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    Think A Little

    … on a ghost-y inn’s first christmas

    So. I have a friend who has been asking me to share our most-recent ghost-y story, and I’ve promised her I would. I know.... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, just ponderin', Christmas joy, decorating, christmas magic, holiday magic, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, holiday decorating, midcoast maine christmas

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    Laugh A Little

    … on risk and reward at christmastime

    That is my first little dock tree… being snowed on in the late afternoon of yesterday. At high tide (that piece of knowledge will... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', Christmas joy, christmas magic, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, christmas in maine, maine blogger, maine christmas

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a maine-gical christmassy day

    Okay, c’mon. This is pretty cool. Not only did Santa arrive on a lobster boat on Saturday… but his entourage included Mrs. Claus, a... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, Southport, just ponderin', Christmas joy, christmas magic, holiday magic, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, Festival of Lights, Christmas Lobster

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    Think A Little

    A first for me, but not a first.

    The day after Thanksgiving is another national (okay, regional… (okay house-inal)) holiday for the Dingles. Yes indeed-y… Decorating Day. This is a big deal,... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, photography, Christmas, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, Christmas joy, christmas magic, holiday magic, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, winter in maine, christmas in maine, old house christmas, boothbay harbor maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on holidays blooming not looming

    Okay, c’mere. ‘Cuz the holidays are nearly upon us. These times are a concoction of many emotions and experiences and some are pretty good.... Read More

    Tags: musings, Christmas, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, coastal maine, holidays, holiday stress, wonder, holiday wonder, holidays in maine, christmas in maine, maine blogger

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Spanky Baby Jesus

An expletive you can utter any time you need an expletive or you want to express surprise (like, “Jesus H. Christ” or “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick”). It came about when I misread my friend Katherine’s description of her toilet paper nativity scene, where she noted her ‘sparkly baby Jesus’. Sad. True.

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