Tag Archives: postaweek2011

Reliving Spring

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Coming East

No, I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth; I just returned from an excursion to Connecticut and Boston to visit family for the Easter holiday.  The morning we left Virginia Beach at 6 A.M., it was so warm, … Continue reading →

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How to Make Yourself Look Good at the Gym

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Coming East

The other day, while I was getting a drink at the water cooler at my Y, my little paper ice-cream-cone-shaped cup collapsed, and I spilled water down the front of my shirt.  A minute later, one of the regulars there … Continue reading →

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Pickles in Real Life

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Coming East

Certain books, cartoons, and jokes, though understood on some level by people of all ages, are understood at a deeper level by people who can relate to them.  Take the cartoon Pickles, for instance.  It is about the day-to-day lives … Continue reading →

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The Final Relaxation

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Coming East

After an hour of strenuous activity during my yoga class at the Y, our instructor, Sandy, a soft-spoken, gentle spirit, has us lay on our backs while we close our eyes, listen to soft, soothing music, and go into what … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Name?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Coming East

My father named me Susan, he said, because the Hebrew form of it, Shoshanah, meant the Rose of Sharon.  One of his favorite books in the Old Testament was the Song of Solomon, and he particularly liked the passage, “I … Continue reading →

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Letter to My Son-in-law

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Coming East

Dear D., Because you live so far away, and when I come for a visit, so much is going on, it seems that you and I never have a moment alone so I can tell you just what I think … Continue reading →

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My Changing World

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Coming East

My granddaughter just got a cell phone for her 13th birthday.  When my daughter called to tell me that bit of news, she added, “Mom, you need to get a text package because H.  will definitely be texting you.”  So … Continue reading →

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A Milestone for Both of Us

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Coming East

My oldest grandchild is about to turn thirteen this Sunday.  I remember very clearly my thirteenth birthday, and I know I felt very grown up.  How can that sweet grandbaby of mine feel that way when she’s not supposed to … Continue reading →

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Love, Young and Old

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Coming East

Warm, gray, drizzly day, heavy with the promise of spring.  Schubert string quartets playing softly on the stereo.  Earl Grey steaming from my Mexican pottery mug.  I watch as the pictures cycle through my digital picture frame on the counter, … Continue reading →

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The Stress of Motherhood

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Coming East

The baby is sick.  He has a fever, and his mommy doesn’t know what to do for him.  It matters not that the baby in question is in his early thirties and I am the mommy who is nearly thirty … Continue reading →

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