Tag Archives: humor

All Good Things Must End

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Coming East

Do you ever notice, the older you get, the more things you took for granted seem to just disappear from your life, and you can’t even put your finger on their passing?  Take phone booths, for instance.  I saw one … Continue reading →

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How to Make Yourself Look Good at the Gym

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Coming East

The other day, while I was getting a drink at the water cooler at my Y, my little paper ice-cream-cone-shaped cup collapsed, and I spilled water down the front of my shirt.  A minute later, one of the regulars there … Continue reading →

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Pickles in Real Life

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Coming East

Certain books, cartoons, and jokes, though understood on some level by people of all ages, are understood at a deeper level by people who can relate to them.  Take the cartoon Pickles, for instance.  It is about the day-to-day lives … 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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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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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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If Goodbye Were Really Goodbye

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Coming East

This weekend we kicked her out, after two long years of living with her.  We have been meaning to remove her from our lives for some time now, but the prospect seemed too daunting a task.  I have more than … Continue reading →

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Here I Go Again…

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Coming East

While visiting with two of my best friends in New England this Christmas, I was enchanted by their holiday decorations, specifically the ones they had on their mantlepieces.  One had a collection of Santas; the other had an array of … Continue reading →

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