Suprise Me

The station had a resident mechanic, who proceeded to put the station wagon we were in on a lift. In time the problem was diagnosed. The necessary part(s) had to be delivered from another location and then installed. Sooner or later. Turned out to be later Read More

A five-year-old does not think about choices and, of course, she hasn’t any. Read More

The first time this prompt, “What We Watched,” appeared, I wrote a story about the television shows I loved growing up, TV shows of my youth. That was the very first story I posted on Retrospect, and it started me on a wonderful adventure which has continued through 60 stories so far, with many more yet to… Read More

Okay, I admit it. I’ve always been a lousy speller. Though one might not expect this from a straight A student, it is true. I can’t account for it. Perhaps it has to do with lack of ability to visualize abstractions in my head. I don’t know; it just is true. In fifth grade  (the… Read More

Susan B Coombs Jr. High School. Seventh Grade. Miss Davies. Homeroom. We were given a woodcut/Rorschach image to view, then write a poem. I don’t remember the poem. But Miss Davies told the class that we had a fine writer and poet in our class, then read my poem. My ears blazed. I felt like… Read More

“Where’s the bowl, Daddy?” “You don’t need a bowl. Watch this.” Read More

… I really liked watching   No one asked me but I liked I like Raymond Burr in Perry Mason so much and later Rock Hudson in McMillan & Wife that I just accepted their chosen lifestyles with no judgements whatsoever. Read More

Do You Believe ? Read More

Wisdom in the Weeds When I retired friends asked me what I would do with all my free time. ”Oh,  I don’t know,”  I told them,  “probably just more of the same things I enjoy – theater,  travel, tennis.” ”Why don’t you try something new,  try gardening,” one friend suggested,  “it’s great physical exercise and surprisingly… Read More

At some point, almost everyone experiences leaving home. Read More