Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Driving Down the Shore
I knew I really wasn't supposed to take the car to the beach, but the temptation was too much.
Reconstructing a Tribe
"This is the weirdest, most interesting group of people I've ever encountered," I thought. "I fit right in!"
My First Experience with a Computer was a Disaster
Disaster struck. My thesis had vanished. The computer had eaten it and refused to spit it out.
Lessons from My Father
The lessons from my father were never actually lessons. That is what has stayed with me so strongly over all of these many [...]
26 Miles Across the Sea
Twenty-six miles across the sea Santa Catalina is a-waitin’ for me, Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, [...]
Sold Out!
Sold Out! I love theatre and go pretty regularly, often with my fellow theatre-loving friend Babs. And although we’re both [...]
Untitled
She never said much directly but she exemplified values that I carry with me. She was a single parent in the early [...]
Kitchen Musical Theater
I guess I ended up with the wrong set of genes for my theatrical fantasies, but I’m really enjoying watching my granddaughter [...]
Traveling Light
Traveling Light For years before leaving on a trip I’d make a list of what to pack: 6 prs underwear, 6 prs stockings/sox, [...]
Harvard Interview, My Warring Privileges
In the mid-1960s I went to a tony prep school in greater LA, now known as Harvard-Westlake, then simply Harvard School (no [...]
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