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    Think A Little

    … on pointy teeth and full hearts

    For many years (a little more than 33 in fact), whenever anyone else asked what it was like to be a mother – or... Read More

    Tags: Love, antique home, grandchildren, grandparenthood, grandparenting, old houses, family, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on inside-out beauty

    Just now, a male cardinal flew to the top of the wrought iron shepherds crook that holds my bird feeder – the one with... Read More

    Tags: grief, Love, gardening in Maine, signs from beyond, cycles of life

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    Think A Little

    … on some very belated support

    Having a blog and also having friends (which I highly recommend) can lead straight into awkward on some occasions. Like, let’s say my friend... Read More

    Tags: showing up, creativity, musings, friends, Love, friendship, just ponderin', support

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    Think A Little

    … on the incredibleness of gifts

    Me: “Oh my gosh!” Gift Giver: “It’s just a little something.” Or maybe they say, “I didn’t know what to get so.” Or, “Don’t get too... Read More

    Tags: gratitude, cozy, gift giving, connection, joy, Christmas, secrets to happiness, Love, just ponderin'

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the potential promotion of a half kid (part three)

    When last I left you, I’d picked up the ring and all who knew squealed and May was upon us with long drives and... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, barn proposal, family, proposal, barn decorating, maine, engagement decorating, comedy, humor, old house restoration, photography, Love, engagement, The Inn and gardens, barn engagement

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    Laugh A Little

    … on 25 years with the nearly perfect one

    For those of you – and I am so grateful that ‘thank you’ doesn’t seem to cut it – who have been hanging out here,... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, secrets to happiness, Love, 25th anniversary, anniversary, twenty fifth anniversary

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    Think A Little

    … on looking, and seeing

    Every Thursday, beginning at 8:00 a.m., Boothbay hosts a farmers’ market. It’s hard to miss because someone, and I don’t know who because I... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, maine, comedy, humor, joy, farmers market, Love, musings, comedic writing

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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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