Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box

Ginger says: I’m on record as only making pleasurable New Year’s resolutions. Throughout the years, I’ve made it my goal to wear real pajamas, drink only out of my finest tea cups all year long, and watch all the rom-coms I’ve missed. But this year, I decided to finally put to good use all the brooches I’ve been collecting since childhood. And I’ve turned to the late diplomat Madeleine Albright’s memoir-in-pins for inspiration. She talks about politics, of course, but through the lens of when she decided to wear a snake brooch to a particular meeting, or a piece of turquoise to honor her guests at another assembly. I’m starting to see the way you can say so much without having to move your mouth. Instead, read my pins.