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    Think A Little

    … on looking up

    When the writer Anne Lamott was 48 hours away from becoming sixty-one years old, she wrote down “every single thing I know as of... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, perspective, moon, look up, gaining perspective, anne lamott

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    Cry A Little

    … on the hat

    When the kids were much less tall than they are today, we often read a book by Jan Brett, called The Mitten. It was… well,... Read More

    Tags: Christmas, Grieving, grief, just ponderin', christmas in maine, maine blogger, memories of loved ones

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    Laugh A Little

    … on die hard (or dying laughing)

    Apparently, we are not alone. I’m not talking about the possibility of life on other planets (that’s already settled science). I’m talking about the... Read More

    Tags: musings, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, die hard, die hard christmas movie, christmas ornaments, die hard christmas ornament, fun at christmastime

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    Think A Little

    … on the rising sun thing

    That’s my friend Kim, with a sunrise on her face. Hang on… Oh, here we go. This sunrise… I know. It was pretty great.... Read More

    Tags: musings, grief, just ponderin', Sunrise in Maine, death, midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, sunrise, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Laugh A Little

    … on voting here (and hereafter)

    Today it is raining – sometimes pouring – onto our little peninsula in Maine. It is also voting day! I know, I know… it’s... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, just ponderin', voting, midcoast maine, maine blogger, election, election 2018

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    Think A Little

    … on dream days (introvert-style)

    Blow me a bubble one without trouble Or people, or small talk noise free To float in, to ponder and let my mind wander... Read More

    Tags: poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, musing, introvert, day dreaming, coast of maine

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    Think A Little

    … on small boats in big seas

    I love this picture. A storyteller, an audience. Chirps and bleeps and ringtones absent. Distracting screens and crowds replaced by the quizzical faces of... Read More

    Tags: musings, red sox, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', divided nation, maine blogger, maine photographer, divisiveness, thoughts, philosophy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on plumbing (and the power of money)

    Yep. That is the Nearly Perfect Husband up there. On a lobster (lob-stah) boat. In the midst, and mist, of a very windy and... Read More

    Tags: musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', midcoast maine, maine blogger, colonoscopy prep, love and marriage

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    Laugh A Little

    … on flying pigs (and thingamajigs)

    A question I never thought I’d have to answer: “Why did you replace your laptop with a trap, Lisa?”  Well, I will tell you... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, just ponderin', maine blogger, flying squirrel, flying squirrel maine, pancake mouse

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    Laugh A Little

    … on tic, tac, and janet

    The other day, I opened the screen door and placed my foot on the first granite step when I saw movement out of the... Read More

    Tags: musings, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, Boothbay Harbor, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine photography, gray squirrels, baby squirrels, nature photography, wildlife photography, squirrel photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the totally extraordinary ordinary

    And there it was. A tomato, peeking out from behind a velvety green leaf. Red. Ripe. Ready. And me? Well, I was dancing. Alone... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, maine, secrets to happiness, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, boothbay maine, Southport Island, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine gardener, growing tomatoes in maine

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    Cry A Little

    … on reminders sent and received

    That’s Mac up there. I did not take this photo, and suspect a certain Half Kid did. In addition to being my Half Kid,... Read More

    Tags: musings, grandparents, grief, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, grandmothers and granddaughters, death of a grandparent

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ShepHerds

Not really the same as wHierd or wHy. My friend Karen breeds German shepHerds, and so many people send her e-mails asking about her ‘sheperds’ or ‘shepards’ that once I think her head really did nearly pop off. She needed help making her point. So I’m helping. Because that is the kind of friend I am.

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