Just Ponderin' logo
     
  • Read
  • Stalk me
  • Sustainability
  • Dingle-isms
  • Contact me
search

read

  • view:
  • all posts
  • laugh a little
  • cry a little
  • think a little
  • wag a little
  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on ten core values for people-ing

    Last week, I had lunch with a very close and very old – like, not old but long-time – friend. Along the hours (yep!), and... Read More

    Tags: holding my center, staying centered, musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', we're all in this together, holding the center

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on blooming and resting (and budding)

    Some – not all – just some crabapple trees work so hard blooming up a storm one year, they need a longer-than-twelve-month break before... Read More

    Tags: gardening in Maine, garden photography, crabapple tree, malus, musings, photography, just ponderin', gardening

  • Article Thumbnail

    Laugh A Little

    … on gardening in and out of a pandemic

    May in Maine finds the gardens still at their beginnings. The forsythia still have not quite gone from sunny yellows to greens and the... Read More

    Tags: spring, gardening, Maine gardens, spring in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, musings, gardens, just ponderin'

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on this mother’s day morning

    It’s early when I step onto the porch. The air is silent and still, infused with the notion of leftover moonlight. The first bird... Read More

    Tags: mother's day, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, morning, musings

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on an overwhelmingly good day

    I am weepy today, right now actually. It is that weepy that comes when grace, or gratitude, or wonder, executes a perfect blindside tackle,... Read More

    Tags: musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on breakfast sounds (poem)

    Breakfast Sounds They are ambient… the people Chairs pulled out, scooched in Napkins unfolded onto laps Babes reaching for everything Shiny spoons offered As distractions,... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, maine writer, breakfast sounds, upright bass, musings, poetry, photography, jazz, just ponderin', maine blogger

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on ambient people

    A few weeks ago, I ran across an internet meme/comic that went something like this: A woman bursts into a room, clearly ecstatic, and... Read More

    Tags: isolation, breakfast sounds, favorite sounds, spring peepers, musings, just ponderin', COVID-19

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on serendhoppity

    A few weeks ago, I got a call from a very important Niece who happens to be the Mom of two very important Practice... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, what's important, easter bunny, easter candy hunting, musings, family, Easter

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on waking up on maine’s midcoast

    Nearly every morning, when I wake up, the bed covers have been kicked, tossed, and otherwise molded into a loden cloud of duvet and... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, maine spring, maine morning, mornings, gardens, porcupines, maine, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, spring in maine

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on gatherings (floral and faunal)

    This morning I went outside to perform my very first garden chore of the season. I dug into the Potting-slash-Writing Room tool drawer, selecting... Read More

    Tags: hellebore, quarantine, covid, post quarantine, musings, maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', spring, maine blogger, maine photographer

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on kindnesses with tresses

    It all started with a man bun. Well, to be fair, it started pre man bun. Half-Kid Jack¹ had graduated college (yay!), gotten a... Read More

    Tags: wigs for kids, pantene beautiful lengths, a good day, musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', man bun, hair donation, locks of love

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on not waiting for the tripod

    The other night the snow was still falling and landing softly on all the other flakes that had already bedded down. I’d been looking... Read More

    Tags: winter in maine, winter in new england, barn, musings, maine, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', snow

  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • …
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • →
Dingle-ism graphic

Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

Read more Dingle-isms...

Join the bazillions of ponderers (okay, more like thousands (for real!)) by subscribing to the blog:

(I won’t share your address, I promise!)

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 3,947 other subscribers

WordPress blogger? You can follow here.

contact: lisadingle@justponderin.com

social:

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

©2023 just ponderin’