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    Think A Little

    … on maine correspondences

    Dear friend, It appears as though an annual visitor has returned to our cove on the Landing Road, bringing with him a great deal... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', it's the little things, e.b. white

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a mental palate cleanser

    According to Wikipedia (a wicked trustable source that I was not allowed to use in grad school (and was not available to me before... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, dogs, just ponderin', hounds, maine coast

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    Think A Little

    … on a very special kind of wHeird

    As you may have heard (or remembered (or maybe I thought I told you, but forgot)), we are in the process of building a... Read More

    Tags: lobsterboat, musings, just ponderin', wooden boat, boatbuilding, lobster boat, maine boat

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    Think A Little

    … on lessons from a bird

    Yep. I finally saw her. Experts, far more knowledgeable than I am about all things ‘bird’, suspect she is a ‘her’. I have been... Read More

    Tags: look up, Steller's Sea Eagle, birding, musings, maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', bird photography, Boothbay Harbor, maine blogger

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an incorrigible toddler

    So. You know how sometimes, when your kids are little, and you have one of those days when they look really good. Like, you have... Read More

    Tags: amaryllis, indoor plants, black thumb, musings, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine writer

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    Think A Little

    … on some good words, and a bird

    About the bird. I do not know if you have seen the news lately. Like, the birding news. Okay, since the story has actually... Read More

    Tags: being present, steller's eagle, cozy thoughts, cozy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on a labor of fear (and a little love)

    You guys, my plant is in labor. No, seriously… look! I am a nervous mess of a plant care-taker right now. This is how... Read More

    Tags: maine, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, mindfulness, it's the little things, amaryllis, staying present

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    Think A Little

    … on purposeful contagioning

    The day after Thanksgiving, every year, is Decorating Day in the Dingle house. On that day, the boxes come down from the barn and... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', christmas clean-up, un-decorating day, christmas spirit, kindness, happy new year

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    Think A Little

    … on christmastime uncurated

    I love old radiators. When we bought The Inn*, there was a lot of broken… floors… windows… ceilings… I don’t mean, ‘sort of not... Read More

    Tags: christmastime, christmas season, meaning of christmas, just ponderin', christmas magic, maine blogger, maine christmas, maine photographer, maine writer

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    Think A Little

    … on warm and welcomed distractions

    I’d been working on a writing piece on and off all day yesterday, and it was kicking my butt big time. No idea why,... Read More

    Tags: maine gardening, maine writer, maine life, cozy blog, maine, autumn, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on connecting dots (backward)

    I am a sucker for a good graduation speech. Love ’em. Some of my faves are Conan O’Brian’s to Dartmouth in 2011, Dr. Rick... Read More

    Tags: college graduation speeches, connecting the dots backward, phoenix process, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', serious childhood illness, learning differences, steve jobs stanford

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    Think A Little

    … on a delayed gift, acorn to oak

    There’s a baby oak tree in the potting room sink. Five years ago, on an August afternoon in North Carolina, I sat with JoHn... Read More

    Tags: Elon University, class of 2020, class of 2020 plus one, covid college graduation, rites of passage, family, empty nest, college graduation, parenting, just ponderin'

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The Inn

Our house in Maine. It is not an inn anymore (hence the “a private residence” on the sign out front) but it was, in the early 1900s.

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