Category Archives: Favorite posts

On the Train to Secaucus

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Coming East

My daughter-in-law’s mother and me Friday afternoon I received a phone call from my daughter-in-law’s mother.  We don’t talk often, but whenever we do, I always come away from the conversation with a new insight or appreciation of life as … Continue reading →

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My Flirtation With Running

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Coming East

I have never been an athlete, unlike my brother and sister.  While my brother played soccer and ran on the cross country team and my little sister earned belt after belt in judo, I was content to read my books … Continue reading →

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Relics of the Past

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Coming East

On our wanderings through the Connecticut countryside this weekend, we came across many old stone walls, remnants from our agrarian past when early settlers cleared the land of forests in order to do their planting.  As they cleared more and … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Together

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Coming East

I captured these two young lovers at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Besides being a tender moment, this picture is ironic in that these two epitomize the exuberance and joy of life amid the gravestones representing the end of life.

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I’m Trying to Find the Right Sport for Me

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Coming East

Tuesday night  49-year-old Jamie Moyer of the Colorado Rockies became the oldest Pitcher ever to win a major league baseball game.  This morning I read about Hiroshi Hoketsu, a 71-year-old man from Japan who will compete in individual dressage in … Continue reading →

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Life is a Series of Heart Tugs

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Coming East

“I’m so happy to have you back,” my husband said to me this morning as I placed an egg and toast in front of him. “Because now you have someone to make your breakfast and pack your lunch?” I joked. … Continue reading →

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The Face of Poverty

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Coming East

I was planning on writing another light-hearted post this morning, but reading the newspaper at breakfast put an end to that.  On the front page was a picture of a young woman, Kimberly Meade, crying in her car.  She had … Continue reading →

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Maybe It’s Never Too Late!

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Coming East

I have the pleasure of following a blog called Life with three boys!  Jenny, the author is pregnant with her fourth and final child, and she says she is a little sad that this is her last.  I remember having … Continue reading →

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Rejecting My Former Self

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Coming East

Interviewer: Let’s see here, Mrs. Okaty. You are applying for the job of mother. What experience have you had? Former Self: None, Sir, but how hard can it be? I mean, we’re so much bigger than they are, right? Interviewer: … Continue reading →

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The Story of our Lives

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Coming East

Last year my husband bought me volume one of Mark Twain’s autobiography, a book of 736 pages in small type.  Two more volumes are forthcoming.  Most everybody knows that Mark Twain refused to have his autobiography published until 100 years … Continue reading →

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