Results of the Summer Writing Contest will be announced September 9, as will news of an October 25 reading in Evanston to benefit Humble Design Chicago.
My mother was both extravagant and frugal.
I have a tiny Swarovski crystal miniature piano…
My father was an exporter who travelled internationally…
Why would I slave over a pile of cardboard…
I grew up on the North Shore of Chicago…
A pad is a strange thing to hold onto from childhood…
The Point Ration Book & Token Pocket belonging to my grandparents…
My father kept very orderly records.
I remember when I could fit through the gate at my grandmother’s townhouse…