Author Archives: onesanevoice

The Best Defense

Posted on February 4, 2009 by onesanevoice

Like shopping at Home Depot for plumbing fixtures or waiting on line at the post office, there are chunks of time in our lives we fantasize about getting back even though they’re gone forever.  So has it always been for … Continue reading →

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Marooned

Posted on January 31, 2009 by onesanevoice

It’s kind of ironic that I’ve never given my name in this blog, but I’ve talked about personal medical issues ranging from brain meningiomas to transvaginal sonograms.  Interesting what some people decide to be private about, huh?  On that note, consider yourself now … Continue reading →

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A Breath of Fresh Air

Posted on January 27, 2009 by onesanevoice

On Friday I rushed through a flurry of errands so I’d be free to leave for Brooklyn at 5:00 for a gathering at my friend betty’s.  I’ve written before about the Brooklyn Girls, a group of women from my old neighborhood … Continue reading →

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Nobody wears a hat like Aretha

Posted on January 23, 2009 by onesanevoice

I’m a student, and Inauguration Day was a school day.  For those of us who earn instead of learn, it was a workday.  Both Husband, as executive director of a community center, and Daughter, as head teacher at a school … Continue reading →

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One Man’s Junk is Another Man’s Craigslist

Posted on January 19, 2009 by onesanevoice

One day over my school break, I did a favor for Daughter who had to return to her teaching job a week before I resumed my ongoing education.  As a result of her recent promotion to head teacher, she suddenly … Continue reading →

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Mind the Gap

Posted on January 15, 2009 by onesanevoice

On a trip to England a few years back, Husband and I made sure to visit the London Underground for a ride on the tubes.  Their security was already ahead of ours, as evidenced by the absence of trash receptacles, … Continue reading →

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The Sound of Time

Posted on January 11, 2009 by onesanevoice

I was in my neurologist’s office the other day, a yearly ritual with the doctor who treats my headaches, and the receptionist had me fill out a new medical history for their records.  The other patient in the waiting room was … Continue reading →

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BugNuts

Posted on January 7, 2009 by onesanevoice

I will eat pretty much anything.  I confessed to this long ago in Goes Down Easy at a Bargain Price, as well as several other entries.  My husband, my children, my friends, and many robotic creations and humanoid clones are more … Continue reading →

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Steady As She Goes

Posted on January 3, 2009 by onesanevoice

In recent years, our New Year’s Day has been more eventful than our New Year’s Eve.  This is possibly because Husband and I are both more likely to be awake during the Day than the Eve.  This year, after a … Continue reading →

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Auld Lang Syne

Posted on December 30, 2008 by onesanevoice

I recently heard about the perfect gift for the New Year:  a calendar made of bubble wrap.  Everyone loves popping those little hermetically sealed pods of air, and how cathartic to signify the end of the day with such a … Continue reading →

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