Being a somewhat sickly kid, I had been out with the flu the day my class took the Iowa Achievement Test in 4th grade, so on February 20, 1962, along with all the others from my Detroit elementary school who had missed that test, I sat in the small, upstairs art room all afternoon taking…
Read More
Suprise Me
God Speed, John Glenn
Prompted By Broadcast News
/ Stories
Being a somewhat sickly kid, I had been out with the flu the day my class took the Iowa Achievement Test in 4th grade, so on February 20, 1962, along with all the others from my Detroit elementary school who had missed that test, I sat in the small, upstairs art room all afternoon taking…
Read More
How The Boob Tube Turned Muse
Prompted By TV That Inspired Me
/ Stories
Alright settle down there, Retros. Yes, let us talk about the television, the telly, the boob tube. Now, before you all start clutching your pearls and wailing about the “vast wasteland” that is television, à la Newton Minow, hear me out. Because amongst the endless parade of reality trash and brain-rotting sitcoms, there were…
Read More
DIS Exit
Prompted By Is Where I’m From Who I Am?
/ Stories
New Jersey has a bit of a reputation problem.
Read More
Hitchin’ a Ride
Prompted By Hitchhiking
/ Stories
I established two rules for myself. First, never take a part-way ride that dropped me off at a low traffic turnpike exit and second, never accept the ride if there was a bloody hatchet on the front seat. Otherwise, I was in. After all, I was young and invincible.
Read More
Too Busy to Remember
/ Stories
I’m late, I’m late Retroflash
Prompted By Procrastination
/ Stories
Don't you hate the state of late?
Read More
Alice’s Restaurant
Prompted By Restaurants
/ Stories
In 1971, I was living in Berkeley, California. I attended classes on campus and also worked there as I put myself through school at UC Berkeley. I lived in a house with three roommates, a large tank of tropical fish, my two cats, and an Old English sheepdog. My boyfriend spent his freshman year away,…
Read More
Inequality and Stereotypes
Prompted By Inequality
/ Stories
Inequality and the role of stereotypes
Read More
Untitled
Prompted By S#*t My Family Said
/ Stories
Whatever Happened to “You’re Welcome”?
Prompted By Thank You
/ Stories
Growing up, I was taught that the proper reply to being thanked was, “You’re welcome.”
Read More

