Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Learning to Fly
Until December of 1969, I had never been on an airplane. When it became clear to my father that I’d go away to college [...]
Third Grade Move
Third Grade Move We were late. I was horrified. The kind of fist-in-the-stomach tense that had tears trying to find their [...]
Who needs wine in a pandemic?
When I moved to Pennsylvania decades ago my brother-in-law explained the liquor laws. For wine or hard liquor the state [...]
Digital Sea
I am drowning in a digital sea,
I am slipping beneath the sound,
Here my voice goes to ones and zeros.
Everybody Talks
I have certainly done things that would have made for juicy gossip, I just don't know whether they got talked about or not.
Ashes and Stashes
Ashes and Stashes When I retired after my long career as a librarian, I embarked on a new venture – helping people [...]
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