January is haiku month here. We will be publishing four each Wednesday beginning 1/7. Sharon has a lovely related essay in our “Other Stuff” section. Also, remember to follow us on our FB page, where you’ll be reminded of new pieces and can find links to old ones.

Lee Rubenstein

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Lee Rubenstein

I have always loved art…

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Marylou DiPietro

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Marylou DiPietro

This photo of me…

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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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Jerry Petraglia

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Jerry Petraglia

When I graduated college…

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Gary Schoichet

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Gary Schoichet

It was the early ‘80s…

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Frederick J Nachman

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Frederick J Nachman

Two magnets hopefully will stay…

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Phares O’Daffer

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Phares O’Daffer

What a day! Wrigley Field…

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Keith Kretchmer

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Keith Kretchmer

Your Permanent Record.

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Lisa Miller Sablosky and Hilary “Pinky” Rose

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Lisa Miller Sablosky and Hilary “Pinky” Rose

New Trier East High School offered transportation…

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Wayne Lysobey

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Wayne Lysobey

I was ten. I cursed.

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Anita Weinberg

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Anita Weinberg

It begins over 60 years ago…

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Victoria Reeves

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Victoria Reeves

INTREPID VOYAGER takes you by the hand…

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Michael Pickard

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Michael Pickard

Why would I slave over a pile of cardboard…

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Jim Tauber

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Jim Tauber

Artist has never been an identity…

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Jim Tauber

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Jim Tauber

I have saved this plastic robot since I was about 7...

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Allen Saxon

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Allen Saxon

I don’t know much about…

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Esther Cohen

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Esther Cohen

On February school break…

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Ina Chadwick

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Ina Chadwick

Howdy Doody was not my friend…

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Bill Roberts

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Bill Roberts

When I was 8 or 9 years old…

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James Finn Garner

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James Finn Garner

When my parents were newly married…

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