Tag Archives: Virginia Beach

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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Weekly Photo Challenge: Peaceful

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Coming East
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Coming East

Yesterday was a good writing day.  I managed to get 5,049 words down and now have a grand total of 21, 717.  Lots to do today, like try to at least make the downstairs livable (I’ll settle for just making … 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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Professional Development

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Coming East

If you’ve noticed my posting schedule has been a little erratic of late, it’s because I’m on a business trip with my husband.  His trip, not mine, but I get to reap the benefits.  As a teacher, and even as … 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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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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It’s All About Breathing

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Coming East

Bad idea.  It’s Friday morning and I wanted to get an early start on my weekend, so I took myself to the beach.  I came before the crowds, hoping to get some writing in so I could go home and … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Coming East
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The Long Mind-Trip Home

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Coming East

In 1759  Laurence Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy, a comical novel which takes stream of consciousness writing to the extreme.  This weekend we took a whirlwind road trip from Virginia Beach to Stratford, Connecticut to celebrate my husband’s sister’s sixtieth birthday, … Continue reading →

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