Author Archives: onesanevoice

The Devil Don’t Deal

Posted on December 28, 2009 by onesanevoice

The ironies of life are not wasted on me.  Some I can hardly avoid.  At least one of them haunts me every day when I sit behind the wheel of my car and fasten my seatbelt.  As I reach over … Continue reading →

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Visions of Sugar Plums and Pan Seared Veal Chops

Posted on December 24, 2009 by onesanevoice

They say you always wish on your children offspring who mess with them the same way they messed with you.  In that case, I wish upon both my children picky eaters.  In memory of the hours spent separating sauce from … Continue reading →

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The Hero Factor

Posted on December 16, 2009 by onesanevoice

There’s a theme running through the latest entries to appear here.  Completely unplanned, I wrote first about the passing of a wartime undercover agent in a piece that reads like The Bourne Obituary.  Then I told you about a robbery attempt on a … Continue reading →

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A History of Decency

Posted on December 16, 2009 by onesanevoice

While enjoying a tasty caraway bagel the other morning, I opened my daily paper to see a half-page story about my jeweler opening fire on three punks who tried to rob his store at closing time.  MY JEWELER.  This is … Continue reading →

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The Real 007

Posted on December 12, 2009 by onesanevoice

I don’t know why this one particular obituary in the newspaper caught my eye.  I’m not a big obituary reader.  Maybe it was the letters FBI in the heading.  Maybe it was the smiling older gentleman with the bushy white … Continue reading →

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Meant to last a lifetime

Posted on December 8, 2009 by onesanevoice

I recently bought some single-ply toilet paper.  It was an accident.  We are a two-ply family.  I got overly excited in the paper aisle at Target and bought the million-roll pack of the wrong kind.  Put a big red SALE … Continue reading →

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Because I Love Your Brother/Sister More

Posted on December 4, 2009 by onesanevoice

Our family celebrated Thanksgiving again this year at the excellent restaurant we’ve come to call home for the holidays.  The kids and I ordered our favorite lamb and filet mignon while Husband enjoyed his traditional turkey and stuffing.  During dinner, … Continue reading →

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The Further Adventures of Madeline

Posted on November 30, 2009 by onesanevoice

Daughter is 28.  The other night she mentioned on the phone that she’d been standing on a subway platform crowded with high school and college students and she looked around and thought, “I may just be the oldest person here.”  … Continue reading →

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Remembering The Gates

Posted on November 26, 2009 by onesanevoice

Thanksgiving was the holiday my parents traditionally hosted when they were alive, so this time of year always sends me to a reflective place.  In my folks’ later years, when my mom’s health was bad and my dad was working … Continue reading →

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Nosferat-who?

Posted on November 22, 2009 by onesanevoice

Husband and I went upstate last weekend to keep a dinner date with friends from Albany who we don’t see often enough.  On the way, we stopped in a little town where I checked out an antique shop while Husband … Continue reading →

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