Suprise Me

Faith, for me, is a complicated topic. As I said in an earlier Retrospect story, I mostly don’t believe in God. But for some reason I’m not quite ready to rule out the possibility entirely. For instance, all through my years in school, when I was nervous about an exam, I would talk to God, saying “if… Read More

As I often do when I am writing a Retrospect story, I started out by googling “songs about [name of prompt].” For Ageism, I could find almost nothing; apparently it isn’t a topic that songwriters are inspired by. But I did find a reference to “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena” as being the first… Read More

And Things That Go Bump in the Night It’s been one week since we started our unplanned Covid 19 quarantine/staycation and I’m still reeling with the disbelief and the worry.  And each day brings news of people we know or of well-known personalities who’ve been affected. Yesterday we learned of the coronavirus-related death at 81… Read More

Possibly a loner by nature, I never mixed with the neighbors much, just a cool wave and a smile if I spotted one as I backed out the driveway, a word or two when we’d pass while walking our dogs. I’m not the kind to borrow a cup of sugar.   Since we began sheltering in… Read More

I loved reading about the very friendly skies while the little kids were asleep. Read More

I realized there is nothing very hard about cooking as long as you follow the recipe (and don't pick a recipe with too many steps). Read More

As a city kid in Philadelphia there was nothing like going "down the shore." Read More

The princess lost her startled expression, nodded, and looked deeper. I could see her think, Is this guy for real? How does he know about German expressionism? He’s a musician, for chrissake! Read More

Haters gonna hate, but I gotta tell you, it is fun to root for a winning team. Over the last couple of years, I have become quite the Patriots fan, political bedfellows aside. I grew up in a household with a father who watched football, baseball and golf constantly, then I married a huge sports… Read More

A fictionalized look at what may have happened in the life of a boy who loved basketball and loved music just as much. Read More