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Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive

The neighborhoods are beginning to welcome Paayme Paxaayt back into their lives.

My Snowy Year in Buffalo In the mid-60s I was newly married and heading up to Buffalo, NY for a year while my husband [...]

by Laurie Levy

I have learned over all these years and in every election, voting is a sacred honor and every vote matters. The whole world [...]

by Laurie Levy

As I grew older, I learned to embrace the Sarah Bernhardt in me. I came to see it as having the courage of my convictions and [...]

Sometimes, as in the case of my high school math class, time stopped.

Never intended to address this prompt. Until today, Saturday September 11, 2021.

by Patricia

“If you believe in eternity, then life is irrelevant.” Gregory House

I don’t know if I’ve cheated at cards. I never progressed much beyond ‘go fish’ and blackjack with the deck of fifty-two. I [...]

by Laurie Levy

Can you forgive a friend? My answer is a resounding “yes.” In fact, it goes beyond something you can do to something you must do.

by Betsy Pfau

We are lucky to spend our summers in the historic town of Edgartown on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, seven miles off [...]