Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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First Boss Very Good, and years later came the Really Bad Boss
The summer between high school and college (1975), I worked for a bank on the teller line. My first boss was decent, [...]
Stopping by the Diner on a Snowy Evening
And then back home, me and Dad, under spooky tracks and past dangerous dogs, to warmth, maybe a snack, and my friends Dick [...]
Libraries and Me: A Lifetime Love Affair
My relationship with libraries is deep and affectionate, and I feel a strong sense of offended justice when I see library [...]
Oh, How I Miss Manners
The full description of the CWP program included an interesting reference to one of the takeaways from the course, something [...]
Dangerous!
Dangerous! I read banned books – to protest their banning of course, but also because they’re invariably such good [...]
Sputnik
We lived at the edge of a forest in Massachusetts. The hay field across the road served as a planetarium surrounded by stone [...]
Play List for Life
My mother only allowed me to listen to classical music for a long time. I was a serious singer, took voice lessons, attended [...]
My Favorite Beatle
My Favorite Beatle Like every girl of my generation, I had a favorite Beatle and about a year ago we actually met! My husband [...]
Our Philip Pearlstein Nude
Nude on Blue Rug 1970 Our Pearlstein Nude One weekend many years ago Danny and I visited friends in Pittsburgh and they took [...]
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