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    Wag A Little

    … on whole new worlds

    She probably saw some snow, I think, in the two-ish years she lived in the Oklahoma countryside. But did she wake up to find... Read More

    Tags: holiday magic, maine winter, dog photography, winter in maine, maine blogger, rescue dog, hound, maine photograper, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a confession

    So. I’ve held off on this for a while, but now I think it’s time. I’m not sure how you’ll feel about me once... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', maine photographer, maine boatbuiding, the apprenticeshop, wooden boat, wooden boatbuilding, the apprenticeship rockland maine, wooden lobster boat, musings, boatbuilding, maine, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a sleepover (and homecoming)

    Okay, this is more than a one-night sleepover. This (^that) is Hippo. We tend to pronounce the ‘i’ as a hard ‘double-e’… as in... Read More

    Tags: maine photographer, rescue dog, cats and dogs, rescue cat, midcoast maine life, musings, photography, maine blogger

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    Cry A Little

    … on the sun rising again

    *** This morning, I was listening to the radio. It was one of the satellite radio vintage rock stations, and I’d just finished listening to... Read More

    Tags: 9/11, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, never forget, 9/11/23, musings, maine, photography, September 11

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    Laugh A Little

    … on stuff that wasn’t in the contract

    So. It has now been nearly two months since Belle-ah’s coronation as the newest Dingle princess, which came about when she was officially welcomed... Read More

    Tags: rescue transport, dogs in trees, climbing dogs, english pointer, comedic writing, dog humor, german shepherd, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, rescue dog

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    Cry A Little

    … on what is handed down

    When Mom died And those who loved her Went back to their everydays When the dishes were washed And put away in the same... Read More

    Tags: cosmos, poem, poetry, photography, death of a parent, grief, death of a mother, kansas

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    Laugh A Little

    … on midcoast island introductions

    A few days have gone by since the coronation of HRH Princess Belle of Dingle, and I figured it was time that she begin... Read More

    Tags: rescue dog, ARLGP, maine, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, maine photography

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

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    Think A Little

    … on gardening in the shade

    That’s a hellebore. They are funky and strangely mysterious and I love them. Here are some more… Very cool. There are oodles of myths... Read More

    Tags: garden photography, musings, photography, death of a dog, Grieving, grief, just ponderin', hellebore, shade garden, death of a pet

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dreams coming true

    So. I was walking past the farmer…s….’s…s’ porch door (label depending, of course, on the number of farmers who gather there, or how many... Read More

    Tags: mallard ducks, The Inn and gardens, musings, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine birds, ducks

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    Think A Little

    … on being in it together

    The greys, the blacks, the blues, the reds They land amongst my flower beds All covered now, with mounds of white A singing songing... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photography, birds in winter, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', winter, winter in maine, maine birds

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    Think A Little

    … on the peace of the present

    I took this pic in the pink light of early this morning. It’s not a perfect shot of the dove’s head, but that was... Read More

    Tags: wildlife photography, musings, mourning dove, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, being present, winter in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, mindfulness

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Spanky Baby Jesus

An expletive you can utter any time you need an expletive or you want to express surprise (like, “Jesus H. Christ” or “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick”). It came about when I misread my friend Katherine’s description of her toilet paper nativity scene, where she noted her ‘sparkly baby Jesus’. Sad. True.

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