Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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The ER: The Worst Waiting Room Ever
There has to be a better way to deliver medical care. ER waiting rooms are just another broken part of our system.
It All Came Together
There is a certain time in one’s life when she knows she is ready; she is in her prime. That happened for me the summer [...]
Count Basie and Joe Williams at Birdland, 1956
He [Wiilliams] was a tall, striking man, and he had a distinctive trait when he sang: he didn't make gestures of any kind. [...]
A Mixed Bag of Tech Then and Now
Our phone number was CE9-2609. CE stood for the Center exchange. No area code.
We Dance
We Dance Shintoism has more followers in Japan than any other religion including Buddhism. A polytheistic and animistic [...]
Georgia On My Mind
Getting into good trouble can be risky. I wasn't sure which to be more afraid of, Covid-19 or Republican voter intimidation [...]
The Hope Sisters
The more I got to know my aunts the more I appreciated the ways they’d survived a childhood that, for all its adventure and [...]
Days at the MFA
Before David had to devote his Tuesday and Thursday afternoons to Hebrew School, the Boston MFA offered a free art program [...]
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