Yesterday I went to the local YMCA (‘The Y’) to walk with my friends. We’ve been alternatively walking and lifting/pushing/complaining (a.k.a., ‘the weight machines’)... Read More
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… on the rising sun thing
That’s my friend Kim, with a sunrise on her face. Hang on… Oh, here we go. This sunrise… I know. It was pretty great.... Read More
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… on voting here (and hereafter)
Today it is raining – sometimes pouring – onto our little peninsula in Maine. It is also voting day! I know, I know… it’s... Read More
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… on small boats in big seas
I love this picture. A storyteller, an audience. Chirps and bleeps and ringtones absent. Distracting screens and crowds replaced by the quizzical faces of... Read More
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… on plumbing (and the power of money)
Yep. That is the Nearly Perfect Husband up there. On a lobster (lob-stah) boat. In the midst, and mist, of a very windy and... Read More
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… on flying pigs (and thingamajigs)
A question I never thought I’d have to answer: “Why did you replace your laptop with a trap, Lisa?” Well, I will tell you... Read More
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… on a feathered bottom
My friends like animal bums. Okay. Photos of animal bums. And they like them very much. One has even dreamt (or threatened) a coffee table... Read More
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… on growing up so fast
Well, let’s see. It’s been a few weeks since three baby squirrels – well, one very small baby squirrel – showed up… and then brought... Read More
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… on boating for dummies
We’re looking at boats. I’m going to have to ask you to hold your tongue on this one. No, seriously. Because I have learned... Read More
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… on dingle diner, expanded
This morning, after putting out food and fresh water at the newest incarnation of Dingle Diner (and announcing that breakfast was served), only little... Read More
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… on tic, tac, and janet
The other day, I opened the screen door and placed my foot on the first granite step when I saw movement out of the... Read More
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… on the totally extraordinary ordinary
And there it was. A tomato, peeking out from behind a velvety green leaf. Red. Ripe. Ready. And me? Well, I was dancing. Alone... Read More