As an officer of our temple, Dad set my wedding day as June 16, 1974. “Really?” I queried, ” That will be your 28th anniversary. Do you want to share yours with me?” He responded affirmatively and the date was set. My parents were a post-war couple. They barely knew one another and married in…
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Suprise Me
Wedding Memories
Prompted By Anniversaries
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As an officer of our temple, Dad set my wedding day as June 16, 1974. “Really?” I queried, ” That will be your 28th anniversary. Do you want to share yours with me?” He responded affirmatively and the date was set. My parents were a post-war couple. They barely knew one another and married in…
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Dorm Rules
Prompted By First Day of School
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No drugs. No alcohol, even if we were over 21. (We weren't.) No female visitors after 11 on weekdays or midnight on weekends.
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Memories of the Blizzard
Prompted By Snowy Days
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We looked at each other with relief and amazement.
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Oh!
Prompted By First Day of School
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Green Onions
Prompted By Recipes
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Of course I loved this Little Golden Book, whose main character had my name, the way I spelled it at the time.
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New Beginnings Over a Lifetime
Prompted By New Beginnings
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I started writing for MyRetrospect in July of 2018, so I’m a relative newbie. John Zussman found a post I had written on another site and asked if he could use it. Then he asked if I wanted to write for Retrospect. I loved the format and, as a woman looking at her 70th birthday…
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Cooking with Gas
Prompted By Floods
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Cooking with Gas “Now you’re cooking with gas.”, my grandmother used to say. I thought of her after Hurricane Sandy hit New York on October 29, 2012. Although we live uptown, our proximity to the East River puts our apartment building in the city’s infamous flood zone A. When Sandy made landfall that day,…
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Family Stories
Prompted By Refugees
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While family stories often contain a grain of truth, they are rarely entirely accurate.
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It’s About Time
Prompted By Yard Sales
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Ric was a seasoned picker. He taught me to keep an eye out for those special items that spoke to me.
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Comfort Food for Renee
Prompted By Comfort Food
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Comfort Food for Renee I met Renee about 25 years ago when we were both working as librarians in the Bronx – she at New York Public Library, and I at Jane Addams High School. Renee had been trained as a book discussion leader, and as part of NYPL’s outreach to schools program she came…
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