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Weekly Photo Challenge: Today

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Coming East

In order to participate in this week’s photo challenge, we had to post only pictures we took on the day of our post.  We couldn’t cheat and go into our archives.  Last night I bought a new camera with a … Continue reading →

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On the Train to Secaucus

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Coming East

My daughter-in-law’s mother and me Friday afternoon I received a phone call from my daughter-in-law’s mother.  We don’t talk often, but whenever we do, I always come away from the conversation with a new insight or appreciation of life as … Continue reading →

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Lying to Children

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Coming East

Yesterday, as I was walking to the gym for my yoga class, I came across a field mouse, deceased, on the sidewalk. It reminded me of the time many years ago in San Antonio when we had the toughest time … 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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Coming East

This was an easy challenge, considering I live in Virginia Beach, a pretty hopping place in the summer. Memorial Day weekend seems to start it all.  This first picture is what Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront looks like all summer: This next … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Remembrances

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Coming East

My brother and sister-in-law have been visiting us this weekend, and yesterday we went to the Pungo Strawberry Festival here in Virginia Beach. Pungo is a rural area of our city with many farms close to the North Carolina border. … Continue reading →

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Stocking Up

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Coming East

This morning I had a disturbing dream. I don’t usually remember my dreams, but this one was so disturbing, I thought it had really happened and only realized it was a dream when I was at the breakfast table in … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Coming East
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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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