens to be a strange one. Usually, by the end of October, the... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, autumn in maine, fall in new england, fall in maine, coastal maine, new england farm stands, Beth's Farm Market, musings, maine, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on a busy mind calmed

    Last week was a crazy sad and frightening and bewildering week, for sure. For me, the more public news of the horrors in Las... Read More

    Tags: annie sloan chalk paint, chalk paint on metal, chalk paint lamp, diy, arts and crafts, The Inn and gardens, recentering, musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', robert fulghum, all i really needed to know I learned in kindergarten

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    Cry A Little

    … on waves

    Waves have it hard. I mean, we treat them as if they are hard. Especially big ones. They don’t touch or caress or embrace…... Read More

    Tags: Tom Petty, Death of Tom Petty, Waves, secrets of wonder, musings, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, Las Vegas Massacre

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    Think A Little

    … on a day and a night of tailgating

    The other day I was up early and I can’t remember why. Oh no wait. I was up early to bring Gronk* down to... Read More

    Tags: speeding, how to deal with a tailgater, how to deal with an aggressive driver, musings, just ponderin', midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, tailgating

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    Think A Little

    … on the needs of my seasoned soul

    My friend Kim is an amazing mom, cook, yoga do-er and instructor (she has only instructed me once and I laughed my way through... Read More

    Tags: Wonder Proxy, Being Mortal, A Sense of Wonder, medicine and aging, musings, just ponderin', aging

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    Laugh A Little

    … on falling too fast

    This is the first September we’ve spent in Maine since we stumbled across The Inn* (and made the ‘holy-cow-can-you-believe-we-are-doing-this decision to buy it) more... Read More

    Tags: family, joy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', midcoast maine, autumn in maine, fall in midcoast maine, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an unpermitted business

      The dragonflies. They’re back. And, Houston? We have a problem. Because I think I’m running an un-permitted brothel. I know. Madam Dingle. It’s... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, dragonfly, memories of childhood, bug day, shyness, shy children, drama, acting, musings, just ponderin', just pondering

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    Laugh A Little

    … on sidetracked time and a frazzled day

    Buckle up. Yesterday started out pretty normal except when the alarm in my head went off several hours before the alarm on my phone... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, just ponderin', midcoast maine, crazy day, coastal maine, musings

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Gawd

The way to invoke the deity without being hit by lightening for taking the actual name in vain (Side benefit: Also fits in with a Boston (Baw-stun) accent). You have to capitalize it though (just to be sure, and also because of reverence).

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