Category Archives: Random Thoughts and Adventures

Wordship

Posted on May 28, 2008 by onesanevoice

My respect for language began as a child when my father would sit at the edge of my bed and read from an anthology of famous poets.  If I closed my eyes, I could see the charge of the light … Continue reading →

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And Counting

Posted on April 30, 2008 by onesanevoice

I haven’t taken a formal leave of absence from school but I can only attend the one class that doesn’t require me to use my broken arm.  Hand.  Wrist.  Whatever, I’m sick of it.  My cast, artistically decorated at Passover by the … Continue reading →

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Born to be Mild

Posted on April 18, 2008 by onesanevoice

One of Daughter’s close friends has a mom who is embarking on the new adventure of reinventing herself after ending a twenty-year career and moving to another state.  I met her back at the beginning of that career when I worked … Continue reading →

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Take time to stop and smell the carrots

Posted on March 21, 2008 by onesanevoice

One of my teachers is Nature Woman and she brings these cut up raw vegetables in little baggies every day and spends our break popping them in her mouth while the rest of the class eats frosted mini wheats and … Continue reading →

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Beware the Rides of March

Posted on February 26, 2008 by onesanevoice

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been told about all kinds of accidents.  At a meeting with my lawyer, he warned me to be careful leaving his parking lot since a driver recently swerved to avoid an accident and … Continue reading →

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Of Books and Faces

Posted on December 18, 2007 by onesanevoice

On Friday I traveled to Manhattan’s east side where Daughter teaches early childhood special education.  My assignment was to pick a book to read to the students ranging in age from six to eight with varied attention spans and limitations.  … Continue reading →

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Barking in the Dark

Posted on November 16, 2007 by onesanevoice

I see lately that readers are opening the entry Who Let The Dog Out? possibly expecting it to be about the latest woes of bounty hunter Duane Chapman in a politically correct America.  But it happens that the entry in question was … Continue reading →

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Oceans of Knowledge

Posted on November 4, 2007 by onesanevoice

Today I read Dear Abby in the newspaper and one of the questions was from a 13-year-old who had experienced a traumatic incident in the life of an early adolescent.  She had been cleaning out her fish tank in the … Continue reading →

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Wild Grannies Can’t Be Broken

Posted on October 23, 2007 by onesanevoice

Over the weekend we went to our friends’ wedding and on the way a fellow guest we gave a ride to told some memorable stories about her Irish grandmother.  Husband and I shared reminiscences about our equally colorful Jewish grandmothers … Continue reading →

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The Fine Print

Posted on August 31, 2007 by onesanevoice

A few months after I started writing this blog, Daughter treated me to some personal advertising.  She presented me with blog address cards specially ordered from overseas that arrived in a cool plastic case covered with sharp graphics.  When I … Continue reading →

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