Storied Stuff’s second annual writing contest is on! Info is under “How to Submit.” You can now order STORIED STUFF, the first paperback collection of Storied Stuff essays and pix. All proceeds go to assist not for profits. Our reading to a packed house at the Glencoe Library on July 9 was a big success. You can view the video—easy to dip in and out of—here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx3tTqsJ_EI

Mike Conklin Mike Conklin

Mike Conklin

As a feature writer and columnist for the Chicago Tribune 30-plus years…

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Lisa Miller Sablosky Lisa Miller Sablosky

Lisa Miller Sablosky

During a recent attic storage reorganization, I came across this diploma…

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Bob Swan Bob Swan

Bob Swan

Hank left his small desk in the back of his hardware store and…

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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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