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    Think A Little

    … on ‘getting’ a place

    As I write this morning, Maine still exists in darkness outside my screen porch. The post lantern is on, as is the one that... Read More

    Tags: life in maine, musings, mainelife, maine, take your time, Lobstering, being present, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine photography, maine writer, cozy

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    Think A Little

    … on good stuff in action

    The world is an awful place. We are divided. They are the problem. If it weren’t for them. In the old days we looked... Read More

    Tags: maine, maine winter, winter in midcoast maine, maine photographer, sea smoke, maine writer, justponderin', polar vortex, beauty, nature

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    Think A Little

    … on glowing gardens and growing kids

    Last night, I was so lucky to be a guest at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Gardens Aglow preview event. I know, that’s a... Read More

    Tags: musings, empty nest, Christmas, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, christmastime, coastal maine botanical gardens, gardens aglow

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

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    Think A Little

    … on haven-ly visions (also, critters)

    Okay, so. January. The seeds of the idea for additions and changes in next season’s garden usually begin to sprout (pun absolutely intended) in... Read More

    Tags: gardens in maine, maine, home, new england autumn, coastal maine, maine photographer, antique home, landscape design

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

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

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

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

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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: maine photographer, what's important, easter bunny, easter candy hunting, musings, family, Easter, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger

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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: maine spring, maine morning, mornings, gardens, porcupines, maine, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, spring in maine, 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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