My dad’s golf hat…

Curiously, Glencoe, Illinois, population about 10,000, possessed three golf courses…

My favorite picture of my grandfather…

My mother said his face turned ashen…

I don’t know when I found the cup…

Growing up, my family was always into games…

I remember vividly at the tender young age of 10…

In 2010, after a quarter century as a political consultant…

In 1973 my husband’s grandmother, Nana Sarah…

Stuff. I don’t hang on to it.

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

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

These four merry Halloween faces…

My mother was both extravagant and frugal.

When I was 8…

I have a tiny Swarovski crystal miniature piano…

When I was probably seven years old…

Every kid accumulates special treasures.

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

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