Mickey Pierce Silverstein

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.

Mickey Pierce Silverstein 10/2/20 Mickey Pierce Silverstein 10/2/20

Mickey Pierce Silverstein

We hadn’t met yet, but she was on our swing set…

Susan Stone 9/30/20 Susan Stone 9/30/20

Susan Stone

I gave this music box to my younger sister…

Julia Wendell 9/30/20 Julia Wendell 9/30/20

Julia Wendell

Nestled in my furred purse are a necklace, two rings, a bear's claw…

Robert Wallace 9/27/20 Robert Wallace 9/27/20

Robert Wallace

Up until I was 14, before we moved to Southern California…

Arnie Kanter 9/27/20 Arnie Kanter 9/27/20

Arnie Kanter

At age four, I was a serious Cubs fan.

Robert Weinberg 9/25/20 Robert Weinberg 9/25/20

Robert Weinberg

On occasional Saturdays…

Carol J. Lysne 9/25/20 Carol J. Lysne 9/25/20

Carol J. Lysne

I was three in 1938 and sleeping in a crib…

Bob Kaufman 9/23/20 Bob Kaufman 9/23/20

Bob Kaufman

Back in the day when the Cubs were on Good Ole Channel 9…

Beth Inlander 9/23/20 Beth Inlander 9/23/20

Beth Arvey Inlander

I’m an avid reader…

Betsy Lackey 9/21/20 Betsy Lackey 9/21/20

Betsy Lackey

I remember my grandmother’s backyard.

Carolyn Kenny 9/21/20 Carolyn Kenny 9/21/20

Carolyn Kenny

Pictured is the candy dish of a woman born one-hundred-twenty-years ago…

Larry Gritton 9/18/20 Larry Gritton 9/18/20

Larry Gritton

This story has its genesis in 1986…

Jack Hertz 9/18/20 Jack Hertz 9/18/20

Jack Hertz

I, Jack A. Hertz, aka Abraham Jacob Hertz…

Barbara Wolf Terao 9/17/20 Barbara Wolf Terao 9/17/20

Barbara Terao

Huge swaths of the West coast are on fire.

Michael Swartz 9/16/20 Michael Swartz 9/16/20

Michael Swartz

My father was a victim of the Depression…

Judy Iacuzzi 9/16/20 Judy Iacuzzi 9/16/20

Judy Iacuzzi

During the pandemic birds are abundant…

Adrienne Gallagher 9/14/20 Adrienne Gallagher 9/14/20

Adrienne Gallagher

In 1977, my fiancé and I were in my hometown…

Hilary Ward Schnadt 9/14/20 Hilary Ward Schnadt 9/14/20

Hilary Ward Schnadt

I was recently forced to retire my wine glass…

Sara Marberry 9/11/20 Sara Marberry 9/11/20

Sara Marberry

When I was 10 or 12 years old and my sister a little older…

Jim Rosenau 9/11/20 Jim Rosenau 9/11/20

Jim Rosenau

My elk antler pipe, dating to when I was 15…