Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Mario!
My extreme introvert's response was to focus on solitary sports like bicycling and track, and on pastimes that none of us [...]
Sending our Children to College
Even including our home of 45 years, our priciest purchase was our children’s educations.
Belonging
The characters I played were the ugly, the sad, the silly, the mad, the funny, the old, and the dead. Any role that was [...]
“Everything I have is yours”
A local jazz singer had called and asked if she might come and sing at Dad's bedside. Would he like that? And would it be [...]
Spice of Life
My father was always a bit of a food adventurist. He liked vinegar on broccoli, Brussels sprouts and spinach, and potato [...]
I Need A Hug!
There was hand sanitizer at every place setting, the centerpiece was a bowl filled with rubber gloves, and for desert we had [...]
From Ducking Under Desks to Active Shooter Drills
As part of the duck and cover generation, I despair that my legacy to today’s school children is a country in which they [...]
Confessions of a Recovering Film Critic
I never asked to be a movie critic. And yet it happened. People don’t believe me when I say this; they assume movie reviewing [...]
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