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    Think A Little

    … on appreciating the whole show

    A couple of weeks ago, just after late afternoon rain, I got a text from my friend from across the cove. It was a... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, rainbow

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    Think A Little

    … on the lovings from, and of, a dawg

    Every afternoon, usually between 2:00 and 3:00, JoHn heads into town to pick up a coffee and have a chat with the folks who... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', dog photography, secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, rescue dog

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    Laugh A Little

    … on whispers from within

    Here are the samenesses between Monet and his gardens at Giverny and me and my gardens in Maine. *Monet and I are/were/who-knows-may-be-again humans. *Monet... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, secrets to happiness, gardening, Maine gardens, covid, garden design, garden therapy

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    Think A Little

    … on maintenance mode

    A few seconds ago, I logged into this very space to write a new post and there was a message, which was pretty much... Read More

    Tags: The Inn and gardens, musings, just ponderin', we're all in this together, quarantine, 2020, covid

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    Cry A Little

    … on life marching

    The truck is all packed. The last load of his clothes – mostly of which he brought down from his bedroom floor (yesterday) –... Read More

    Tags: musings, empty nest, secrets to happiness, parenting, just ponderin', kids leaving home, adulting, mom-ing

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    Think A Little

    … on hopetimism

    I am an optimist. But not just an optimist. I’m an optimist who dances with hope on a regular basis. Smooshing it all together,... Read More

    Tags: musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', hope, 2020, optimism, hope in action, motivation

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

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    Think A Little

    … on bird food and wonders

    This morning, I texted a photo of these oranges to a friend and included the label, “Bird food”. I knew she’d get it. We’ve... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, COVID-19, john krasinski, some good news, baltimore oriole

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    Laugh A Little

    … on that elusive ‘next to godliness’ thing

    This post was going to be professionally illustrated. I drew the amoeba, and then the red circle with a line through it. Then I... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, humor, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, COVID-19, disinfecting

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    Think A Little

    … on the hound’s way

    Yesterday I wandered ’round the house And I wept I wept for those so certain That they are terrified I wept for those so... Read More

    Tags: musings, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, wonder, maine blogger, maine photographer, english pointer, hound, COVID-19

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

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    Think A Little

    … on anticipation (a.k.a., faith)

    In the first week of the President’s request for us to stay at home for fifteen days to ‘flatten the curve’, I made the... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, COVID-19, quarantine, flowers, stargazer lily

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