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    Think A Little

    … on a labor of fear (and a little love)

    You guys, my plant is in labor. No, seriously… look! I am a nervous mess of a plant care-taker right now. This is how... Read More

    Tags: maine, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, mindfulness, it's the little things, amaryllis, staying present

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    Laugh A Little

    … on helping(ish) miss judy

    So. Those of you who have been reading for a while might remember my summer neighbor, Miss Judy, especially from a post I called,... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, maine christmas, christmastime

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    Think A Little

    … on the lovings from, and of, a dawg

    Every afternoon, usually between 2:00 and 3:00, JoHn heads into town to pick up a coffee and have a chat with the folks who... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', dog photography, secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, rescue dog

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    Think A Little

    … on the hound’s way

    Yesterday I wandered ’round the house And I wept I wept for those so certain That they are terrified I wept for those so... Read More

    Tags: musings, poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, wonder, maine blogger, maine photographer, english pointer, hound, COVID-19

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    Think A Little

    … on my cup and the new year

    The other day I shared a meme on my personal Facebook page. Wait. Short diversion here… To be honest, I’m not sure where the definition... Read More

    Tags: musings, joy, secrets to happiness, gratitude, secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, personal responsibility, what's in your cup

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    Think A Little

    … on humans stepping in, and up

    Puppy One: “It’s okay, bro. I think we’re in Maine.” Puppy Two: “Smells pine-y and salty and a little fishy to me.” Through a... Read More

    Tags: musings, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, rescue dog, Sciatook, Oklahoma, Sciatook Paws And Claws Animal Rescue, Animal Rescue League of Greater Portland, animal rescue, animal transport

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    Think A Little

    … on being our own light

    I am a huge fan of a perennial plant-slash-flower called Moonbeam Coreopsis. Hang on a sec… Oh my gosh! Apparently I am way more... Read More

    Tags: joy, secrets of happiness, mindfulness, coreopsis, moonbeam coreopsis, inner light

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    Think A Little

    … on the rising sun thing

    That’s my friend Kim, with a sunrise on her face. Hang on… Oh, here we go. This sunrise… I know. It was pretty great.... Read More

    Tags: musings, grief, just ponderin', Sunrise in Maine, death, midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, sunrise, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on dream days (introvert-style)

    Blow me a bubble one without trouble Or people, or small talk noise free To float in, to ponder and let my mind wander... Read More

    Tags: poem, poetry, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, maine blogger, maine photographer, musing, introvert, day dreaming, coast of maine

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    Think A Little

    … on growing up so fast

    Well, let’s see. It’s been a few weeks since three baby squirrels – well, one very small baby squirrel – showed up… and then brought... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', secrets of happiness, olympus omd em1 mark II, gray squirrels, wildlife photography, grey squirrels, orphaned squirrels, tic, tac, and janet, nat geo, maine wildlife, wildlife

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    Laugh A Little

    … on small gestures that hit the high notes

    I like to consider myself a fairly together person. Well, not completely and totally together. But, like…. mostly. And being mostly together, it is a... Read More

    Tags: musings, old house restoration, photography, just ponderin', southport maine, secrets of happiness, boothbay, maine blogger, maine photographer, old nails, quiet gestures, old yankee men

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the unintended, intentionally

    I was in a hurry. No really. I had been invited to participate in the pre-cursor or all pre-cursors… Okay, I don’t want it... Read More

    Tags: maine, photography, midcoast maine, secrets of happiness, Boothbay Harbor, maine photographer

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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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