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    Laugh A Little

    … on never, and always

    It’s hard to believe that it’s only been four months since Grampa, The Old Yankee Man, moved on to putter around that Great Garage in... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, aging parents, grief, musings, old yankee man

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    Think A Little

    … on grief as a teacher (work to do, work to do)

    On many windows in the Maine House are tin signs with timeless messages. A man named Vincent tells me that he knows nothing with certainty,... Read More

    Tags: musings, old yankee man, grief

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    Think A Little

    … on accommodations (small as they may be)

    This year our time in Maine is so soon after the death of our dear Old Yankee Man.  It will be two months in a... Read More

    Tags: old yankee man, aging parents, grief, granny, musings, maine

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    Think A Little

    … on dads past, dads present, and dads yet to come

    Today could be a sad day, a nostalgic day. A first Father’s Day without a very important father. It’s also rainy here, grey. The... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, death of a parent, fathers day, musings, everyday life, family, old yankee man

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    Cry A Little

    … on falling (into place)

    Yesterday I was up in Maine. Yes, I know you have figured out that I take every opportunity to be in Maine, and work very... Read More

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

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    Think A Little

    … on the need for shadows and night

    I’m up in Maine doing the little things that I don’t like to do when summer is in full swing (which is when I’m... Read More

    Tags: comedy, old yankee man, secrets to happiness, death of a parent, musings, comedic writing, everyday life

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    Think A Little

    … on the shifting sands of grief (and hollywood set design)

    Yesterday, I was contemporary-chatting to a friend (which is called ‘messaging’). We were talking a bit about death and dying and grief, and she... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, old yankee man, aging parents, death of a parent, grief, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on grief in real life

    I once read about the theory that, if you know what is actually happening within your body during childbirth, it makes it easier to... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, old yankee man, humor, aging parents, death of a parent, grief, stages of grief, musings

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    Think A Little

    … on sparkle water and magic

    I am a big fan of Sparkle Water. Sparkle Snow too. Sparkle anything… something magical about it. On Friday, Granny, Sister-In-Law Robin and I... Read More

    Tags: family, old yankee man, photography, aging parents, death of a parent, death of a spouse, musings

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    Cry A Little

    … on promises

    Will I think of you often? I will I will Will I think of you often, I will. With each beat of my heart... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, poem, poetry, old yankee man, aging parents, loss of a parent

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    Laugh A Little

    … on no air cover and curious ground cover

    The death of a parent ignites many different emotions. And also thoughts. There is lots of thinking going on inside my brain right now.... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, family, comedy, old yankee man, humor, aging parents, death of a parent

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    Cry A Little

    … on packing for a trip

    Yesterday was a beautiful day. Exactly the type of day that Grampa would have loved to be a part of. And he was. Family... Read More

    Tags: Grieving, musings, family, yellow lab, old yankee man, aging parents

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Bathtub Mary

In Somerville, Massachusetts, where I spent the first five or six years of my life (it seems to be hotly debatable in my family), people often put statues of the Virgin Mary in their front yards. And she is ‘protected’ in a lovely arch of white.. which is often … and I am not kidding… a partially buried cast iron bathtub.

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