Stories from the Retrospect Archive
Show me another set Show today’s selected stories
The ceremony that wasn’t
I was about to be honored at an awards ceremony, but a tornado had other ideas.
In The Summertime
Summer camp was a major part of my childhood experience. Not only the eight weeks I spent there each summer, but the letters [...]
Morning Glory Farm
Off of West Tisbury Road, in Katama, the beachy section of Edgartown, just a few minutes away from my home on Martha’s [...]
The American Child Care Dilemma
Parents check references and hope the person they hire is caring and competent. If they find Mary Poppins, they have to pray [...]
Yellow Gingham
This prompt brought back powerful memories of a yellow gingham skirt my mother made in the 70s. She and my father took [...]
Joe Himelhoch
I always burst into tears when we turned the corner and I could see the big Tudor house in a nice section of Detroit where [...]
The Kvetching Diseases
Any woman reading this will identify the "yeah, sure lady" response to our describing a problem with our cars. The same can [...]
Crossing the Picket Line
I was raised in Michigan during the era when Walter Reuther advocated for workers’ rights, universal health care, public [...]
shopping
(everything you buy in your session supports Retrospect)