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Get This Worm Out of My Head!

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Coming East

It’s starting all over again.  My head was finally clear of all constantly repeating tunes, and then I sat down at the piano and played Vangelis’s Hymne.  Now, a day later, it is still roaming around inside my consciousness, pushing … Continue reading →

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What’s So Funny?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Coming East

I talk to everybody.  That has always been a source of amusement to my husband and probably to the rest of my family and close friends.  I’m a people watcher, and whenever I see something, in my opinion, that merits a … Continue reading →

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Cultural Literacy

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Coming East

Every morning when the newspaper comes, my dear husband always hands me the most important section first:  the comics.  One of my favorite comic strips is one called Zits, about the life and trials of raising a teenage boy.  A … Continue reading →

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Help, I’m Talking, and I Can’t Shut Up!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Coming East

I’m feeling stressed these days, like I just want to curl up on the sofa with a big bag of salt and vinegar chips and watch Shirley Temple movies all day.  My problem stems from the fact that I am … Continue reading →

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And Then There Was One…

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Coming East

For the past month or so, I have been watching black swallowtail caterpillars devouring my Italian parsley.  First, there were five or six sizable ones and a slew of tiny ones just beginning to develop.  Before I went on my … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Get It, I Don’t Get It

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Coming East

One of my all-time favorite movies is Big, starring Tom Hanks.  It cracks me up every time I see it.  One of the scenes that stands out for me is when Paul is with his girlfriend and mocks Josh (Tom … Continue reading →

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The Light in the Forest

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Coming East

Many long years ago, when I was a young teenager, I read a novel entitled The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter.  It was about a teenage Pennsylvanian boy who was kidnapped by the Lenni Lanape Indians, raised as … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Graves…

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Coming East

Yesterday’s post made me think of Thomas Gray‘s poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” especially the following stanza: The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike th’ inevitable … Continue reading →

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Walking on Graves

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Coming East

While I was in Boston this past weekend, I went to Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.  I love to go there in the fall to see the autumn colors, but I was too early to see the changing leaves this … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Get Serious…Again

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Coming East

The weekend before I left for my New England trip, our Hampton Roads Writers held its annual writers’ conference.  It was fabulous!  Our keynote speaker was Michael Palmer who has written sixteen New York Times best sellers.  We also had Marisa … Continue reading →

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