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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on comfy socks and… comfortableness

    Uh. Ya. It is too a word. I looked it up. As in, ‘I longed for the comfortableness of my comfy socks’. It sounds like... Read More

    Tags: pet loss, bernese mountain dog, humor, musings, everyday life, family, maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on glen who isn’t a lawyer and a life-altering list

    Late yesterday morning I returned from Maine with The Shepherds and my olfactory senses were happy-fied by evidence that Glen-the-friend-and-painter had been true to... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an orb, a decision, and a response

    Did you drink your coffee yet this morning? Well, you may want something stronger. Maybe in Irish coffee? Well you are in the right... Read More

    Tags: maine, comedy, ghosts, humor, orbs, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a screaming pillow and inn renovation

    “Mom?” “Ya, Sam.” “Why is your pillow screaming?” I looked over to my newly hung L.L. Bean hammock, complete with custom embroidered pillow, and smiled.... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a sunrise in southport

    Good mornin’. I thought you might get a charge out of the sunrise here on the coast of Maine. All I could think of... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on addiction and The Shepherds

    You know, there is a deep underbelly to the world of German Shepherd blog fame. I mean, you feed them and shelter them and... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on my first snow storm at ‘The Inn’ (Maine)

    Yesterday, I was driving south on Route 3 in order to go to Maine. I drive south first, on my three-hour trip north. Go... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an old house and a sign maker named Tim

    A few weeks ago, I got an e-mail from Tim Kearns. I’ve never met Tim, but it is no longer rare to do business... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy

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    … on old houses not quite empty

    When one impulsively purchases an old house, the feeling of elation is quickly followed (and when I say ‘quickly’, I mean specifically the amount... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, maine, comedy, ghosts

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    Think A Little

    … on mr. holland

    There is a house, across the cove from mine, on an island snuggled in the mid coast of Maine.  We, my nearly perfect husband... Read More

    Tags: maine, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, friends

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    Laugh A Little

    … on oddballs and tennis balls

    See that guy up there? Oddball. It isn’t his name. It’s just him. I don’t even know his name. But I’ve seen him nearly... Read More

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

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Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

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