Tag Archives: memories

If You’re Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane, Don’t Forget Your GPS

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Coming East

When my husband had a conference in Philadelphia last week, I jumped at the chance to accompany him because we used to live in the area a few years ago.  Thirty two, to be exact.  In fact, our youngest son … Continue reading →

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Train Travel

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Coming East

When we were growing up in Connecticut, my brother and sister and I distinguished our grandmothers from each other by referring to one by “Grandma in Ohio,” and the other one as “Grandma on the train.” When my grandfather was … Continue reading →

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Some People Are List Makers and Notetakers…

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Coming East

…and then there are the rest of us. I admit I am a forgetful person. Some people, like my husband, are natural list makers.  My husband usually makes a list of things for me to do each day, now that … Continue reading →

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Planning a Trip

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Coming East

My husband has given me a task that I should be enjoying, but it’s driving me crazy.  He has a conference coming up in Philadephia, and he is taking me with him.  We will be going a day early so … Continue reading →

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My Love-Hate Relationship with Driving

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Coming East

Yesterday my blogging friend, Patti Jarrett, commented on my post that traffic going across the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel signaled summer here in Virginia Beach. She is so right, and that made me think about my aversion to driving in … Continue reading →

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If It’s Sunday, It Must Be Ice Cream

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Coming East

Yesterday was a chilly, drizzly, dreary day in Virginia Beach.  My husband and I always go down to the Oceanfront late in the afternoon or early evening for our Sunday ice cream trip to Dairy Queen.  I get a chocolate … 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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Another Victim of the Digital Age

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Coming East

I’m ashamed of it now, but when I was in fifth grade I was a proud child, proud of how rich I thought  my family was. No, we weren’t as rich as the families up on “The Hill,” but we … 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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Elizabeth Barrett Browning Didn’t Have a Lock on Love Letters

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Coming East

Perhaps the most widely quoted love letter is Elizabeth Barrett Browning‘s “How Do I Love Thee” which she wrote to her husband, Robert, but there have been many more outstanding ones that were never made public. I’m here to remedy … Continue reading →

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