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    Cry A Little

    … on getting ready for the train

    People get ready There’s a train comin’ You don’t need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith To hear... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, family, pet loss, bernese mountain dog, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a girls night out as one of the guys

    I don’t do Girls Night Out. Never have. Never wanted to. It might be because I’m more of a Monty-Python quoting, secret-man-cave-loving, one of... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, girlfriends, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on tasty words

    Okay, so another cool thing along with the close up of sparkle water above. Half Kid Jack is taking a beginning drawing class because... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy, humor, synesthesia

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    Laugh A Little

    … on cherub torture 101

    I’ll tell you what the hell that is. That is photographic proof of cherub torture. Every morning since Gabe-the-Self-Proclaimed-Perfect-Boy became an only child… Okay, technically... Read More

    Tags: family, comedy, kids, humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Laugh A Little

    … on man cave oscars and a near explosion

    Mac and I were watching the red carpet procession at the Oscars last night (Ya, it says 11:34 a.m. above, but that was the... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy, humor, ADD, Red Carpet, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on glen who isn’t a lawyer and a life-altering list

    Late yesterday morning I returned from Maine with The Shepherds and my olfactory senses were happy-fied by evidence that Glen-the-friend-and-painter had been true to... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, maine, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on being a v.i.p. at dingle diner and real mail

    One really bizarre thing about living in a small, New England town is that every important decision is not made at Town Meeting or at the... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, family, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on old yankee men as mouse props

    Did you happen, by any chance, to read the title of this post as, ‘old yankee men as mouse poops’? No? Never mind. I... Read More

    Tags: grandparents, old yankee man, humor, musings, comedic writing, family, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an old dog waiting for his old-soul boy

    Monty Dingle. Handsome Old Man. Handsome Old Yankee Man. Canine style. A few months ago, he was fading. Our 132 pound, 10 1/2-year-old Bernese Mountain... Read More

    Tags: family, bernese mountain dog, comedy, kids, musings, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Laugh A Little

    … on keeping the home fire burning

    The rag-tag militia would arrive in ones and twos from all over the country. Many left a day early to beat a winter storm... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, sports, comedy, soccer, humor, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the freakin’ medicine cabinet

    This post was going to start out with me telling you about how super hero-ish I am. Which I am, for sure, but now... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dippity-do and me (and crissy)

    Ah, Dippity-do. I don’t remember exactly how old I was, but I remember the bathroom closet of my house in the high-falootin’ town of... Read More

    Tags: humor, crissy doll, dippity-do, musings, comedic writing, comedy

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Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

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