Suprise Me

Never intended to address this prompt. Until today, Saturday September 11, 2021. Read More

  File under: ‘It could be worse.’ On a warm January day in 1919, a disaster struck Boston’s North End. A giant tank of molasses burst open, releasing a wave of sticky syrup that swept through the streets, crushing buildings and killing 21 people. The Great Molasses Flood, as it became known, was a bizarre and… Read More

Where to begin? MyRetrospect.com has been a huge part of my life since the autumn of 2015. Patti and John Zussman, dear friends since high school, began discussing their idea with me for a baby-boomer community of writers who would share their memories and thoughts  by writing stories to prompts provided by the Zussmans. They… Read More

Spring break on Aruba? Oh yeah! There was only one problem. Read More

My sister and I might not have a relationship you can write a great story about, but I bet we'd both read that book! Read More

In July of 2018, Arthur Andrew Gelien died. I knew him as Tab Hunter and had his picture pasted in a scrapbook devoted to my celebrity crushes. I was my granddaughter’s age when I swooned to his song Young Love and watched him in the movie Damn Yankees. He was cute and, like several of… Read More

Something pretty funny did happen IN that car, though Read More

I had hair; my grandfather didn't. So it was only fair to let him wear the mortarboard. Read More

(Please note: I am actually reading, and wish to comment upon, other Retrospect writer’s stories. But for some reason, since early August I am unable to reply to anyone’s stories but my own, no matter where I log in from. I also can’t even reply to other writer’s comments. All I get is a 503… Read More

In 1961, Elvis sang "Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done." But I was always trying to do what my big sisters did. Read More