Category Archives: Just Blogging

Let’s Play

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Coming East

This post comes from a weekly memoir writing prompt provided by The Red Dress Club. This week’s RemembeRED prompt was to write about a game you played when you were young.  I wasn’t much of an outdoor game player when … Continue reading →

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One Small Thing

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Coming East

Friday I had the blues, so I headed to the shore, hoping to dispel my somber mood.  I don’t know if you are anything like me, but I suspect I’m not alone in finding fault with just about everything when … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Red

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Coming East
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Spirit of Abby Dog

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Coming East

We’ve been redecorating the guest bathroom, and since we live by the ocean, we picked a beach theme with walls a pale aqua, a seashell fabric shower curtain, and a wreath of sea urchins, starfish, and scallop shells.  We needed … Continue reading →

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Role Reversal

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Coming East

My father was a brilliant man, a mathematician, an aeronautical engineer who was head of the team who designed the airframe of the Blackhawk helicopter. I remember cocktail parties at our house, my brother and I sneaking halfway down the … Continue reading →

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Bargain Hunting

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Coming East

My brother loves a bargain and he’s a master at finding one.  Not only is he a master, he loves showing me his prowess every time I see him.  He’ll come home with seven free quarts of spaghetti sauce from … Continue reading →

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On the Subject of Gluttony

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Coming East

I’m sitting here at the Coffee Beanery eating my second breakfast of the morning, a vegetarian omelette on a hefty ciabatta roll, and trying to think of what to write about gluttony, this week’s Red Dress Club‘s Red Writing Hood … Continue reading →

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Raising Daughters

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Coming East

I only have one daughter, but while visiting her this week and watching her interact with her two daughters, thirteen and nine, I’m grateful that after my girl was born, I had two boys.  Boys are easier.  One girl is … Continue reading →

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Clothes and the Modern Woman

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Coming East

“You had no right to go into my closet and help yourself to my new cap!” “But I need one for the play I’m in, and the one with Tigger is too babyish.” “Well, you should have thought of that … Continue reading →

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The Sibilant Sound of Sand

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Coming East

This post comes from a weekly memoir writing prompt provided by The Red Dress Club. This week’s RemembeRED prompt was to write about sand.  My mother hated sand.  She suffered no sand in her house, no sand in her car, … Continue reading →

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