We are excited to announce that you can now order STORIED STUFF VOLUME 2 the second paperback collection of Storied Stuff essays and pix. All proceeds go to assist not for profits—to date we have contributed $1250 to Humble Design Chicago, First Book, and Project Ropa. Join us for readings at the Skokie Public Library on Nov. 6 and the Glencoe Library on November 11. Registration is free, but required.

Bill Roberts Bill Roberts

Bill Roberts

This is my oldest continuously-in-possession artifact.

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Marylou DiPietro Marylou DiPietro

Marylou DiPietro

When I was five my parents took us on a trip to the White Mountains.

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Jim Reardon Jim Reardon

Jim Reardon

Christmas sixty years ago, was going to be my best ever.

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Nell Minow Nell Minow

Nell Minow

My mother, Josephine Baskin Minow, collected antiques…

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Mark Smith Mark Smith

Mark Smith

My grandfather was a tailor who emigrated from Germany…

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Bobbie Calhoun Bobbie Calhoun

Bobbie Calhoun

Whenever my mother, an irascible Brooklynite, would get a hankering…

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Liza Blue Liza Blue

Liza Blue

One of the unexpected privileges of this pandemic…

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Holly Sider Smith Holly Sider Smith

Holly Sider Smith

In 1959 I was in the first grade at College Hill Elementary School…

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Susan MacNeil Susan MacNeil

Susan MacNeil

Royal Children of English History was published in 1896….

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