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    Laugh A Little

    … on the best laid plans

    The other night Blaze, Marshal, and I arrived in Maine and I was very excited about it. I had to be here for the... Read More

    Tags: dog sprayed by skunk, skunk, skunk spray, comedic writing, german shepherd, maine, comedy, humor, dogs

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    Think A Little

    … on an anchor

      By this time, in mid-October-years-past, I would have had The Disposable Shack* decorated to the nines. What is ‘decorated to the nines’? That number seems rather... Read More

    Tags: photography, Life Anchor, musings, family, maine, empty nest, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on hunting season and blending in

    Okay, sure. Clocks weren’t melting and I didn’t wake up with a skinny, long and somewhat disturbing mustache. But the point is I could have. Seriously.... Read More

    Tags: old yankee man, humor, hunting season, maine hunting, musings, comedic writing, maine, comedy

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    Think A Little

    … on a welcome sense of otherness

    I know. Very cool. When I was getting these photos ready to put up, I actually googled the difference between ‘fog’ and ‘mist’, because... Read More

    Tags: fog, mist, the way life should be, musings, maine, humor, photography, Southport

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a visitor’s return home

    Spike! He’s all adult-y! I knew he’d be back. Last year we had some rather interesting initial indications of his presence (made known in particularly... Read More

    Tags: humor, photography, joy, porcupine, musings, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on my heart’s place

    My heart fits here Between fog and air Over quiet coves And on waters where The cormorants dive And the ospreys soar While the eagles... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, poem, poetry

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    Laugh A Little

    … on monhegan

    When I am in Maine, I live on an island. Without a boat. I don’t even know how to ‘boat’, which is one of... Read More

    Tags: Monhegan Island, musings, maine, humor, photography, joy, Manana, Monhegan

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    Laugh A Little

    … on moving considerations

    This season in Maine began earlier, and more hustle-y and bustle-y, than any of my seasons here that I can recall. And it has been... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine, empty nest, photography, taking it all in

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a birth

    Shhhh… I know, I didn’t want to gross you out first thing. Some people don’t like pictures of a birth… with all the lady... Read More

    Tags: Maine gardens, rugosa, gardens, maine, humor, photography, gardening in Maine

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    Think A Little

    … on the first return (and having faith)

    The flowers in Maine – from peonies to roses to poppies to I-have-no-idea-what-so-many-are-called… Anyway, all of them. They remind me to have faith. Having no major... Read More

    Tags: photography, gardening, gardening in Maine, Maine gardens, musings, everyday life, gardens, maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a new and exciting addition to the inn

    At The Inn*, we are always undertaking new and exciting projects for our residents and guests. The inside of the main building has recently... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, gardening, comedic writing, gardening in Maine, Maine gardens, gardens, squirrels and bird feeders, maine, comedy, humor, photography, adding height to fence, bird feeders, garden restoration

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    … on ‘oh yah, a renovation!’

    One funny moment after Jack proposed to Mac (and Mac dissolved, pretty much, into a melted snowman puddle (but recovered quickly enough for us... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, comedic writing, maine, comedy, humor, photography, old house renovation, this old house

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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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