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    Think A Little

    … on an oops, a nope, and a joy

    I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in the garden. The combination of preparing and up-keeping and transforming and discovering offers both mental... Read More

    Tags: maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', gardening, maine blogger, lessons in gardening, maine photgrapher

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    Think A Little

    … on lessons from a bird

    Yep. I finally saw her. Experts, far more knowledgeable than I am about all things ‘bird’, suspect she is a ‘her’. I have been... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', bird photography, Boothbay Harbor, maine blogger, look up, Steller's Sea Eagle, birding

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an incorrigible toddler

    So. You know how sometimes, when your kids are little, and you have one of those days when they look really good. Like, you have... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine writer, amaryllis, indoor plants, black thumb

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    Think A Little

    … on an unexpected christmas gift

    So it was Christmas Eve, and I was all excited. But also behind. As in I had one more bed to make and a... Read More

    Tags: maine, christmas magic, maine blogger, maine writer, christmastime, maine life, christmas 2021

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    Think A Little

    … on christmastime uncurated

    I love old radiators. When we bought The Inn*, there was a lot of broken… floors… windows… ceilings… I don’t mean, ‘sort of not... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', christmas magic, maine blogger, maine christmas, maine photographer, maine writer, christmastime, christmas season, meaning of christmas

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    Think A Little

    … on warm and welcomed distractions

    I’d been working on a writing piece on and off all day yesterday, and it was kicking my butt big time. No idea why,... Read More

    Tags: maine, autumn, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, maine gardening, maine writer, maine life, cozy blog

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    Think A Little

    … on a party of five at sea

    This past Tuesday, five women stepped aboard a boat and headed toward a dream. Okay, that’s too flourish-y, too much. This past Tuesday, five... Read More

    Tags: maine, joy, secrets to happiness, friendship, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, puffins, eastern egg rock, small wonders

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    Laugh A Little

    … on gardening in and out of a pandemic

    May in Maine finds the gardens still at their beginnings. The forsythia still have not quite gone from sunny yellows to greens and the... Read More

    Tags: musings, gardens, just ponderin', spring, gardening, Maine gardens, spring in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on this mother’s day morning

    It’s early when I step onto the porch. The air is silent and still, infused with the notion of leftover moonlight. The first bird... Read More

    Tags: musings, mother's day, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, morning

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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

    Tags: musings, poetry, photography, jazz, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer, breakfast sounds, upright bass

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    Think A Little

    … on serendhoppity

    A few weeks ago, I got a call from a very important Niece who happens to be the Mom of two very important Practice... Read More

    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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