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The Beat of Life

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Coming East

This post comes from a weekly memoir writing prompt provided by The Red Dress Club.   This week’s prompt asked us to write about a time that rhythm, or a lack thereof, played a role in our life. And we weren’t … Continue reading →

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Facing the Loss of Chocolate in the Ice Cream Cone of Life

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Coming East

Last night, my husband and I were lying in bed, and I said, “I can’t think of anything to blog about tomorrow.” Silence. “Did you hear me?” “What?  I mean yes.  You said you couldn’t think of anything to blog … Continue reading →

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When I’m Sixty-four

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Coming East

“Good night, Darling.  Even if you don’t need me, I still love you.”  I rolled over in bed, closed my eyes, and waited.  I didn’t have to wait long.  After nearly forty years of marriage, my husband knows better than … Continue reading →

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My Reality Needs Adjusting

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Coming East

I always feel underdressed when I play with my neighbors.  I mean, I’m wearing old shorts, dorky socks, and my granddaughter’s old hand-me-up Converses, and they’re dressed as a princess and a fairy (sans wings).  I really need to do … Continue reading →

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As Time Goes By

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Coming East

I used to be a fairly decent pianist when I was younger.  Much younger.  In fact, I was my piano teacher’s top student, and she, herself, had been a student of Bela Bartok.  She wanted (expected!) me to continue my … Continue reading →

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Revising My Bucket List

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Coming East

When I was a child, one of my favorite books was Maguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague.  It is about the wild ponies on Assateague Island and how the volunteer firemen in Chincoteague swim them across a small channel and herd … Continue reading →

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Beware the Tongue

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Coming East

All of us, without exception, I’m confident in saying, have said things we wished we hadn’t said, or wished we had rephrased, or wished we had thought about more before we said them.  I remember many years ago when my … Continue reading →

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Second Sight

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Coming East

Last night, as I was standing at the stove stirring a pot of lentil chili, I felt my husband staring at me from his usual perch at the kitchen work table.  Yes, youngsters, when you’ve been married for nearly forty … Continue reading →

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Letter to My Son-in-law

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Coming East

Dear D., Because you live so far away, and when I come for a visit, so much is going on, it seems that you and I never have a moment alone so I can tell you just what I think … Continue reading →

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Love, Young and Old

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Coming East

Warm, gray, drizzly day, heavy with the promise of spring.  Schubert string quartets playing softly on the stereo.  Earl Grey steaming from my Mexican pottery mug.  I watch as the pictures cycle through my digital picture frame on the counter, … Continue reading →

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