Author Archives: onesanevoice

Play Money and Lights in the Sky

Posted on August 30, 2009 by onesanevoice

Husband read my blog entry Wilder Days, in which I ruminated about our disenchanting experience with the French on our honeymoon, and he suggested we go ahead and visit Quebec to wipe the slate clean and start anew.  We’re just wrapping … Continue reading →

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In the High Zeroes

Posted on August 26, 2009 by onesanevoice

I’m in the midst of gathering my transcripts and test scores in preparation for transferring to a different college.  It turns out that the specialized school I was originally enrolled in with its enormous dropout rate has claimed me as … Continue reading →

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The End of Time

Posted on August 22, 2009 by onesanevoice

August 29th is my late father’s birthday, ironically, the same as Michael Jackson’s.  I read today that his family’s long-publicized plans to bury the King of Pop on his birthday have been postponed, further keeping my father’s birthday in the … Continue reading →

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Wilder Days

Posted on August 18, 2009 by onesanevoice

Husband and I have been discussing where to go on vacation this year, and I said I heard Quebec City was lovely, except for all the French people there who’d pretend they don’t speak English and otherwise act like Americans … Continue reading →

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Melting in the Park

Posted on August 14, 2009 by onesanevoice

Thursday I had to be in the city for an afternoon appointment, so I arranged to meet Daughter near the Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side after she dismissed her students for the day.  I texted her … Continue reading →

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Parking War and Peace

Posted on August 10, 2009 by onesanevoice

My most recent embarrassing moments occurred during the same week in July.  First, I was at Trader Joe’s in the produce aisle when a fellow female shopper observed I had just selected a container of grape tomatoes.  She asked me … Continue reading →

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Jerry’s Kid

Posted on August 6, 2009 by onesanevoice

I told you in Family Déjà Vu about going to see In The Heights, Broadway’s groundbreaking musical hit, for Daughter’s birthday.  Unfortunately, Husband took ill just before the show and we brought in a ringer to fill his seat, so that left just … Continue reading →

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That’s how we roll

Posted on August 2, 2009 by onesanevoice

Cadillac has a commercial on TV these days that features a sleek car driven by a gorgeous woman who tells the camera that buying a car is like buying a dress.  You know which one you want, but you still … Continue reading →

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The light at the end of the tunnel

Posted on July 29, 2009 by onesanevoice

I was recently advised by a doctor that it’s time for my second colonoscopy, my first having been five years ago when I turned fifty.  In memory of what I know lays ahead, I am running an excerpt from humorist … Continue reading →

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Say what?

Posted on July 25, 2009 by onesanevoice

It’s no secret that life has become increasingly frenetic, with new ways to communicate continually popping up.  Do we really have more to say, or merely more opportunities to say it?  Thoughts were once celebrated for the way they were … Continue reading →

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