Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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How soccer saved me from the draft
I was too short to play basketball. I wasn’t that great at baseball, although I love the game. Our little high school [...]
Across the Years and Channels
In no particular order: Schitt’s Creek (laugh riot) Sanditon (disappointing) The Life Ahead Defending Jacob (shot [...]
Computer Age
To help us become proficient in using a mouse, Solitaire was installed on all our computers.
Kennedy Inauguration Plagiarism?
I’ve enjoyed all of your stories about inaugurations, especially those about JFK’s in 1961. But do you know [...]
Just Getting Started
I rarely watch a movie more than once. There are just too many great ones out there I haven’t seen yet. My former [...]
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 [...]
A Eulogy for P-22, a Directionally Challenged Puma
As with most mountain lions in our region, P-22 was born in the Santa Monica mountains, probably in 2010. As of 2016, the [...]
You Light Up My Life
When we first think of hair, we assume the reference is to that which is on our head but in reality that’s not always [...]
What we wore in Oakland
Back in elementary school in Oakland CA, girls were not allowed to wear pants to school. We treasured the days when a field [...]
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