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    Think A Little

    … on breakfast sounds (poem)

    Breakfast Sounds They are ambient… the people Chairs pulled out, scooched in Napkins unfolded onto laps Babes reaching for everything Shiny spoons offered As distractions,... Read More

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    Think A Little

    … on serendhoppity

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    Tags: musings, family, Easter, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, what's important, easter bunny, easter candy hunting

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    Think A Little

    … on waking up on maine’s midcoast

    Nearly every morning, when I wake up, the bed covers have been kicked, tossed, and otherwise molded into a loden cloud of duvet and... Read More

    Tags: gardens, maine, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, spring in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine spring, maine morning, mornings, porcupines

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    Think A Little

    … on gatherings (floral and faunal)

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    Tags: musings, maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', spring, maine blogger, maine photographer, hellebore, quarantine, covid, post quarantine

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    Think A Little

    … on boat and people stories

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    Tags: musings, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, the apprenticeshop, lobster boat, wooden boats, boat building

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    Think A Little

    … on quiet glee

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    Think A Little

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    Cry A Little

    … on the who outside the bathroom door

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    Tags: musings, family, secrets to happiness, parenting, just ponderin', adult children, maine blogger, mothers and daughters, lisa dingle, mothers and sons

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    Think A Little

    … on who transcended who

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

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    Think A Little

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    Tags: musings, photography, secrets to happiness, maine blogger, maine photography, justponderin', 2020, sonder, John Koenig

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    Think A Little

    … on appreciating the whole show

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    Tags: musings, maine, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, rainbow

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    Think A Little

    … on the lovings from, and of, a dawg

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    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', dog photography, secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, rescue dog

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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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