Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Nightmares of P.E. Class
P.E. does not provide the expected relief on the first day of school in a foreign country.
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 [...]
The Thin Green Line
The Thin Green Line Although it can be time-consuming and a hassle, I conscientiously recycle and I try to support [...]
Mah Jongg Blues
Long-time Retrospect readers may recall my story Bridge Over Troubled Waters about how I played bridge for many years, mostly [...]
Bike Trail
Bike Trail The summer we bought our weekend house in a Connecticut community friends invited us to lunch and introduced us to [...]
Everyone’s Gone to the Moon
Sunday, July 20, 1969. “The Eagle has landed.” Hard to believe that it has been fifty years since we heard those [...]
Betting on the end
... numbers corresponding to the days of the year were written on slips of paper and placed in plastic capsules, which were [...]
Pandemic Prison
The closest I can come to feeling imprisoned is how the pandemic impacted my freedom starting in March, 2020.
Aging Ain’t for Sissies
On my 70th birthday my brother welcomed me to my eighth decade! While he was accurate, that declaration gave me pause. The [...]
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