Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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On the Edge
“When someone says he’s God and tells you to kill somebody,” my brother counsels me, “don’t listen to him.”
Retiring Expectations
I’m a planner. Like to have all Potentialities acknowledged, Surveyed, and appropriate Responses in hand and heart. [...]
You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun
I have never held, or even touched, a gun of any kind except for toy guns and water pistols.
The Perfect Brass Lamp!
The Perfect Brass Lamp It often takes so little to make this wannabe interior decorator happy! I’m always on the lookout for [...]
Avoiding the Boot
The traffic going into London for the morning commute is insane. The roads in London are impossible (and no GPS then). [...]
Not a Critic, but I Live with One in my Head
I’m not a second guesser. Once I decide to buy or do something, I don’t perseverate about my decision.
A Sad Farewell
I’ll never forget that look in her eyes as she lay on the vet’s cold metal examining table. It was hard to look [...]
I Learned to Drive a Tractor First
I had to pass the test, because I had a date that night with my girlfriend and needed to drive!
The Cacophony for the Carceral State
Overture. The Middletown Ct. Police Station—Bartok’s Sonata for two pianos and percussion. Before beginning my job as a [...]
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