Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive
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We Could Use Some Middle Children These Days
As we mark Middle Child Day, I think we are missing folks who embody the stereotypical qualities of middle children.
PE for Girls Over Three Generations
I wish my PE perils had been more pleasurable and that I had learned activities I could have done all of my life.
Ain’t Gonna Lie
Honestly, if I didn’t skirt around the truth when I was a teenager I never would’ve had any fun. Was I dishonest? [...]
Op Tails
I went to work for Management Decision Systems in May of 1981. It was a young, vibrant company founded by John D. C. Little [...]
Once Upon A Time (Revisited)
Call me ungrateful, but I lacked a plan for the balance of the dawn, or for the rest of my life which stretched before me [...]
Fire Engine Red
A 1971 Chevy Belair. Fire Engine Red. That was my first car. My wife and I married at the end of junior year in [...]
My Snowy Year in Buffalo
My Snowy Year in Buffalo In the mid-60s I was newly married and heading up to Buffalo, NY for a year while my husband [...]
Adon Olam
My beloved Rabbi Al Axelrad, who was the chaplain at Brandeis when I was an undergrad, retired many years later, but [...]
The Artist, Age Three
As I returned home, all I could think was that I had just met a real artist, age three or perhaps four, but a real artist [...]
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