A few months after my grandmother died…

Last November, my husband and I were awakened by an explosion.

This is my coat from when I was really small.

I always thought Scooter was a great name for a dog.

My mother used to tell me…

It has often been said…

Like most people of taste, I love…

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…