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    Laugh A Little

    … on the energy of place

      A short time after we moved up to The Inn* full-time, I re-jigged the small room that is attached to our bedroom into... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, home office, musings, just ponderin', interior design

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the importance of content

    I received a box from Amazon in the mail last week and was very excited that I remembered exactly what was inside of it... Read More

    Tags: photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, photography for beginners, beginner photography, musings, maine, humor

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    Think A Little

    … on the importance of looking back

    Recently, whilst surfing the vastness of the inter webs, I ended up looking at a series of tattoos that people probably wished they hadn’t... Read More

    Tags: embracing the past, musings, embracing mistakes, just ponderin', perfectionism, just pondering, sociopath, narcissism, justponderin', maine blogger, lisa dingle, maine photographer, no regrets, no regerts, don't look back, never look back

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    Laugh A Little

    … on not washing the dang door

    I just want to say… I’m not washing the dang door. The other day, I read an article about making one’s home more welcoming. I... Read More

    Tags: photography, cleaning, just ponderin', just pondering, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer, creating a welcoming home, musings, welcoming home, comedic writing, dinner parties, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dog behavior whac-a-mole

    When we first brought Belle… Side note: The hyphen in Belle-ah is very hard to remember to type each time, and is also wasteful. In addition,... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, maine blogger, maine photographer, rescue dog, second hand dog, hound, dog training, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on my cup and the new year

    The other day I shared a meme on my personal Facebook page. Wait. Short diversion here… To be honest, I’m not sure where the definition... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, gratitude, secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, personal responsibility, what's in your cup, musings, joy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the hope-y faith-y stuff

    You can’t fool me. At some point in the hours that follow… no matter how old you are… you’re gonna feel that pull. That... Read More

    Tags: holidays in maine, christmas in maine, maine blogger, maine christmas, maine photographer, rescue dog, christmas eve 2019, tracking santa, Christmas, christmas magic

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    Wag A Little

    … on whole new worlds

    She probably saw some snow, I think, in the two-ish years she lived in the Oklahoma countryside. But did she wake up to find... Read More

    Tags: maine winter, dog photography, winter in maine, maine blogger, rescue dog, hound, maine photograper, photography, holiday magic

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a sleepover (and homecoming)

    Okay, this is more than a one-night sleepover. This (^that) is Hippo. We tend to pronounce the ‘i’ as a hard ‘double-e’… as in... Read More

    Tags: photography, maine blogger, maine photographer, rescue dog, cats and dogs, rescue cat, midcoast maine life, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on a day in bed

    On Monday, I went walking in the morning with my friends (What. Yes, I have some of those. Not a lot, just a handful... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, german shepherd, humor, sick day, maine blogger, rescue dog, therapy dogs, nursing, musings

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    Cry A Little

    … on the sun rising again

    *** This morning, I was listening to the radio. It was one of the satellite radio vintage rock stations, and I’d just finished listening to... Read More

    Tags: maine, photography, September 11, 9/11, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, never forget, 9/11/23, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on stuff that wasn’t in the contract

    So. It has now been nearly two months since Belle-ah’s coronation as the newest Dingle princess, which came about when she was officially welcomed... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, rescue dog, rescue transport, dogs in trees, climbing dogs, english pointer, comedic writing, dog humor, german shepherd, humor, photography, just ponderin'

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Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

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