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    Think A Little

    … on who transcended who

    In the midst of a holiday season that sprinkled warmth and joy with pandemical particulates in each of our peripheral visions… A text. Two... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine birds, maine blogger, snowy owl

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the inspection status

    So, I was a little worried because there was wind and snow and freezing rain forecast for today and what if Cockadoodle Drake and... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, humor, just ponderin', maine birds, maine blogger, ducks, it's the little things

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dreams coming true

    So. I was walking past the farmer…s….’s…s’ porch door (label depending, of course, on the number of farmers who gather there, or how many... Read More

    Tags: ducks, mallard ducks, The Inn and gardens, musings, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine birds

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    Think A Little

    … on being in it together

    The greys, the blacks, the blues, the reds They land amongst my flower beds All covered now, with mounds of white A singing songing... Read More

    Tags: maine birds, maine blogger, maine photography, birds in winter, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', winter, winter in maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on loons and kurt vonnegut

    Oh, I know. Loon-atic. I spotted that guy from the window yesterday afternoon as the sun was sinking to the bottom of the sky.... Read More

    Tags: being able to laugh at yourself, humor as medicine, nat geo wild, musings, humor, maine birds, maine blogger, maine photographer, nature photography, common loon

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    Laugh A Little

    … on attention deficit during an eclipse

    Didja hear?! There was an eclipse! No, I’m not kidding – it happened yesterday. It wasn’t widely reported so only a few people who... Read More

    Tags: golden retriever, newfoundland dog, musings, maine, joy, just ponderin', midcoast maine, maine birds, plover, semipalmated plover, eclipse

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

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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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