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    Think A Little

    … on traditions in wood and spirit

    The other day was Launch Day for our new old wooden boat. It was amazing… all the excitement and funny and poignant and thoughtful... Read More

    Tags: maine, just ponderin', the apprenticeshop, wooden boat, wooden lobster boat, maine boat, lobsterboat

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    Think A Little

    … on an oops, a nope, and a joy

    I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in the garden. The combination of preparing and up-keeping and transforming and discovering offers both mental... Read More

    Tags: maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', gardening, maine blogger, lessons in gardening, maine photgrapher

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    Think A Little

    … on april showers’ superpowers

    Yesterday morning, I woke up to a world quenched from gentle overnight rains. This was a nice reprieve from the wind-whipped shards of water... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, just ponderin', spring, midcoast maine, human connection, reconnecting

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

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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 an unexpected christmas gift

    So it was Christmas Eve, and I was all excited. But also behind. As in I had one more bed to make and a... Read More

    Tags: maine, christmas magic, maine blogger, maine writer, christmastime, maine life, christmas 2021

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

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    Think A Little

    … on haven-ly visions (also, critters)

    Okay, so. January. The seeds of the idea for additions and changes in next season’s garden usually begin to sprout (pun absolutely intended) in... Read More

    Tags: maine, home, new england autumn, coastal maine, maine photographer, antique home, landscape design, gardens in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on a party of five at sea

    This past Tuesday, five women stepped aboard a boat and headed toward a dream. Okay, that’s too flourish-y, too much. This past Tuesday, five... Read More

    Tags: maine, joy, secrets to happiness, friendship, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, puffins, eastern egg rock, small wonders

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

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

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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