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    Think A Little

    … on a translation of danish to dingle

    When I run the Danish word, ‘hygge’ (pronounced ‘hoo-gah’ or ‘hew-gah’), through my computer’s de facto translator, it decodes to ‘coziness’. In definitions, and... Read More

    Tags: comfort, family, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', cozy blog, cozy thoughts, cozy, hygge, huggy, cosy, authenticity

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    Think A Little

    … on lessons in the sillies

    Light dancing on wind-rippled peaks… we Dingles refer to this as ‘sparkle water’. There is also ‘sparkle snow’, But this requires snow, and is... Read More

    Tags: musings, childhood memories, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', childhood magic, cozy, sparkle water, lessons, childhood

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    Think A Little

    … on a whale of a time

    Sunday is Day of Rest. JoHn – the Nearly Perfect Husband – and I (and certain deities) are all in on this concept. We... Read More

    Tags: musings, joy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', gratitude, being present, mindfulness, humpback whale, awe

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    Think A Little

    … on the incredibleness of gifts

    Me: “Oh my gosh!” Gift Giver: “It’s just a little something.” Or maybe they say, “I didn’t know what to get so.” Or, “Don’t get too... Read More

    Tags: connection, joy, Christmas, secrets to happiness, Love, just ponderin', gratitude, cozy, gift giving

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    Think A Little

    … on (my) canine aspirations

    There she is. Her Royal Highness, The Princess Bunny-Blaze. Daughter of the beloved, much-titled (and sometimes entitled) Brielle ‘The Bunny’ Vom Traumhoff, and granddaughter of the incredible,... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd dogs, dog love, musings, german shepherd, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on an oops, a nope, and a joy

    I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in the garden. The combination of preparing and up-keeping and transforming and discovering offers both mental... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', gardening, maine blogger, lessons in gardening, maine photgrapher, maine, secrets to happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on maine correspondences

    Dear friend, It appears as though an annual visitor has returned to our cove on the Landing Road, bringing with him a great deal... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', it's the little things, e.b. white

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a surprise visit (wahoo!)

    In the early spring of 2019, two ducks stopped by The Inn* for a visit. I was over the moon with excitement. Having long dreamt... Read More

    Tags: extraordinary ordinary, everyday life, secrets to happiness, being present, ducks, mallards, small things

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    Think A Little

    … on lessons from a bird

    Yep. I finally saw her. Experts, far more knowledgeable than I am about all things ‘bird’, suspect she is a ‘her’. I have been... Read More

    Tags: look up, Steller's Sea Eagle, birding, musings, maine, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', bird photography, Boothbay Harbor, maine blogger

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    Think A Little

    … on some good words, and a bird

    About the bird. I do not know if you have seen the news lately. Like, the birding news. Okay, since the story has actually... Read More

    Tags: cozy thoughts, cozy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin', being present, steller's eagle

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    Think A Little

    … on connecting dots (backward)

    I am a sucker for a good graduation speech. Love ’em. Some of my faves are Conan O’Brian’s to Dartmouth in 2011, Dr. Rick... Read More

    Tags: serious childhood illness, learning differences, steve jobs stanford, college graduation speeches, connecting the dots backward, phoenix process, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

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    Think A Little

    … on a party of five at sea

    This past Tuesday, five women stepped aboard a boat and headed toward a dream. Okay, that’s too flourish-y, too much. This past Tuesday, five... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, friendship, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, puffins, eastern egg rock, small wonders, maine, joy

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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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