Sandra Morris

Our benefit reading for Humble Design Chicago was a great success. Our thanks to SPACE and readers Marney, Trisha (pictured), Jim, Allen, Keiler, Kendra, Marc, Judy, and Candi.

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Sandra Morris

I was in high school the day I packed three dollars into an envelope…

Susan Phillips 7/22/20 Susan Phillips 7/22/20

Susan Phillips

This is a story not of a picture of an object…

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Mary Loretta Kelly

One of my favorite places in Los Angeles to visit is the private Getty Museum.

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Ina Chadwick

Once upon a time, my sister and I sat for a portrait.

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Loree Sandler

When I was very young, a cousin invited me to pick a stuffed animal…

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Phil Kirschbaum

It was my first job interview after college….

Rachel Seidman 7/15/20 Rachel Seidman 7/15/20

Rachel Seidman

This was my favorite photo of my father…

Sarah Mirkin 7/15/20 Sarah Mirkin 7/15/20

Sarah Mirkin

In 2007 my husband Bernard and I travelled to Burma (Myanmar)…

William Anthony 7/13/20 William Anthony 7/13/20

William Anthony

Years ago, I sketched a goldfish I’d bought for our daughters…

Jenny Klein 7/13/20 Jenny Klein 7/13/20

Jenny Klein

A push puppet is a simple wooden toy…

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David Rich

My grandmother, Nani we called her, told me these were really my shoes…

Ellen O'Keefe 7/10/20 Ellen O'Keefe 7/10/20

Ellen O'Keefe

These are the famous boogie shoes….

Phyllis Nutkis 7/8/20 Phyllis Nutkis 7/8/20

Phyllis Nutkis

Occasionally, when I was a kid, my mother would mention a favorite toy she’d had…

Candi Glicken 7/8/20 Candi Glicken 7/8/20

Candi Glicken

When Mom inherited her grandmother's special set of china…

Jenny Grosvenor 7/6/20 Jenny Grosvenor 7/6/20

Jenny Grosvenor

“I need to leave so you know you can survive on your own,” my dad used to say….

Thylias Moss 7/6/20 Thylias Moss 7/6/20

Thylias Moss

The owner of the first house I lived in was a Jewish man named Mr. Arnstein….

David Inlander 7/3/20 David Inlander 7/3/20

David Inlander

When I was nine, I suffered from extreme shyness…

Margaret Lough 7/3/20 Margaret Lough 7/3/20

Margaret Lough

There was a carved feather in the knight’s helm, once…

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Phares O’Daffer

Sometimes when something special is lost for a while…

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Esther Yin-ling Spodek

This is a candelabra that my parents purchased in Cuernavaca…