Just Ponderin' logo
     
  • Read
  • Stalk me
  • Sustainability
  • Dingle-isms
  • Contact me
search

read

  • view:
  • all posts
  • laugh a little
  • cry a little
  • think a little
  • wag a little
  • Article Thumbnail

    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'

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on ten core values for people-ing

    Last week, I had lunch with a very close and very old – like, not old but long-time – friend. Along the hours (yep!), and... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', we're all in this together, holding the center, holding my center, staying centered, musings, secrets to happiness

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on blooming and resting (and budding)

    Some – not all – just some crabapple trees work so hard blooming up a storm one year, they need a longer-than-twelve-month break before... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', gardening, gardening in Maine, garden photography, crabapple tree, malus

  • Article Thumbnail

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

  • Article Thumbnail

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

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on an overwhelmingly good day

    I am weepy today, right now actually. It is that weepy that comes when grace, or gratitude, or wonder, executes a perfect blindside tackle,... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', musings, secrets to happiness

  • Article Thumbnail

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

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on ambient people

    A few weeks ago, I ran across an internet meme/comic that went something like this: A woman bursts into a room, clearly ecstatic, and... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', COVID-19, isolation, breakfast sounds, favorite sounds, spring peepers

  • Article Thumbnail

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

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on gatherings (floral and faunal)

    This morning I went outside to perform my very first garden chore of the season. I dug into the Potting-slash-Writing Room tool drawer, selecting... Read More

    Tags: maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', spring, maine blogger, maine photographer, hellebore, quarantine, covid, post quarantine, musings

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on kindnesses with tresses

    It all started with a man bun. Well, to be fair, it started pre man bun. Half-Kid Jack¹ had graduated college (yay!), gotten a... Read More

    Tags: musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', man bun, hair donation, locks of love, wigs for kids, pantene beautiful lengths, a good day

  • Article Thumbnail

    Think A Little

    … on not waiting for the tripod

    The other night the snow was still falling and landing softly on all the other flakes that had already bedded down. I’d been looking... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', snow, winter in maine, winter in new england, barn

  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • …
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • →
Dingle-ism graphic

The Vampire Room

The room in Maine that was once a three season porch that was sinking into the ground, but is now (we hope) somewhat sturdy. It is our wake up room (with comfy chairs), and also doubles as a dining room. It is painted this red color and has windows all along three of the walls, so at night when it is super dark outside and all the windows are black, it reminded us of a paneled room from a Dracula movie. And who wouldn’t want to live with that?!

Read more Dingle-isms...

Join the bazillions of ponderers (okay, more like thousands (for real!)) by subscribing to the blog:

(I won’t share your address, I promise!)

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 3,947 other subscribers

WordPress blogger? You can follow here.

contact: lisadingle@justponderin.com

social:

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

©2023 just ponderin’