Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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A picnic with Velma
She didn’t seem thrown off by how forward I was, or by the fact that I had not bothered to give her any advance notice I was [...]
The Computer Date Dance
Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a high school far, far away, there was a computer date dance.
New Leaf
New Leaf Over the years we’ve thrown some big milestone parties – for my husband Danny’s 30th birthday, our 25th [...]
Why I Love/Hate Facebook
I get why Facebook can be a good thing. Like my mother, I love seeing photos of folks I know (although not so much their [...]
Where Have All the Bookstores Gone?
Bring your children to experience wandering among shelves of actual books before it is too late. And don’t forget to visit [...]
Good Night and Good Luck Retroflash
I didn’t learn who McCarthy was until much later. And I know now why news is so important.
Twice-(Thrice-?Umpteenth-?)Told Tales of the Great White North
Let me pose a question: for a movie to qualify as “re”watchable does it first have to be watchable? What about Stupid [...]
Stay-at-Home Mom
Stay-at-Home Mom I was a young stay-at-home mom when we moved to Manhattan with our 9-month-old baby boy – a perfect [...]
Sanity Clause
... so I picked up a tape of Night at the Opera and a large block of dark chocolate, and we all had a fun time that New Year's Eve.
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