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    Think A Little

    … on the wait for a window

    When we bought the house in Maine, more than a decade ago, and set to work on renovating it, one of the places we... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, The Inn and gardens, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, maine, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a starry starry morn

    I’ve always been a sunrise gal. Don’t get me wrong, sunsets are beautiful. But that soft pink glow, piercing my bedroom window before the break... Read More

    Tags: Maine Sunrise, Sunrise in Maine, musings, humor, photography, secrets to happiness, Maine Island

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    Laugh A Little

    … on faith, or fate, or what the fuh

    I am big on faith. Not so much the religious kind, and most of my religious friends bear with me on this. Which is... Read More

    Tags: humor, joy, secrets to happiness, musings, maine

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    Laugh A Little

    … on soccer dreams, and watershed moments

    Whew. A busy few days, somewhat sad too. So welcome to a silly little post on the light and air-y topic of life’s watershed moments.... Read More

    Tags: comedy, soccer, humor, secrets to happiness, watershed moments, comedic writing, everyday life, sports

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    Think A Little

    … on finding joy, somehow

    The other day, the day after Thanksgiving, instead of getting up super early and pushing the glowing button on the coffee maker, puttering around,... Read More

    Tags: musings, soccer, secrets to happiness, dunkin donuts

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    Laugh A Little

    on fifty (?!)

    Fifty? Eh…. Fifty shmifty It’s not as if-ty I’m so old I can’t be nifty Sure my joints Might be more stiff-ty My penmanship... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, poem, poetry, humor, secrets to happiness, turning 50, turning fifty

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    Laugh A Little

    … on morning walk(abouts)

    The past few days has been pretty cool in that our friend Andrea is here from Australia.  So our days have been filled with... Read More

    Tags: foliage, comedic writing, everyday life, comedy, photography, joy, Dunstable, secrets to happiness

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    Laugh A Little

    … on love and age

    Oh my Gawd you guys! So last week I told you about JoHn’s excellent 25th anniversary surprise of bringing me to the Old Meeting... Read More

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

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    Laugh A Little

    … on 25 years with the nearly perfect one

    For those of you – and I am so grateful that ‘thank you’ doesn’t seem to cut it – who have been hanging out here,... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, Love, 25th anniversary, anniversary, twenty fifth anniversary, musings, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on forced disconnection

    About a half hour ago, as I was preparing to post on a creative group that I love, about an upcoming workshop that is... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, comedy, humor, secrets to happiness, facebook down, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on never, and always

    It’s hard to believe that it’s only been four months since Grampa, The Old Yankee Man, moved on to putter around that Great Garage in... Read More

    Tags: musings, old yankee man, secrets to happiness, aging parents, grief

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    Laugh A Little

    … on following someone else’s recommendations

    A long time ago, I read a book by the writer, minister, drawer, painter, philosopher, sculptor, mango-cello player, ditch-digger, newspaper carrier, IBM salesman, and... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, comedy, humor, secrets to happiness, lemonade stand

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Should People

You know them. They know how things “should” be. What you “should” say, and do and wear and eat and and and and and (and they give me a hive).

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