Author Archives: onesanevoice

Words on the page

Posted on June 9, 2010 by onesanevoice

The thing about being back in college in your fifties is that subjects you once avoided like a disease are suddenly not only doable, but enjoyable.  A former numberphobe, I nailed my History of Math course with an ‘A’ without … Continue reading →

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Have Faith

Posted on June 5, 2010 by onesanevoice

I never considered myself the type to have a personal fitness trainer.  I don’t know who exactly I envisioned as a candidate for one, outside of women in the Real Housewives strata and Linda Hamilton when she buffed up for Terminator 2.  I … Continue reading →

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Center Ground

Posted on June 1, 2010 by onesanevoice

The Woman found herself alone in her car, driving north, into the mountains.  She had to get away.  Away from her responsibilities, all begging attention.  Away from the crushing burst of family deaths, all gone now.  Just a couple of … Continue reading →

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Graduation Day

Posted on May 28, 2010 by onesanevoice

Daughter graduated yesterday with a dual Master’s degree from a legendarily progressive teachers’ grad school in upper Manhattan.  Graduations may just be my favorite things in the world and I previously wrote about Son’s and Daughter’s college graduations on these pages and will write … Continue reading →

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It’s All Green

Posted on May 24, 2010 by onesanevoice

Whenever Husband and I visit another country, we return with a taste of what the people are about after a week of personal observation.  And it’s an impression we usually agree on.  For the Italians, it was their sense of … Continue reading →

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Links Fahren

Posted on May 20, 2010 by onesanevoice

Which means fasten seat belts.  Consider this your lesson in Gaelic, or “Why are all these cars driving toward me in my lane?”  The answer is IT ISN’T YOUR LANE.  You are in Ireland, or “Opposite Driving World,” and don’t let … Continue reading →

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Son and Daughter: The Early Years

Posted on May 16, 2010 by onesanevoice

In spite of the tremendous verbal talents of each of my children, they were both late talkers.  Daughter barely spoke at all until she hit two years of age, and then said a complete sentence out of the blue.  After I tucked … Continue reading →

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All Aboard the Diversity Express

Posted on May 12, 2010 by onesanevoice

I recently attended a Diversity Residency offered by my college.  It was a weekend of exploration into the ways in which the landscape of our country has changed in response to immigration from an ever increasing number of countries.  Be it for … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words

Posted on May 8, 2010 by onesanevoice

The very sweet-natured uncle who I’ve been looking after in his nursing home died yesterday at 85.  He never had children of his own, and although you wouldn’t have known it even if you knew him, his marital adventures were … Continue reading →

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At the sign post up ahead, the AARP Zone

Posted on May 4, 2010 by onesanevoice

I just cruised up to my 56th birthday, the sixes always seeming like the other side of a grandiose milestone.  Like the olive left in the bottom of a martini or the pie crust after all the filling is gone.  … Continue reading →

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