Author Archives: Lori Finding Joy

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About Lori Finding Joy

Native Mainer. Compulsive knitter. Occasional writer. Bird watcher, star gazer, window dreamer. Mom.

October Joys

Posted on October 15, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

The foliage is peaking, the air conditioners are out of the windows, and the heat is on at night. The fireplace mantle is decorated for fall, and we’ve made our annual pilgrimage to the local apple orchard for apples, cider … Continue reading →

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One of Those Ladies In A Line

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

Reference: The song “Ladies In A Line” by Sara Bareilles (lyrics quoted below). My first guitar teacher, who I will not identify because he has a very distinctive name, once spent half a lesson talking about his obsession with Sara … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Ramble

Posted on September 1, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

Soundtrack: Noah Kahan, of course, and then this song by Courtney Barnett that I had to look up and listen to after I heard it on the radio because “always getting in my own way” and “questioning all the choices … Continue reading →

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Sweeping Porches

Posted on July 22, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

We have been camping. I say “camping” in a quite tongue-in-cheek manner; camping used to mean hiking into the Pemigewasset wilderness in NH or staying in a remote site up at Baxter State Park, but now means renting a cabin … Continue reading →

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Bless Your Heart

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

And here we are in June, still mainlining Noah Kahan (with an odd smattering of Kate Bush, particularly Jig of Life which was apparently written from the imaginary viewpoint of an Irish woman hallucinating while drowning?), and still feeling my … Continue reading →

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An Aging Wolf (who lost the taste for blood)*

Posted on May 7, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

*Lyrics stolen from Noah Kahan’s song Orbiter It’s May, I turned 55, I think there is an AARP card in the pile of mail I have to sort through, and there is a half-gallon of chocolate ice cream missing somewhere … Continue reading →

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Baggage Claim

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

Songs in my head: “Nightswimming” by REM and “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star. The first because it’s used in an episode of Shrinking, which I recently watched, and it takes me back to sitting on balconies in Memphis, evenings … Continue reading →

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Just…breathe?

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

The Wailin’ Jenny’s version of Take It Down by John Hiatt has been stuck in my brain all week. I don’t know why, other than it’s lovely (though sad, obviously). *** Covid, then a few weeks later pneumonia – but … Continue reading →

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Grace and Poise

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

I’ve always been a bit of a klutz. It started in third grade when I would walk into walls, as if I couldn’t see them, and then it turned out that I actually was so nearsighted I *couldn’t* see them. … Continue reading →

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My Winter Song to You

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Lori Finding Joy

Song of the moment here. I used to listen to this years ago while taking the commuter train into Boston, traipsing in the snow from home to train station, from train station to the office, and then back again. It’s … Continue reading →

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