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    Cry A Little

    … on life stuff, all of it and all at once… always

    This morning we awoke to a pop and the sound of our beloved fan, the one we turn on each night for its pleasing... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, empty nest, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a wedding destiny-ation

    When we were done restoring The Inn, our place that was an inn during the late 1800s and early 1900s but is not an... Read More

    Tags: old barn restoration, musings, maine, humor, acid etching, acid stained floor, barns, concrete barn floor, maine barns

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    Laugh A Little

    … on being mocked

    I am wondering if I get enough respect from the non-humans around the Dingle household. Blaze, as a royal, is a pretty entitled beast.... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, humor, photography, bird photography, maine birds, mockingbird, mockingbird in winter

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    Cry A Little

    … on gentle reminders

    A gentle reminder… Tap on the shoulder… A whisper of a memory… Or that freaky scene in Poltergeist where Carol-Anne turns from the television and... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, grandparents, old yankee man, humor, secrets to happiness, death of a parent

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    Think A Little

    … on winter hanging on

    This has been one of those crazy busy weeks with happenings, some lots of fun, and good, and some very not. So It was... Read More

    Tags: jellyfish, musings, maine, humor, photography, winter in maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on alien ice

    The cove in Maine rarely freezes deeply, being all stubborn, salty and ocean-y in the way of many Mainers. It is more likely to... Read More

    Tags: humor, photography, aliens, musings, comedic writing, maine, comedy

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    Cry A Little

    … on a trophy (a JPNN Special Monday Edition)

    The dark descends, the lights come on. The seats fill. The engine noise – the crowd – starts… swelling, retreating… ebbing, flowing. One song... Read More

    Tags: G.O.A.T., Super Bowl, Super Bowl LI, Tom Brady, Tom Brady's Mom, musings, family, maine, photography, New England Patriots

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    Think A Little

    … on a snowy morning gift

    The Nearly Perfect Husband and I were home in chic and trendy Dunstable last week for a number of reasons, not the least of... Read More

    Tags: southport maine, midcoast maine, winter in maine, musings, maine, old yankee man, humor, photography, joy, moving

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    Think A Little

    … on color’s vacation

    One of the things I love about exploring more of my time at The Inn in winter is that, though just three hours north... Read More

    Tags: bright side of life, musings, maine, photography, southport maine, Southport Island

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    Think A Little

    … on shades of blue

    The light streams in The world anew In dawning, dulcet Shades of blue. The snowflakes fly As snowflakes do In Maine, if not In... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, southport maine, maine winter, coastal Maine winter, maine, poem, poetry, humor, photography, joy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dreams of a garden (wedding)

    Yesterday, I was googling away, in total wedding planning mode. The Nearly Perfect Husband walked by as I was looking up “skinny evergreens”. Then... Read More

    Tags: landscaping in maine, family, maine garden wedding, wedding, gardens, maine, humor, photography, Maine gardens, maine wedding, landscape architecture, The Inn and gardens, landscaping, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on feelin’ drift-y

    Down by the dock in Maine, for more than a decade, has been this piece of driftwood. It sits on this mossy outcropping of... Read More

    Tags: photography, Southport, secrets to happiness, open heart, open mind, Southport Island, musings, everyday life, family, maine

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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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