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    Laugh A Little

    … on gardening in and out of a pandemic

    May in Maine finds the gardens still at their beginnings. The forsythia still have not quite gone from sunny yellows to greens and the... Read More

    Tags: maine blogger, maine photographer, musings, gardens, just ponderin', spring, gardening, Maine gardens, spring in maine

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    Think A Little

    … on waking up on maine’s midcoast

    Nearly every morning, when I wake up, the bed covers have been kicked, tossed, and otherwise molded into a loden cloud of duvet and... Read More

    Tags: gardens, porcupines, maine, just ponderin', gratitude, midcoast maine, spring in maine, maine blogger, maine photographer, maine spring, maine morning, mornings

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    Think A Little

    … on focal point(s)

    Spring took it’s sweet and flowery time arriving on our fingerling peninsula here in Maine, and I don’t want to say that it made... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, just ponderin', midcoast maine, spring in maine, perspective, chickens, ducks, champagne

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    Cry A Little

    … on an awakening

    There is something wondrously cool about Wait. Just to be all kinds of honest and authentic, that – up there ^ –  is not... Read More

    Tags: secrets to happiness, grief, just ponderin', southport maine, spring, midcoast maine, spring in maine, Boothbay Harbor, caregiving, processing grief, empty nest

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    Laugh A Little

    … on another sign of spring

    This spring has been a season of firsts for us here. For many, many (did I say ‘many’?) years, we were trapped in the... Read More

    Tags: just ponderin', fog, midcoast maine, spring in maine, southport island maine, coastal maine, maine photographer, sea smoke, The Inn and gardens, musings, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the rand cove monster

    So… yesterday. One of the things that is hard to resist, even when I am yearning for more time under the covers, is the... Read More

    Tags: photography, Southport, spring in maine, beaver, Nessie, musings, river otter, comedic writing, maine, comedy, humor

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    Think A Little

    … on a good morning

    The little beach on the island is quiet in the early mornings and late afternoons, even in summer. But in the midst of the... Read More

    Tags: maine, photography, spring in maine, musings, everyday life

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    Think A Little

    … on an awakening

    There are so many firsts this year, now that Self Proclaimed Perfect Boy, Gabe has headed off to college. Some I anticipated, but others... Read More

    Tags: maine, humor, photography, Southport, boothbay, spring in maine, musings

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Wonder Proxy

We have medical proxies. We have legal proxies. But what about the most important stuff? What about the stuff that makes our lives worth living? Who is going to take care of making sure wonder remains available to us when we can’t seek it out ourselves? Who’s gonna sneak us off to the ocean, make sure to bring us our dogs, create playlists of the songs we really love… sing with us, tell us our stories… remind us of the love we still have to give, and also to receive? A Wonder Proxy, that’s who. Don’t get your affairs in order without one!

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