Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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Cheap Thrills
“What’s this?” asked Wendy. “Chocolate cream pie,” I answered helpfully. “It’s like soup,” said Jean.
The Hair of the Prophet
The Muslim staff that worked in our house protected the gardener and his Hindu family, temporary refugees in their own land.
Moon River
Moon River was almost cut from Breakfast at Tiffany's; fortunately they kept it in and it won the Oscar for best original song.
The Amazing Crystal Radio
I was thrilled when some relative gave me a crystal radio for my birthday.
The Day We Start To Die
Each day I go to the convalescent home and walk in and see him sitting there and I am the ONLY person there that knows he was [...]
Birmingham
Birmingham On the evening of April 4, l968 my boyfriend called to tell me he had just heard on the news that Martin Luther [...]
It’s A Family Affair
There were five of us girl cousins who grew up together, my mother’s three daughters, and her sister Daisy’s two. [...]
A Numbers Game
I think we both kept Starbucks in business by having our first "meet for coffee" dates there.
Starting a Marriage in a Garden Apartment
My first real apartment, not counting the college one with mean notes posted on the refrigerator to clean the bathroom and [...]
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