Suprise Me

I like male writers, too. Dostoyevsky’s 'Crime and Punishment' and Melville’s 'Moby-Dick' are huge favorites, and John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' is a thing of remarkable beauty. But overall, it’s the psychological depth of women authors -- their fascination with our inner lives -- that I find illuminating and essential. Read More

I have no control over the holidaze. The only thing I can control is how I respond to it. Read More

I remember feeling passive and helpless when it came to dating. Read More

When she started to see gray hairs appear as she sat at stoplights and looked in the rear view mirror, she saw the future and started pulling the stray grays out. Read More

How can I convey the childish joy of wading around the tubs as the grapes squished and squirted between our toes? Read More

Hi, fellow ‘spectors, I’m working my way through the backlog after a 4-5 week down time (long story…and I am not sure what it was about). The only thing I have apropos to this prompt is: https://www.myretrospect.com/stories/veni-vidi-ego-erravi-male/ Read More

exploring chauvinism felt like tumbling through surf Read More

I’m sure we thought we were terribly grown up, going on a date and all. Did my mother make me wear gloves? She may have. Read More

A beautiful green-headed hummingbird has landed on a branch beside one of your bones. Read More

"She called my cell phone and thought I'd gone to Canada and ended up in jail." Read More