Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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A Rainy Day Read
Who was the cat? Just a bad book baddie? Or was he something more. Who are these false crusaders who pull the books [...]
Why I Can’t Sleep or Once Upon a Mattress
I have a long history of poor sleep. When I was still working, a colleague and I used to joke that we should have called one [...]
Highway 61 Revisited
Among my 252 previous stories, I have had a few about trips on highways and byways. Here I attempt to revisit some of those trips.
The Oscars and Me — Confessions of a Geek
I was starstruck from a very young age, and I think it was the combination of a) seeing the stars at their most glamorous, [...]
All the Single Ladies: Going Back to Middle School in Your Final Years
In so many ways, the senior living experience was a reincarnation of middle school. Men caused major mean girl issues, even [...]
A Journey to Maine
Maine is hard to get to from just about anywhere. But I'll make that journey every time.
Never Stand on the Edge of a Family Photo …
Taking those grand family photos is not a thing for my children’s generation.
Bronx Girl
Bronx Girl “The Bronx? No thonx!!” wrote the poet Ogden Nash. As a kid growing up in the Bronx I didn’t get it, I didn’t [...]
You Need to Calm Down
At first I couldn’t think of any experience that would rise to the level of road rage. Annoyance with another driver [...]
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