Suprise Me

I really should, at the end of this Retrospect enterprise, tell the story of meeting John and Patti. So much good has come in my life as a direct result of sitting down, in about the fourth pew from the front of the church, about three seats in from the left-hand aisle, next to a… Read More

Retrospect made a journalist realize it's okay to write about his own stories and not just the stories of others. Read More

Chanukah has always been my favorite holiday. Not because of the gifts — my parents actually gave us our gifts on Dec. 25th when the rest of our friends were getting theirs — but because I loved lighting the candles, singing the traditional songs, playing dreidel, and eating Chanukah gelt (chocolate circles wrapped in gold… Read More

Our differences are what we share -- the fact that we are different, all of us from one another, is how we are the same. Read More

Hey, there’s gray poop on everything here! Read More

One of the birthdays I remember best was not one of mine. Read More

Frenched! I was 11 years old the first time I went away to camp.   Until then I’d spent wonderful summers with my family at my grandmother’s small Catskill hotel.  (See My Heart Remembers My Grandmother’s Hotel,  My Game Mother,  The Troubadour, and Playing with Fire) But my grandmother had just sold the hotel,  and in… Read More

I’m not really thirsty til I realize To my surprise and horror That I’ve left the house without My HydroFlask of water Cool clear water (water, water)   I try not to panic but I find it hard to swallow Will tomorrow ever come I mean what I am to do without water Cool clear water… Read More

Problem number one: I had no boyfriend and, although I was 17, I had never been on a date. Read More

Learning to ride a bike can teach you some key lifelong lessons. That's what my red rocket did. Read More