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    Laugh A Little

    … on ‘and yetting’ my way into christmas

    Oh yeah, they came. Practice grandkids. Two of ’em. The family arrived this year with some traditional Christmas stuff (holiday jammies), and some I... Read More

    Tags: maine christmas, perspective, christmastime, christmas 2020, secrets to happiness, christmas magic, gratitude

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    Think A Little

    … on focal point(s)

    Spring took it’s sweet and flowery time arriving on our fingerling peninsula here in Maine, and I don’t want to say that it made... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, spring in maine, perspective, chickens, ducks, champagne, musings, photography, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on looking up

    When the writer Anne Lamott was 48 hours away from becoming sixty-one years old, she wrote down “every single thing I know as of... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, perspective, moon, look up, gaining perspective, anne lamott, musings, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine blogger

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    Laugh A Little

    … on cracks and crack ups

    This was a very crack-filled week. As in ‘cracks in the best laid plans’. Not crack, the drug. I just wanted to clarify that... Read More

    Tags: coastal maine, caregiving, maine blogger, balance, perspective, musings, family, secrets to happiness, elder care, just ponderin', sandwich generation

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Gawd

The way to invoke the deity without being hit by lightening for taking the actual name in vain (Side benefit: Also fits in with a Boston (Baw-stun) accent). You have to capitalize it though (just to be sure, and also because of reverence).

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