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    Think A Little

    … on jobs

    This was the first day of JoHn and I jumping back into ‘real life’, and by ‘real life’ I mean we went to spin... Read More

    Tags: musings, grief, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', caregiving, maine blogger, aging and caregiving, loss of parents

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    Cry A Little

    on the memory seeds

    Grief I’ll trust the softly petaled path Toward the Memory Seeds There I’ll nestle Dip a toe Run my fingers Through the cool, dark... Read More

    Tags: musings, poem, poetry, photography, grief, just ponderin', maine blogger, poems about grief

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    … on the great escape of 2018

    Okay. Let me get this out of the way right now. I have permission to tell this story, directly from the perp. Also, yes, the... Read More

    Tags: aging and caregiving, musings, just ponderin', aging, caregiving, maine blogger, elder driving, giving up driver's license

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    Laugh A Little

    … on cracks and crack ups

    This was a very crack-filled week. As in ‘cracks in the best laid plans’. Not crack, the drug. I just wanted to clarify that... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, balance, perspective, musings, family, secrets to happiness, elder care, just ponderin', sandwich generation, coastal maine, caregiving

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    Think A Little

    … on maine dogs in maine snow

    HRH the Princess Bunny-Blaze very much enjoys retrieving her tennis ball. So much so that she gets a bit…er… cranky when Marshal attempts to get... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, maine winter, german shepherd dogs, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on encouragemental obligation

    On Christmas morning, Mac handed me a box. ‘Here, Mom. Open this one!” It was a big box. I held it up and kind... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', southport maine, Christmas joy, christmas magic, holiday magic, marshal dillon dingle, german shepherd dog, maine blogger, musings, olympus omd em1 mark II, german shepherd, Boothbay Register

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    Laugh A Little

    … on risk and reward at christmastime

    That is my first little dock tree… being snowed on in the late afternoon of yesterday. At high tide (that piece of knowledge will... Read More

    Tags: coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, christmas in maine, maine blogger, maine christmas, musings, just ponderin', Christmas joy, christmas magic

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    Laugh A Little

    … on holidays blooming not looming

    Okay, c’mere. ‘Cuz the holidays are nearly upon us. These times are a concoction of many emotions and experiences and some are pretty good.... Read More

    Tags: wonder, musings, holiday wonder, Christmas, holidays in maine, Boothbay Register, christmas in maine, just ponderin', maine blogger, southport maine, midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, coastal maine, holidays, holiday stress

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    Think A Little

    … on maine whispers

    Maine Whispers If whispers had wings, And carrying things, They’d drop fog Softly into my cove To silently wander Hither and yonder Haunted breath Without tethers... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, poem, poetry, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine poetry, poem about maine

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