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Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive

by Marci

This is a bit long, but the prompt made me get this out. Now, 37 years later, it seems rather dramatic, but this was really [...]

by Marian

Here are some of the pets in my life, my own and other people's, that deserve recognition for their names or other notable [...]

RURAL MASSACHUSETTS, 1960ish — Over the past year, the girls had shot up… and out. They stuck pink plastic combs into [...]

Sometimes you have to work with them. Then, separation is impossible.

by pattyv

When I see photographs of you, my breath catches in my throat, my eyes sting with the salt of tears. I touch [...]

by Khati Hendry

Meals were a challenge when I was a resident on hospital rotations. There were no official breaks, no lunch, dinner, or [...]

by dj discoworm

Yep I finally reached the 74 water mark. Looking Young for my age, I m in relatively Good Heath. Now suffering from Diabetes [...]

by Laurie Levy

The first poem I remember from my childhood is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. I memorized it [...]

Obit I was at work when my mother called to tell me Ruth M had died. My mom was at the age when she read the obituaries [...]

by Marian

Once I got home and opened the box, I realized the fan was in several pieces ... my heart sank ...