A Novel - Alex McCarl

"Less Than Zero - The book had more impact on my life than any before or since. It represents the way I felt at eighteen. I've loaned it to many friends and it always gets returned to me."

Alex McCarl

White and Black Lines - Alison Drozd

"My very close friend made this object. he makes them for himself and his friends. he made this one before I knew him but it has always been my favorite - i have considered it a letter written to me."

Alison Drozd

Music Box - Tamar Monhait

"My gramma was a collector. One of her collections was music boxes - tons of them. This is one of my favorites. I am a collector too..."

Tamar Monhait

Blue Kazoo - Laura Merton

"A life changing teacher I had in high school gave our entire class a kazoo. On our last day of high school, his last day before retiring, we all went out to the field behind school and played a song on our kazoos."

Laura Merton

Wooden Toy Airplane - Harrell Fletcher

"This was a toy I played with as a child. My parents saved it and now my daughter plays with it."

Harrell Fletcher

Wind-up Kangaroo - Cyrus Smith

"My grandfather collected wind-up toys. He would pour them out on the table and wind them all up endlessly, laughing the whole time. I found this kangaroo really, the same as one that he owned."

Cyrus Smith

Polka Dot Tote - Libby McCarl

"This purse was given to me by my mom's best friend Diane, who has since passed. It's been used to house many a girly thing(s) throughout the years."

Libby McCarl