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    Laugh A Little

    … on autumn falling and what the…

    Oh how I love this time of year. Crispness paddles out slowly in mid to late August, riding the waves of air in during... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', New England, fall in new england, fall in maine, maine blogger, the nearly perfect husband, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on an eclipse (and more) nearly missed

    That’s an eclipse right there. Oh, you can’t really tell – in that the sun is strutting its all powerful self – but the... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', magic, midcoast maine, eclipse, it's the little things, cozy, 2024 eclipse, serendipity, maine, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on cloud water memories

    Early yesterday morning I stepped from cool granite to dewed grass, making my way down to the water. It was pre-dawn, the colors just... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, cloud water, light

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    Think A Little

    … on beauty in dark and light

    Yesterday morning, the water beneath and beyond our dock was filled with fog. It cast a veil over the recently risen sun, the effect... Read More

    Tags: photography, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, coastal maine, maine coast, positivity, lobster boats

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an incorrigible toddler

    So. You know how sometimes, when your kids are little, and you have one of those days when they look really good. Like, you have... Read More

    Tags: black thumb, musings, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine writer, amaryllis, indoor plants

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    Think A Little

    … on warm and welcomed distractions

    I’d been working on a writing piece on and off all day yesterday, and it was kicking my butt big time. No idea why,... Read More

    Tags: maine life, cozy blog, maine, autumn, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, maine photographer, maine gardening, maine writer

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    Think A Little

    … on blooming and resting (and budding)

    Some – not all – just some crabapple trees work so hard blooming up a storm one year, they need a longer-than-twelve-month break before... Read More

    Tags: crabapple tree, malus, musings, photography, just ponderin', gardening, gardening in Maine, garden photography

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    Think A Little

    … on breakfast sounds (poem)

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    Think A Little

    … on not waiting for the tripod

    The other night the snow was still falling and landing softly on all the other flakes that had already bedded down. I’d been looking... Read More

    Tags: winter in maine, winter in new england, barn, musings, maine, photography, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', snow

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    Think A Little

    … on a decade of service

    Today is HRH The Princess Bunny Blaze’s tenth birthday. I was not there on the day of her birth. But I was there, three... Read More

    Tags: old dogs, just ponderin', winter in maine, old dog, musings, german shepherd, maine, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on yawns from screams

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    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, snowy owl, unity, poem, poetry, photography, secrets to happiness, hope

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    Think A Little

    … on who transcended who

    In the midst of a holiday season that sprinkled warmth and joy with pandemical particulates in each of our peripheral visions… A text. Two... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, just ponderin', maine birds, maine blogger, snowy owl, musings, maine, photography

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wHierd

Similar to ‘wHat’, ‘wHy’ and ‘JoHn’. In Dingleville, we tend to pronounce the ‘H’s’ in these words and I don’t know wHy it started, or wHere or by wHom. Sometimes we even add H’s where there are none. It’s wHonderful.

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