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    Cry A Little

    … on frozen christmas magic

    I don’t wanna brag but… I totally know Anna from Frozen. I mean, we’ve been kind of tight for a while now and, having... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, Anna Frozen, Frozen

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    Think A Little

    … on the rescue tea set

    Years ago, when the kids were little (and quite demanding little suckers), I had an hour between dropping one little monster off, and a... Read More

    Tags: musings, family

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the freakin’ dawn

    Okay, you guys know me pretty well by now. I am not really a wHiner… Nor a complainer… Let’s even go for the not-so-much in... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, Dawn dish soap, passive aggressive behavior, musings, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on apple pride

    Yesterday, a Christmas miracle happened. I was cleaning Self-Proclaimed Perfect Boy Gabe’s and Number One Son Sam’s bedroom (yes, to ready them for the... Read More

    Tags: family, humor, apple, Christmas joy, family car decals, family car stickers, musings, everyday life

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a new tradition

    I have two nieces whom I refer to as my practice kids. And, now that they are all grown up and have responsible jobs... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, family, comedy, empty nest, photography, Christmas Village

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    Think A Little

    … on the christmas thing

    Each year on December 1st, I come as close to playing Mother Nature as I can get, when I choose to make it snow.... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, old yankee man, Christmas, Christmas joy, christmas magic

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    Cry A Little

    … on real life

    There is a very famous YouTube video, entitled ‘David After Dentist’, where this poor little kid is recovering from having some sort of oral... Read More

    Tags: maine wedding, musings, family, photography, weddings, #johnusinholymacrimony, bride

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    Think A Little

    … on an early thanksgiving morning

    House still quiet, morning’s light ShepHerds rise from sleeping spaces Looking ’round, this feels just right Fires glow from fiery places Lids rattle, knock,... Read More

    Tags: home for the holidays, musings, family, poem, poetry

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    Think A Little

    … on simply thankful

    Lately, it seems to me that the collective ‘we’ have lost our minds. And, in these times, my brain yields to my heart and... Read More

    Tags: seizure, thanksgiving, gratitude, 2016 election, thankful, musings, family

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    Laugh A Little

    … on feelin’ drift-y

    Down by the dock in Maine, for more than a decade, has been this piece of driftwood. It sits on this mossy outcropping of... Read More

    Tags: maine, photography, Southport, secrets to happiness, open heart, open mind, Southport Island, musings, everyday life, family

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    Think A Little

    … on ‘we’, the people

    More than once in my life, ‘my’ candidate has lost. And more than once, I was ‘in’ – big time – for my candidate…... Read More

    Tags: election 2016, voting, #stoppit, coming together, independent voter, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on arriving at electoral peace

    Other than the occasional irreverent quip (or two… fine… or more), I don’t write about politics or religion here. I probably don’t write about... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, election 2016, election day, right to vote, voting

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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