Author Archives: onesanevoice

They Started Without Me

Posted on April 7, 2013 by onesanevoice

I recently attended a public reading by a working playwright who also happens to be the director of the MFA creative writing program I graduate from next month.  It is this program that has opened my eyes to the power … Continue reading →

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Relevancy Optional

Posted on March 11, 2013 by onesanevoice

For some reason we get Good Housekeeping delivered in the mail on a regular basis.  Neither Husband nor I can recall ever subscribing to this domestic tome, either in our current life or any previous lives, unless one of us was once … Continue reading →

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The So-Called Past

Posted on January 6, 2013 by onesanevoice

I won a skirmish with Cablevision last year by threatening to go over to the dark side, i.e. Verizon Fios, but my short-term victory ended a few days ago when I received a letter advising us that our one-year reprieve … Continue reading →

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Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive

Posted on November 28, 2012 by onesanevoice

First there was a thunderous clap followed by a crash that took out our electricity.  Like a series of dominoes, the houses stretching down our block went black one by one.  Husband and I ran downstairs to see branches and … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Democracy

Posted on October 27, 2012 by onesanevoice

We have traveled a long and winding road from JFK’s “Ask not what your country can do for you” to Governor Romney’s “binders full of women.”  This country’s contentious 2012 presidential election is a rewarding time to be a professional … Continue reading →

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Sweet Literacy

Posted on September 1, 2012 by onesanevoice

Son and Fiancée came over last night for dinner and brought a delicious Italian cheesecake.  Son asked if I had ever heard of the bakery where he bought it on Main Street and I said sure.  He grinned and told … Continue reading →

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Choice Sophie

Posted on July 16, 2012 by onesanevoice

Our family’s past, present and future converged on Saturday in Brooklyn.  As we walked from Aunt Sophie’s Avenue P apartment to the Chinese restaurant on Bay Parkway, I looked with delight at the company that surrounded me.  There was Daughter … Continue reading →

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Second Time Around

Posted on July 10, 2012 by onesanevoice

This past Sunday, Husband and I hosted an engagement party for Son and Fiancée along with our future in-laws and it was a terrific time.  Many of the couple’s east coast friends will not be able to attend their California … Continue reading →

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After Sam

Posted on June 28, 2012 by onesanevoice

I got a phone call last night from the married couple who recently bought our family’s business from my brother.  The company they now own was founded by my father in the 1970s and became my brother’s after my dad … Continue reading →

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Little Words Big Dreams

Posted on June 19, 2012 by onesanevoice

A friend emailed me recently asking where all the blog entries have gone.  My response was that I haven’t been feeling publicly clever lately.  Privately I’ve been laughing like hell, but none of the sources of my mirth have quite … Continue reading →

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