Tag Archives: nostalgia

Where Did Those Memories Go?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Coming East

This week’s Red Dress Club‘s Red Writing Hood prompt is  a picture prompt about cameras, and it is limited to 400 words. It can be fiction or non-fiction.  I chose non-fiction.   Nineteen fifty-nine was an important year.  Alaska and … Continue reading →

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Coming East

I always loved that song Julie Andrews sang in The Sound of Music.  You know the one about her favorite things? I was thinking about that the other day as I was going through drawers and closets to find things … Continue reading →

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A Mohair Moment

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Coming East

This post comes from a weekly memoir writing prompt provided by The Red Dress Club.  Write about an embarrassing moment. I have always loved storms, contrary to most children.  I remember standing at the screen door of my grandparents’ house … Continue reading →

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Walking to Rosie’s

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Coming East

Money jingles in your pocket. I grasp mine, fist tight, short legs pumping to match your stride. We walk past manicured lawns, sweet scent of summer flowers, porch swings empty in the afternoon heat. You reach for my hand at … Continue reading →

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My Marilyn Monroe Moment

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Coming East

I have an old photograph of me at the top of the Empire State Building, my dress blowing in the wind that always exists up there.   I remember that day well, even though I was only six.  My husband … Continue reading →

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Movie Night

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Coming East

This post comes from a weekly memoir writing prompt provided by The Red Dress Club. This week’s memoir writing prompt by The Red Dress Club, asked us to fill in the blanks: The first time I ______________-ed after ____________________-ing. Every Saturday night … Continue reading →

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Summer Sneakers

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Coming East

Every time I look down at my feet when I’m wearing my “new” black Converse sneakers my thirteen-year-old granddaughter gave me when she outgrew them, I have to laugh.  I look like I’m wearing clown shoes, but I don’t care.  … Continue reading →

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Shouldn’t We Be Dead By Now?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Coming East

“Stop!” I shouted. My five-year-old neighbor flinched, then froze as she stared at me in confusion. “Put that down and back away slowly!”  We had been playing with her bubble machine in my front yard, and her legs and hands … Continue reading →

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Well, It Seemed Like a Good Idea

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Coming East

The day we almost frightened our mother to death started out very much like today, a morning with a sparkling sky, so blue that it looked like it had just been painted and left to dry.  I’ll always remember it … 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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