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. Our thanks to the Skokie and Glencoe libraries for hosting packed readings in November. You can now view the video of GLENCOE.

Mary Campbell

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Mary Campbell

Stuff. I don’t hang on to it.

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Sara Marberry

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Sara Marberry

TRICK: I can’t remember why I bought this rubber piggy mask…

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Celia M. Ruiz

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Celia M. Ruiz

TREAT: There’s nothing sweeter than chocolate chip cookies and milk.

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Karen Newman Midgarden

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Karen Newman Midgarden

These four merry Halloween faces…

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Thomas G. Fiffer

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Thomas G. Fiffer

My mother was both extravagant and frugal.

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Patricia Adelstein

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Patricia Adelstein

When I was 8…

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Maureen McNair

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Maureen McNair

I have a tiny Swarovski crystal miniature piano…

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Keir Graff

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Keir Graff

When I was probably seven years old…

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Keith Kretchmer

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Keith Kretchmer

Every kid accumulates special treasures.

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Brynn Ovitz

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Brynn Ovitz

A little girl walked up to me with her arm extended…

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Jim Dodds

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Jim Dodds

“Awww, look. The lake’s full of water again.”

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J.D. Burton

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J.D. Burton

More than once I had been told…

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Valerie Kretchmer

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Valerie Kretchmer

My father was an exporter who travelled internationally…

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Michael Pickard

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Michael Pickard

Why would I slave over a pile of cardboard…

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Thomas G. Fiffer

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Thomas G. Fiffer

I grew up on the North Shore of Chicago…

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Nell Minow

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Nell Minow

This calendar and pen set belonged to my grandfather.

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Joni Blecher

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Joni Blecher

A pad is a strange thing to hold onto from childhood…

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Frederick J. Nachman

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Frederick J. Nachman

The Point Ration Book & Token Pocket belonging to my grandparents…

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Frederick J. Nachman

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Frederick J. Nachman

My father kept very orderly records.

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Laurie Levy

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Laurie Levy

Now that I’m old (88) and wise…

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