Barbara Wolf Terao

Our benefit reading for Humble Design Chicago was a great success. Our thanks to SPACE and readers Marney, Trisha (pictured), Jim, Allen, Keiler, Kendra, Marc, Judy, and Candi.

Barbara Wolf Terao 10/29/23 Barbara Wolf Terao 10/29/23

Barbara Wolf Terao

Have you ever been transformed by…

Joseph M. Madda 10/25/23 Joseph M. Madda 10/25/23

Joseph M. Madda

In the 1950s little American boys…

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Allen Saxon

Nostalgia doesn’t just live in the past.

Sue Thornquist 10/18/23 Sue Thornquist 10/18/23

Sue Thornquist

My family was mad for “Peanuts” cartoons.

Francie Arenson Dickman 10/18/23 Francie Arenson Dickman 10/18/23

Francie Arenson Dickman

I loved, and will always love, Snoopy.

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Kathleen Shimeta

To have in my possession…

Suzanne Guess 10/11/23 Suzanne Guess 10/11/23

Suzanne Guess

In fourth grade, my music teacher recommended…

Judi Geake 10/4/23 Judi Geake 10/4/23

Judi Geake

For almost twenty years…

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Larry Gritton

When I was growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s, my family went to my grandparents’ summer place…

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Burt Saxon

My favorite White Sox lefty…

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Phares O’Daffer

Bill Roberts 9/27/23 Bill Roberts 9/27/23

Bill Roberts

I have no memories of my Grandpa Roberts…

Jim Hutchins 9/27/23 Jim Hutchins 9/27/23

Jim Hutchins

I wind and set the brass ship’s clock.

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Jim Tauber

When I was 6 years old in 1956…

Fred Karger 9/20/23 Fred Karger 9/20/23

Fred Karger

When I was growing up in Glencoe, a bedroom suburb north of Chicago, I didn’t quite fit in….

Marney Solomon 9/13/23 Marney Solomon 9/13/23

Marney Solomon

I’ve been vindicated by a movie!

Wendy McPhee 9/13/23 Wendy McPhee 9/13/23

Wendy McPhee

When I was 10 in 1956…

Abby Brooks 9/6/23 Abby Brooks 9/6/23

Abby Brooks

I’d given her my solemn word.

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Brynn Ovitz

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

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Barbara Huffman

My mother had three mink coats…