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    Think A Little

    A first for me, but not a first.

    The day after Thanksgiving is another national (okay, regional… (okay house-inal)) holiday for the Dingles. Yes indeed-y… Decorating Day. This is a big deal,... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', southport maine, Christmas joy, christmas magic, holiday magic, coastal Maine winter, The Inn and gardens, midcoast maine, musings, winter in maine, photography, christmas in maine, Christmas, old house christmas, Boothbay Register, boothbay harbor maine

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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: 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, wonder

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a nutty day turned good

    Yesterday got away from me. I’d left the house at about 9 am, heading north to Beth’s to order a turkey. I was probably... Read More

    Tags: southport maine, moving to maine, midcoast maine, winter in maine, Boothbay Harbor, sandwich generation, coastal maine, Thistle Inn, musings, caregiving, maine, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on meeting a bombogenesis

    Bombogenesis! No I am not kidding! That is what happened to us the other night… well, us and a million or so other Mainers... Read More

    Tags: coastal maine, bombogenesis, midcoast maine storm, maine power outage, ocean photography, musings, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on seagull jealousy

      I woke up to a seagull screech That turned into a fight I guessed it was a morning tiff Continued from last night.... Read More

    Tags: poetry, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, coastal maine, seagull, musings, maine, poem

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    Think A Little

    … on home making

    The other morning, Granny and I were sitting in the Vampire Room* sipping our coffee and talking about nothing, though everything was not off... Read More

    Tags: musings, moving, just ponderin', midcoast maine, new home, making a house a home

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    Laugh A Little

    … on love in the time of (potential) cholera

    As I’d mentioned, it’s our first fall in Maine and it happens to be a strange one. Usually, by the end of October, the... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, just ponderin', midcoast maine, autumn in maine, fall in new england, fall in maine, coastal maine, new england farm stands, Beth's Farm Market

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    Cry A Little

    … on waves

    Waves have it hard. I mean, we treat them as if they are hard. Especially big ones. They don’t touch or caress or embrace…... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, Las Vegas Massacre, Tom Petty, Death of Tom Petty, Waves, secrets of wonder

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    Think A Little

    … on a day and a night of tailgating

    The other day I was up early and I can’t remember why. Oh no wait. I was up early to bring Gronk* down to... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, tailgating, speeding, how to deal with a tailgater, how to deal with an aggressive driver

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    Laugh A Little

    … on falling too fast

    This is the first September we’ve spent in Maine since we stumbled across The Inn* (and made the ‘holy-cow-can-you-believe-we-are-doing-this decision to buy it) more... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, joy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', midcoast maine, autumn in maine, fall in midcoast maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an unpermitted business

      The dragonflies. They’re back. And, Houston? We have a problem. Because I think I’m running an un-permitted brothel. I know. Madam Dingle. It’s... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', just pondering, midcoast maine, dragonfly, memories of childhood, bug day, shyness, shy children, drama, acting

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    Laugh A Little

    … on sidetracked time and a frazzled day

    Buckle up. Yesterday started out pretty normal except when the alarm in my head went off several hours before the alarm on my phone... Read More

    Tags: musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', midcoast maine, crazy day, coastal maine

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You know them. They know how things “should” be. What you “should” say, and do and wear and eat and and and and and (and they give me a hive).

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