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sea anemone, Ann Hand;

octopus on coral, Kenneth Jay Lane;

chambered nautilus, designer unknown.

PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT UNKNOWN
Processing to Palm Sunday services in Tobago, April 1998. I didn’t have a donkey or burro pin for the occasion, so I wore my circular horse.

I used to think rings were not worth buying because people have only ten fingers; I have to admit now to possessing more pins than any human could reasonably have occasion to wear. Of these, I bought many, but a goodly number more were gifts. Like the emperors of old India, I have become a collector and hoarder; still, most of my pins remain of the costume variety, hardly suitable for a royal procession. As is typical with a collector, I am attracted both to similarity and to diversity. It is always interesting to find a piece that is different from any other but also fun adding to categories I already have.

Leopard head, other designers unknown.

DIANA WALKER/
TIME

Nothing inspired me more than visiting American troops overseas. This pin was a gift from Barbara and Bill Richardson during his time as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Celebration of Freedom, designer unknown.