Monthly Archives: August 2011

Thou Shall Not Covet

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Coming East

Okay, I’ll admit it.  I’m coveting.  My little neighborhood has a civic league which awards the honor of “Best Yard of the Month” to a deserving home.  That yard even gets a sign that proclaims the award to anyone passing … Continue reading →

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How It All Started

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Coming East

I thought it might be appropriate, the first day after my one-year anniversary, to replay my very first post.  I went back to see how many people had actually read it, and the number was a whopping seven.  Since then … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary to Me!

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Coming East

Today is the one year anniversary of my blog.  When I mentioned that to my husband, one of my biggest fans, he said it couldn’t be a year already.  I feel the same way.  Where did the time go? I … Continue reading →

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“You Can’t Spray Jesus with Roundup.”

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Coming East

Not long ago, I read an article in the paper about a kudzu vine that had transformed a utility pole into a vision of Jesus on the cross. The absurdity of seeing Christ in kudzu had me laughing.  I never could … Continue reading →

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Food, Glorious Food!

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Coming East

Yesterday I found out that Virginia Beach is finally going to get a Whole Foods Market.  In fact, it will be built so close to my house, I will be able to walk to it.  I was so excited, I … Continue reading →

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Antique Home Show

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Coming East

Last night my husband and I were watching Antique Road Show on Public Television, and we were amazed at how much money people’s old things were appraised at.  A man who bought some posters of railroads for a dollar could … Continue reading →

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I Need to Mend My Ways

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Coming East

The other day I went to First Landing Beach on the Chesapeake Bay near my house.  Stretched out half the length of a football field was a fishing net on the edge of the water.  I plunked my beach chair … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Old

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Coming East

At first, I thought I’d just post several pictures of me, but then I thought these pictures would be more interesting:

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Physician, Heal Thyself

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Coming East

I have bursitis.  At least, I think I have bursitis.  First I thought it was the return of my adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), but since my shoulder isn’t really frozen and just hurts like H.E. Double Toothpicks (that’s for my … Continue reading →

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Name That Tune

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Coming East

Crepe paper streamers dangled at the entrance to the Passion Pit, the name my brother and I dubbed the finished basement we used for our party room when we were in high school.  It was a misnomer because nothing more … Continue reading →

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