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    Laugh A Little

    … on the rand cove monster

    So… yesterday. One of the things that is hard to resist, even when I am yearning for more time under the covers, is the... Read More

    Tags: maine, comedy, humor, photography, Southport, spring in maine, beaver, Nessie, musings, river otter, comedic writing

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    Think A Little

    … on dawn

    We live on a ball that weights 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 – thirteen septillion, one hundred seventy sextillion – pounds… and yet floats in space. When it turns just so,... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine, photography, joy, Sunrise in Maine, sunrise

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    Think A Little

    … on a good morning

    The little beach on the island is quiet in the early mornings and late afternoons, even in summer. But in the midst of the... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, maine, photography, spring in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on an awakening

    There are so many firsts this year, now that Self Proclaimed Perfect Boy, Gabe has headed off to college. Some I anticipated, but others... Read More

    Tags: Southport, boothbay, spring in maine, musings, maine, humor, photography

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    Cry A Little

    … on knowing, and *knowing*

    Until about twenty minutes ago, I couldn’t look. Totally true. It’s been nearly a week since Sam’s accident down in New Orleans, and all... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, secrets to happiness

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    Cry A Little

    … on life stuff, all of it and all at once… always

    This morning we awoke to a pop and the sound of our beloved fan, the one we turn on each night for its pleasing... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, empty nest, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a wedding destiny-ation

    When we were done restoring The Inn, our place that was an inn during the late 1800s and early 1900s but is not an... Read More

    Tags: maine barns, old barn restoration, musings, maine, humor, acid etching, acid stained floor, barns, concrete barn floor

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    Think A Little

    … on sticking the landing

    I don’t usually write about news stories. I have… when they’ve struck my fancy. I wrote about the Batkid based on what I’d seen in the... Read More

    Tags: Miss Norma, musings, humor, photography, grief, aging, Driving Miss Norma

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    Laugh A Little

    … on being mocked

    I am wondering if I get enough respect from the non-humans around the Dingle household. Blaze, as a royal, is a pretty entitled beast.... Read More

    Tags: mockingbird, mockingbird in winter, musings, maine, humor, photography, bird photography, maine birds

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the morning after

    Well good mornin’! I got a few messages last night, letting me know people were with Marshal in his moment of profound disappointment that... Read More

    Tags: marshal dillon dingle, Stella, winter in new england, musings, humor, photography, Dunstable

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a crushing disappointment

    Clearly Mother Nature has underestimated our newly-minted intrepid reporter. Uh… he knows math! There are not 24 inches of snow out there and, as the darkness... Read More

    Tags: photography, marshal dillon dingle, german shepherd dog, german shepherd in snow, musings, german shepherd, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on it picking up a bit

    So, uh… it’s begun to pick up a little bit around here. Since our last report, with pictures taken before noon, snow has continued... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, humor, photography, musings

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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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