Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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The Purloined Passport
The Purloined Passport I pride myself on being organized, in fact organizing became my second career! (See Second Career) [...]
The Alphabet Wall
The Alphabet Wall When our son Noah was in kindergarten I bought a sheet of colorful, stick-on alphabet letters in both lower [...]
My Favorite Uncle
“I’m fine. Don’t tell your mother; she worries too much. That’s why, you know.” And I didn’t tell. What ten-year-old would [...]
Laura’s Garden
on July 8th (an event that occurs every year)
99% of the world’s population (8 billion people)
will see the sun’s light at [...]
Talkin’ ‘Bout Whose Generation?
That was my first encounter with Hadley. I held her on my lap the entire time. Having this sunny, beautiful four-month-old [...]
Inaugural Poets
Inaugural Poets “Tyrants fear the poet.” Amanda Gorman JOHN KENNEDY and ROBERT FROST Inauguration Day 1961, the handsome [...]
(A)Social Media?
As a recidivist perpetrator of attempted humor, I know full well that “LOL”* is no substitute for a belly laugh.
Parking Rage and Road Kindness
My nephew, a New York actor who is currently appearing in Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, recently posted this story on his [...]
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