I had met someone who seemed like the love of my life a couple of years earlier, and it hadn’t worked out (although it would when the time was right). On the rebound from him, I started dating the handsomest guy in the entire Attorney General’s Office, who had already slept with every other attractive single woman…
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Suprise Me
So Much in Common
Prompted By How We Met
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I had met someone who seemed like the love of my life a couple of years earlier, and it hadn’t worked out (although it would when the time was right). On the rebound from him, I started dating the handsomest guy in the entire Attorney General’s Office, who had already slept with every other attractive single woman…
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Moon Reflections
Prompted By Moon Landing
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The moon has a spell-binding hold on our collective imagination and never more-so than the summer of 1969. That summer was my sixth and last summer as a camper at the National Music Camp (now Interlochen Arts Camp) in Interlochen, MI, the granddaddy of fine arts camps, set in a pine forest between two lakes…
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Retirement Travel
Prompted By Retirement
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...when we planned a trip to Southeast Asia after our double retirement from teaching, I took along “The Lonely Planet”, a guidebook for budget travelers and backpackers....wanting to relive our youthful adventures
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If they asked me, I could write a book
Prompted By Why We Write
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If not for Retrospect, I would probably not be writing at all.
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White Gloves
Prompted By Manners
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My mother and her two sisters had excellent manners. They always knew what to wear for any occasion, how to behave, how to write a lovely thank you note. Very proper women. And these they taught to their children as well. I used to call them the “white glove ladies”, as you can see from…
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The Culotte Rebellion
Prompted By What We Wore
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What happened when a new principal tried to impose a dress code in a high school where the students wouldn't follow anyone else's rules.
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Bike Race Coverage – the Dark Ages
Prompted By That Was Then, This Is Now
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Back in my day, bicycles had two wheels, no chain, no pedals, no brakes and, dammit, I was happy to have one…. Oh wait, that’s not true … But media coverage of pro cycling was just as primitive as that first push-bicycle, known as a “dandy horse,” back in the 19th century. Back before the…
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Hula Ow!
Prompted By Fads and Trends
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Back Stabbers
Prompted By Betrayal
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They smilin’ in your face All the time they want to take your place The back stabbers. . . . What follows is not the only story of betrayal that has occurred in my life, but let’s just say that it’s the only one that I’m willing to make public. Putting out on the internet…
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