Monthly Archives: July 2011

Weekly Photo Challenge: Colorful

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Coming East
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About Loss

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Coming East

This post comes from a weekly memoir writing prompt provided by The Red Dress Club:  Write a post that either starts or ends with the words “Lesson learned.” Word limit: 400 words.   Sitting on our front porch watching the movers … Continue reading →

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I Helped Bring Down A Company

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Coming East

Not many years ago, my husband and I were lamenting how the big chain bookstores were putting the small, independent bookstores out of business.  How could the small business owners possibly compete with those corporate giants?  The Twig, a cute … Continue reading →

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Where Did Those Memories Go?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Coming East

This week’s Red Dress Club‘s Red Writing Hood prompt is  a picture prompt about cameras, and it is limited to 400 words. It can be fiction or non-fiction.  I chose non-fiction.   Nineteen fifty-nine was an important year.  Alaska and … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Hot

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Coming East

Just heard the weather report for the next few days.  The heat index today is 110 degrees.  Tomorrow it will be 117 degrees.  Can you feel the heat sizzling off the sand in this picture?

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Coming East

I always loved that song Julie Andrews sang in The Sound of Music.  You know the one about her favorite things? I was thinking about that the other day as I was going through drawers and closets to find things … Continue reading →

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The Beat of Life

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Coming East

This post comes from a weekly memoir writing prompt provided by The Red Dress Club.   This week’s prompt asked us to write about a time that rhythm, or a lack thereof, played a role in our life. And we weren’t … Continue reading →

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Star Struck

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Coming East

I am a city girl at heart.  I grew up fifty miles from New York City, and since my father grew up in the City and his parents still lived there when my brother and I were young, our family … Continue reading →

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It’s All About Breathing

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Coming East

Bad idea.  It’s Friday morning and I wanted to get an early start on my weekend, so I took myself to the beach.  I came before the crowds, hoping to get some writing in so I could go home and … Continue reading →

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When the Final Whistle Blows, Who Will Be Watching?

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Coming East

Back in 1972, when my husband and I married, Title IX was enacted.  It stated that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be … Continue reading →

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