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About Coming East

I am a writer, wife, mother, and grandmother who thinks you're never too old until you're dead. My inspiration is Grandma Moses who became a successful artist in her late 70's. If I don't do something pretty soon, though, I'll have to find someone older for inspiration.

The Stress of Motherhood

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Coming East

The baby is sick.  He has a fever, and his mommy doesn’t know what to do for him.  It matters not that the baby in question is in his early thirties and I am the mommy who is nearly thirty … Continue reading →

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I Think I’m in Trouble

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Coming East

If you’ve been following my blog, you know that every Wednesday my four-year-old neighbor, C, comes over for a visit.  It started out as Spanish lessons, but there wasn’t a lot of interest in that subject after the first few … Continue reading →

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Eavesdropping at the Y

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Coming East

I have always been a private person when it comes to showing my flesh.  Okay, let me rephrase that.  Except for the time when I was in college and miniskirts were the rage, I have always been averse to showing … Continue reading →

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Bilbo Baggins and Me

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Coming East

Bilbo Baggins.  My favorite character in Lord of the Rings.  He loved an adventure, always figuring another one was to be had around the corner, if he just kept on going.  Spring is in the air today, even though the … Continue reading →

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A Star Trek Moment

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Coming East

One of the appealing ideas in Star Trek was that the world had long ago stopped their petty warring and everyone lived in peace, prosperity, and freedom.  I am under no delusions that this is even possible, let alone in … Continue reading →

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Trips Down Memory Lanes

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Coming East

I stood outside my friend’s house in Connecticut yesterday afternoon.  I didn’t go in, though I wanted to.  The house looked quite different from the last time I saw it.  Trees that had been knocked down in a violent storm … Continue reading →

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No Wonder We Have a Weight Problem in America

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Coming East

When our children were little, we had a Saturday morning tradition of going to Dunkin Donuts and bringing home a dozen donuts for the kids to eat while they watched their cartoons.  They each got to pick their favorite to … Continue reading →

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If You Use a Bad Word and Nobody Is Around to Hear It, Is It Still a Bad Word?

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Coming East

I don’t know what’s come over me lately.  I’m sixty-two years old and just started using the “s” word.  You know the one that is four letters long and ends in t?  I mean that word. I never use it … Continue reading →

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January Rain

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Coming East

Today was one of those dim, rainy, long January days.  I listened to the patter of raindrops as they played their tune on my kitchen’s vent hood while I poured myself another cup of Earl Grey tea.   Toll House … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t You Act Your Age?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Coming East

If you’ve been following my blog, you know about my love affair with the Y (formerly named the YMCA).  Well, there recently has appeared a chink in my admiration, and it has to do with the Y’s insistence on multi-generational … Continue reading →

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