Author Archives: onesanevoice

In Praise of Freaks

Posted on May 9, 2012 by onesanevoice

I recently wrote a paper for a graduate lit class comparing 19th century literary ideals to the 1932 cult classic film Freaks.  If this sounds like a heady topic for a seminar paper, trust me, it beats analyzing the social rhetoric … Continue reading →

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The Opposite of Ransacked

Posted on April 14, 2012 by onesanevoice

I’m going to assume you don’t know me and tell you that among people who do know me I’m considered something of an obsessively neurotic housekeeper.  I concede that things are rarely disheveled in my home, at least the places … Continue reading →

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First Aid on a Winter Night

Posted on March 4, 2012 by onesanevoice

The following is a dialogue I submitted for my graduate Playwriting class.  The script includes stage directions and instructions for the actors such as (BEAT) which means to take a brief pause between lines.  As a note to anyone who … Continue reading →

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The right and wrong of it

Posted on January 28, 2012 by onesanevoice

I took a Celebrity bathrobe from the last cruise we were on.  I could make excuses about it, but I won’t insult you by pretending it was acceptable behavior.  I admit it outright and you may remember I have confessed … Continue reading →

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Get Back on Board

Posted on January 21, 2012 by onesanevoice

Husband and I returned last week from a Celebrity cruise to the Caribbean, and while we were flying home to JFK on JetBlue, Husband glanced over at me with a strange look that wouldn’t be explained until the next day.  … Continue reading →

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Memory Alley

Posted on January 6, 2012 by onesanevoice

My 40th high school reunion is coming up now that it’s 2012, so go on and figure out what year I graduated.  You didn’t know there’d be math involved, did you?  So far I’ve attended every reunion my exalted reunion … Continue reading →

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Santas, Slow-cookers and Sears

Posted on December 18, 2011 by onesanevoice

Cooking and I have never been passionate lovers, so when two friends told me at dinner last week that they love their crock pots, I decided it was time to try and spark a romance.  I went online and compared … Continue reading →

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Ticket to Ride

Posted on October 11, 2011 by onesanevoice

A long time ago, five years today in fact, I sat down to write some thoughts and they turned into a half decade of blogging.  This entry marks the 417th post to appear in this space and a cumulative total … Continue reading →

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Horoscope for Taurus: Potential problems are deflected when you are protected by intelligence

Posted on October 4, 2011 by onesanevoice

FINALLY the astrology lady shows Taurus some love.  For quite some time, it has been the practice at our house for me to read the daily horoscopes to Husband at breakfast and point out how underappreciated our shared birth sign … Continue reading →

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Old news, New news

Posted on September 28, 2011 by onesanevoice

Several stories I followed in the past have come around again for another layer of spectacle, opinion, justice, or resolution regardless of justice.  One is the Amanda Knox case, which I wrote about in An American in Perugia in 2009, two years … Continue reading →

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