He wants the mortar and pestle of brass…

I remember some of Mom’s favorite dinners.

In the first act of my life…

In 1977, my fiancé and I were in my hometown…

Great Grandmother Nina owned a teapot…

When Mom inherited her grandmother's special set of china…

One of the best jobs I ever had…

Arnold Palmer was my guy.

My mother recorded a litany of our names…

Her hair, on weekends, was tidy…

One afternoon my grandmother…

My grandmother’s large bathroom…

Pelican Lake is one of the…

Nestled in my furred purse are a necklace, two rings, a bear's claw…

One of the things I snatched up…

I don’t know when I found the cup…

It was the early ‘80s…

I began playing guitar at age 14…

A book is an object too.

I’m an avid reader…