I’ve been absent from Medium for some time, and have decided to contribute again. These 250-word stories were published on Storied-stuff.com, curated by Steve Fiffer, co-author of It’s In the Action, a new memoir by civil rights giant C.T. Vivian. These short vignettes are focused on an object, and I have published three, excerpted below. They are particular to growing up in Glencoe, Ill. on…