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    Laugh A Little

    … on the admission of colored christmas light snobbery

    This post was originally posted on December 2, 2013. This morning, whilst walking with friends, we touched upon colored light vs. white light ‘class-i-ness’ and... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy

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    Think A Little

    … on christmas beacons

    Oh yes. The day after Thanksgiving was, as it always is, Decorating Day. Decorating Day is a National Holiday for Dingles (no, seriously, it... Read More

    Tags: home for christmas, missing loved ones at christmas, first christmas after loss, grief at christmastime, decorating day, musings, grief, just ponderin', maine christmas, christmastime

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    Laugh A Little

    … on thank you pies

    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

    Tags: just ponderin', thanksgiving pies, boothbay ymca, dolphins swim team, maine thanksgiving, musings, humor, thanksgiving, Boothbay Register

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    Think A Little

    … 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

    Tags: secrets of happiness, sunrise, maine blogger, maine photographer, musings, grief, just ponderin', Sunrise in Maine, death, midcoast maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … 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

    Tags: midcoast maine, maine blogger, election, election 2018, musings, humor, just ponderin', voting

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    Think A Little

    … 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

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, divisiveness, thoughts, philosophy, musings, red sox, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', divided nation

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    Laugh A Little

    … 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

    Tags: midcoast maine, maine blogger, colonoscopy prep, love and marriage, musings, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

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    Laugh A Little

    … 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

    Tags: musings, humor, just ponderin', maine blogger, flying squirrel, flying squirrel maine, pancake mouse

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    Laugh A Little

    … 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

    Tags: musings, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, Boothbay Harbor, coastal maine, seagull, maine photography, animal bums

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    Think A Little

    … 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

    Tags: wildlife photography, grey squirrels, orphaned squirrels, tic, tac, musings, and janet, photography, nat geo, just ponderin', maine wildlife, secrets of happiness, wildlife, olympus omd em1 mark II, gray squirrels

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    Laugh A Little

    … 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

    Tags: boating, boating in maine, boating language, first boat, musings, humor, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, coastal maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … 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

    Tags: wildlife photography, baby grey squirrels, musings, animal babies, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, maine photographer, maine photography

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The Chipmunk Channel

The ShepHerds’ (and all dogs who have gone before) favorite channel to watch in Maine (basically we just throw the windows open in the Vampire Room and they climb into their comfy chairs, lean their chins on the window sill, and boob in front of the “tv”. The chipmunks on the front lawn can entertain for hours.

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