My first job out of graduate school in 1989….

Engaged at 22, my education had not prepared me to “keep house....”

When I was eight, I devoured every adventure book about animals I could find....

I feel a lifelong connection to the United Nations...

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When my mother died several years ago…

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

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

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

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

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

It was my first job interview after college….

This was my favorite photo of my father…

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

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

A push puppet is a simple wooden toy…

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

These are the famous boogie shoes….

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

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