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    Think A Little

    … on a morning in maine

    It’s early… cool… humid. The gardens’ heady scents, joined by saltwater, are invisible joys cast from, it seems, all directions. I am not fooled.... Read More

    Tags: maine, just ponderin', gardening, coastal maine, maine blogger, maine writer, morning, slow morning, gardens

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

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an incorrigible toddler

    So. You know how sometimes, when your kids are little, and you have one of those days when they look really good. Like, you have... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine writer, amaryllis, indoor plants, black thumb, musings, humor, photography, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on an unexpected christmas gift

    So it was Christmas Eve, and I was all excited. But also behind. As in I had one more bed to make and a... Read More

    Tags: christmas magic, maine blogger, maine writer, christmastime, maine life, christmas 2021, maine

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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: christmas magic, maine blogger, maine christmas, maine photographer, maine writer, christmastime, christmas season, meaning of christmas, just ponderin'

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

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on kicking off summ-ah

    As you can see, green is happening. Also there is some purply-pink in the form of a certain rhododendron who lives just outside the... Read More

    Tags: photography, just ponderin', Lobstering, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer, lobster boat, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on the coming spring

    The timing of spring is relative in midcoast Maine. While others anticipate the days that fall in and around the twenty-first of March, we... Read More

    Tags: spring, gardening, Maine gardens, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer, COVID-19, musings, quarantine, gardens, spring garden clean up, photography, just ponderin'

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a prep parade

    I told you I would write about it and so here I yam! Okay, so there was this parade. But here is the preamble: We... Read More

    Tags: lighted boat parade, boothbay harbor windjammer days, musings, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', midcoast maine, windjammers, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine writer

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