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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on jerk ducks

    No, silly. That is not a jerk duck right there, that is ChickHen. She is looking sad-ish because this morning I went outside and... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, wildlife photography, ducks, mallard ducks, musings, just ponderin'

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

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

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the bistro in winter

    Heeeeeeeee’s baaaaaaaaaaack. Oh, I know. This… this is what I saw when I stepped outside, onto the farmers porch, the other morning. Side note: Houzz... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', winter in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, nature photography, red squirrel

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    Think A Little

    … on the peace of the present

    I took this pic in the pink light of early this morning. It’s not a perfect shot of the dove’s head, but that was... Read More

    Tags: photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, being present, winter in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, mindfulness, wildlife photography, musings, mourning dove

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    Think A Little

    … on insta-dad

    I’m not even going to try to cutely ease into this one. JoHn* is on Instagram. No, no. It’s tragic. Like, for me. For... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, just ponderin', southport maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, when parents instagram, instagram wife

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

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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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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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