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    Laugh A Little

    … on beauty in the dark

    Last night, the moonlight was playfully haunting. I was tired, and barefoot, and quietly turning lights off downstairs. My mind was on a bed... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, photography, Southport, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', midcoast maine, maine photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on just waiting on a room

    I had a dream. Totally not in the same realm as the civil rights movement or anything. My dream, when we first set eyes... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', Maine gardens, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine gardening, attached garden shed, gardening room

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    Laugh A Little

    … on more so(s) and a sign

    Maine’s winter crop is Gossypium nivis. I know, right?! I sound so botanical! I’ll write more about my attempts to be more botanical in... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, Dementia, just ponderin', midcoast maine, maine blogger, signs from heaven, signs after death of a loved one, caretaking, maine photography

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    Think A Little

    … on the bigger stuff

    Oh. I know. When the back yard looks like this, it’s hard to imagine that Disney/Pixar hasn’t come in and prepped it for a... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', midcoast maine, winter in maine, stephen hawking, curiosity, a brief history of time

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    Think A Little

    … on nor’easter panic (or…)

    Last night the snow fell and fell and fell and we woke up to a phenomenal winter wonderland. And it is supposed to snow all... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', maine winter, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, winter in maine, nor'easter quinn, nor'easter, maine in snow

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the dawning early light

    The other day when I woke up, there was still a bit of snow on the ground. Wait. I just wanted to say that... Read More

    Tags: grief, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, bombogenesis, maine blogger, flu

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    Think A Little

    … on the real safari

    One of the most amazing things I have learned about grief is that it can close us up tighter than tight. Chase us into... Read More

    Tags: grief, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', midcoast maine, maine blogger, loss of loved one, loss

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    Think A Little

    … on jobs

    This was the first day of JoHn and I jumping back into ‘real life’, and by ‘real life’ I mean we went to spin... Read More

    Tags: musings, grief, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', caregiving, maine blogger, aging and caregiving, loss of parents

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    Cry A Little

    on the memory seeds

    Grief I’ll trust the softly petaled path Toward the Memory Seeds There I’ll nestle Dip a toe Run my fingers Through the cool, dark... Read More

    Tags: musings, poem, poetry, photography, grief, just ponderin', maine blogger, poems about grief

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    Cry A Little

    … on an inn, empty

    “Sometimes when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” – Alphonse de Lamartine “Just one tiny human isn’t here, and the entire house... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, Grieving, grief, just ponderin', Christmas joy, christmas magic, death of a loved one, coastal Maine winter, saying goodbye

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    … on the great escape of 2018

    Okay. Let me get this out of the way right now. I have permission to tell this story, directly from the perp. Also, yes, the... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', aging, caregiving, maine blogger, elder driving, giving up driver's license, aging and caregiving

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    Laugh A Little

    … on cracks and crack ups

    This was a very crack-filled week. As in ‘cracks in the best laid plans’. Not crack, the drug. I just wanted to clarify that... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, secrets to happiness, elder care, just ponderin', sandwich generation, coastal maine, caregiving, maine blogger, balance, perspective

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