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    Think A Little

    … on maine interrupted

    In addition to being ocean-y here, it is also pine-y. There is something so deeply ingrained in my psyche about the combination of pine... Read More

    Tags: humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on hole-y marshal dillon dingle.

    In photography, when you take a photo and then you don’t do anything to it, because you do not rent Photoshop or are too... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, maine, comedy, humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Laugh A Little

    … on me and stephen hawking and twister

    This morning I met Fred, a human, in the Old Barn. I made the point because there is also Fred-the-dog, who doesn’t really know... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy, humor, old house restoration, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on a late mid coast afternoon in black and white

    Yesterday I headed out with my camera at about five in the afternoon and snapped and clicked lazily while the breeze blew off the... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on maine through other sets of eyes

    Our time in Maine is precious. And preciously guarded. The reality is that ‘summer’ is an ebbing and flowing timeframe each year, based on... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on ‘hauntingly beautiful’ maine

    Yesterday I posted about the absolute cool of a local lobsterman stopping by my neighbor’s dock for a morning chat. The conversation in the... Read More

    Tags: Southport, musings, everyday life, maine

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    Think A Little

    … morning conversations

    Times are busy. Life moves fast. Gotta move quickly. Gotta get things done. But sometimes… Sometimes you take a few minutes out of that... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a labyrinth

    When I was designing the gardens in Maine, working with some very cool garden planners, I knew pretty much what I wanted. Well, the feeling... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, The Inn and gardens, musings, comedic writing, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on not dying

    “Okay! See ya! Don’t die!” The first time I said that to the Nearly Perfect Husband, he nearly keeled over. Him: “That’s just creepy.”... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on a maine winter in black and white

    I thought I’d offer a little photographical palate cleanser today. It’s opening day for many baseball teams across the country, including our own beloved... Read More

    Tags: maine

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    Think A Little

    … on snow shadows

    On Monday I headed up to the old Inn to get it stocked with food and warmth in anticipation of my friends Glen and... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy, humor, old house restoration

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the freakin’ dalmatian kitchen

    I’m color sensitive. Wait. Is that a thing? Could I have ‘Color Affective Disorder’? CAD? Oh my Gawd, I think I do. I really... Read More

    Tags: humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy

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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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