You can still order STORIED STUFF, the first paperback collection of Storied Stuff essays and pix. All proceeds go to assist not for profits. Volume 2 is scheduled for October publication. Stay tuned. Congrats to the winners of our Second Annual Writing Contest. First place: Gabi Coatsworth. Runners-up: Judy Iacuzzi, Lisa D’Angelo, and Gabrielle Gresge.

Trisha Ricketts

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Trisha Ricketts

My dad’s golf hat…

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Richard Rotman

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Richard Rotman

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

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Margaret Swanson

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Margaret Swanson

My favorite picture of my grandfather…

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Frederick J. Nachman

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Frederick J. Nachman

My mother said his face turned ashen…

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Marcia J. Pradzinski

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Marcia J. Pradzinski

I don’t know when I found the cup…

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Jay Walley

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Jay Walley

Growing up, my family was always into games…

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Rob Weinstein

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Rob Weinstein

I remember vividly at the tender young age of 10…

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Fred Karger

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Fred Karger

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

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Bev Rossman

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Bev Rossman

In 1973 my husband’s grandmother, Nana Sarah…

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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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