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Loree Sandler 9/18/24 Loree Sandler 9/18/24

Loree Sandler

Contest Runner Up

Loree Sandler 9/18/24 Loree Sandler 9/18/24

Loree Sandler

When I was very young, a cousin invited me to pick a stuffed animal…

Jim Reardon 9/11/24 Jim Reardon 9/11/24

Jim Reardon

Contest Runner Up

Jim Reardon 9/11/24 Jim Reardon 9/11/24

Jim Reardon

Christmas sixty years ago, was going to be my best ever.

Margaret Lough 9/4/24 Margaret Lough 9/4/24

Margaret Lough

Contest Runner Up

Margaret Lough 9/4/24 Margaret Lough 9/4/24

Margaret Lough

I always thought I knew this drawing.

Cathy Kinard 8/28/24 Cathy Kinard 8/28/24

Cathy Kinard

I thought about cutting some lilacs...

Marylou DiPietro 8/28/24 Marylou DiPietro 8/28/24

Marylou DiPietro

Two men run...

Frederick J. Nachman 8/21/24 Frederick J. Nachman 8/21/24

Frederick J. Nachman

I do not know the story...

Jim Dodds 8/21/24 Jim Dodds 8/21/24

Jim Dodds

Four years ago, when my wife Judy died...

Adrienne Gallagher 8/14/24 Adrienne Gallagher 8/14/24

Adrienne Gallagher

I was going through my photos…

Aubrey Milunsky 8/14/24 Aubrey Milunsky 8/14/24

Aubrey Milunsky

The leaden skies shared their burden…

Carol Bobrow 8/7/24 Carol Bobrow 8/7/24

Carol Bobrow

My grandmother’s letter…

Mark Smith 8/7/24 Mark Smith 8/7/24

Mark Smith

My grandfather was a tailor who emigrated from Germany…

Steve Fiffer 7/31/24 Steve Fiffer 7/31/24

Steve Fiffer

Shortly after leaving the practice…

Judy Kassouf Cummings 7/31/24 Judy Kassouf Cummings 7/31/24

Judy Kassouf Cummings

To a fourteen-year-old girl living in Lakewood, Ohio…

Tuni Deignan 7/24/24 Tuni Deignan 7/24/24

Tuni Deignan

I can’t not remember you…

Ina Chadwick 7/24/24 Ina Chadwick 7/24/24

Ina Chadwick

Once upon a time, my sister and I sat for a portrait.

Mary Loretta Kelly 7/17/24 Mary Loretta Kelly 7/17/24

Mary Loretta Kelly

For my mother’s 75th birthday…

Mickey Pierce Silverstein 7/17/24 Mickey Pierce Silverstein 7/17/24

Mickey Pierce Silverstein

Everyone that my grandmother loved…