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    Laugh A Little

    … on drop offs (and drop outs) and pick ups

    I’m not sure if that magnet, which sits above Gronk’s* gas tank filler upper door, is about Marshal Dillon Dingle, or about me. I... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, humor, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on nicknames lived up to

    The Disposable Shack. Disposed. Well, not quite. But now I am thinking it was so unfair to refer to this wonderful home as the... Read More

    Tags: selling the family home, home, musings, everyday life, family, empty nest, joy, secrets to happiness, just ponderin'

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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 putting your work ‘out there’

    It’s totally freaky. Cars are going by more slowly and I swear they can see me swimming in my fishbowl. Yesterday, a ‘for sale’... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, selling the family home, home selling, musings, humor

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    Cry A Little

    … on knowing, and *knowing*

    Until about twenty minutes ago, I couldn’t look. Totally true. It’s been nearly a week since Sam’s accident down in New Orleans, and all... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, secrets to happiness

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    Cry A Little

    … on gentle reminders

    A gentle reminder… Tap on the shoulder… A whisper of a memory… Or that freaky scene in Poltergeist where Carol-Anne turns from the television and... Read More

    Tags: death of a parent, musings, maine, grandparents, old yankee man, humor, secrets to happiness

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    Think A Little

    … on frames, framing and framed

    Years ago, when the Nearly Perfect Husband and I could finally afford food and a roof over our heads (and haircuts… that was big... Read More

    Tags: secrets of happiness, musings, secrets to happiness, framing, framing our experiences, life lessons, painting

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    Think A Little

    … on shades of blue

    The light streams in The world anew In dawning, dulcet Shades of blue. The snowflakes fly As snowflakes do In Maine, if not In... Read More

    Tags: southport maine, maine winter, coastal Maine winter, maine, poem, poetry, humor, photography, joy, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on feelin’ drift-y

    Down by the dock in Maine, for more than a decade, has been this piece of driftwood. It sits on this mossy outcropping of... Read More

    Tags: open mind, Southport Island, musings, everyday life, family, maine, photography, Southport, secrets to happiness, open heart

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    Think A Little

    … on scheduling nothing

    Years ago, when JoHn and I were both still working bazillion hour weeks and juggling our careers with two, then three kids, we would schedule days... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, humor, secrets to happiness, doing nothing, saying no, saying no to invitations

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    Laugh A Little

    … on craze and contemplation; last leaving the nest

    My life has been reduced to piles. And boxes. And more piles. And a list (or seven). This month, Number One Son Sam will... Read More

    Tags: musings, empty nest, humor, college graduation, secrets to happiness, high school graduation, last to leave home, youngest leaving home

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    Laugh A Little

    … on an easter challenge accepted

    Every Easter Sunday morning since First Born Mac was puny (pew-knee), there has been a rather loud and massive hunt for candy. The Easter... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy, kids, humor, Easter, secrets to happiness, Healthy Easter

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Heart Wrinkles

Much better than a hole in your heart, or scars. Heart wrinkles form as you go through life’s tough stuff. Wear them with pride. We’ve earned every one (and I think our hearts are way more beautiful with lots of heart wrinkles).

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