Tag Archives: personal

I Need to Mend My Ways

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Coming East

The other day I went to First Landing Beach on the Chesapeake Bay near my house.  Stretched out half the length of a football field was a fishing net on the edge of the water.  I plunked my beach chair … Continue reading →

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Physician, Heal Thyself

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Coming East

I have bursitis.  At least, I think I have bursitis.  First I thought it was the return of my adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), but since my shoulder isn’t really frozen and just hurts like H.E. Double Toothpicks (that’s for my … Continue reading →

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Name That Tune

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Coming East

Crepe paper streamers dangled at the entrance to the Passion Pit, the name my brother and I dubbed the finished basement we used for our party room when we were in high school.  It was a misnomer because nothing more … Continue reading →

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Kill Yourself, If You Must, But Leave Me Alone!

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Coming East

Last week one of my sons came down from Boston a couple of days early to get some beach time before we left town and met up with other family members for my niece’s wedding.  I’d been looking forward to … Continue reading →

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About Loss

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Coming East

This post comes from a weekly memoir writing prompt provided by The Red Dress Club:  Write a post that either starts or ends with the words “Lesson learned.” Word limit: 400 words.   Sitting on our front porch watching the movers … Continue reading →

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I Helped Bring Down A Company

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Coming East

Not many years ago, my husband and I were lamenting how the big chain bookstores were putting the small, independent bookstores out of business.  How could the small business owners possibly compete with those corporate giants?  The Twig, a cute … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Hot

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Coming East

Just heard the weather report for the next few days.  The heat index today is 110 degrees.  Tomorrow it will be 117 degrees.  Can you feel the heat sizzling off the sand in this picture?

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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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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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Star Struck

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Coming East

I am a city girl at heart.  I grew up fifty miles from New York City, and since my father grew up in the City and his parents still lived there when my brother and I were young, our family … Continue reading →

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