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    Think A Little

    … on clarity in the midst of bustling joy

    The day before yesterday… was it the day before yesterday? I don’t even know. Anyway, one of the days before today, I was writing... Read More

    Tags: sandwich generation, musings, empty nest, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, southport island maine

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    Think A Little

    … on what (and when) we cannot see

    A few days ago, we tumbled out of bed early to make the ferry to Monhegan Island. Mac, Jack, Klack, Lack, Nack, Ouack, Pack,... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, musings, maine, humor, photography, just ponderin', Monhegan, Monhegan Island, fog

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    Laugh A Little

    … on four stalls and a wedding

    So. There are about to be lots of photos of the wedding out in the world because Jen Smith, who is the incredibly talented... Read More

    Tags: southport island maine, maine, comedy, humor, photography, secrets to happiness, southport maine, maine wedding, midcoast maine, The Inn and gardens, midcoast maine wedding, comedic writing

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    Cry A Little

    … on the mornings after

    It was magical. Truly. Wow. The morning dawned with our cove blanketed in mist, the trees hidden behind gauzy walls of fog. Weather reports... Read More

    Tags: maine, photography, maine wedding, midcoast maine, midcoast maine wedding

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    Wag A Little

    … on breaking the news

    Blaze – looking uncharacteristically disheveled as she blows her coat (big time) – seems to be taking the whole idea of going to hang... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, german shepherd, humor, photography

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    Think A Little

    … on a wedding garden

    The Gardens have been in a bit of scramble around The Inn*, getting ready for their wedding debut. On Saturday. Ya. This Saturday. I... Read More

    Tags: midcoast maine, midcoast maine wedding, The Inn and gardens, roses, musings, wedding garden, gardens, maine, humor, photography, joy, just ponderin'

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    Laugh A Little

    … on advenditures

    This morning, super duper early, I headed out on an adventure. Because the other day my friend Chris (a.k.a., ‘ChrisChrisChris‘) called and asked me... Read More

    Tags: maine, humor, photography, midcoast maine, Boothbay Harbor, tall ships, windjammers

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the acting locally thing

    Okay… I’ve given up. Maybe one day every single thing will be unpacked and put away… but strategy right now for the wedding is... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, photography, joy, midcoast maine, Blessing of the Fleet, Boothbay Harbor, Windjammer

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    Think A Little

    … on landslides and new landscapes

    There’s this song that’s been following me around for about a year, maybe a little more. Creepily showing up at the oddest times, sometimes... Read More

    Tags: musings, maine, photography, secrets to happiness

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    Cry A Little

    … on tucking in a house

    It occurred to me yesterday, alone in the house I have mockingly referred to as ‘The Disposable Shack’… After the family packed itself into... Read More

    Tags: photography, joy, moving, prose, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on making sense of self

    So… there’s this dress. I can’t tell you much about it because it’s a secret. Not being a member of the Wedding Tradeworkers Union,... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, photography, secrets to happiness, wedding

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    Think A Little

    … on risk and reward

    Yesterday morning I was hanging out in the hotel, getting some work done when I heard from Number One Son Sam, who was practicing... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, photography, joy, New Orleans, Cafe du Monde, French Quarter

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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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