Life couldn’t have been better for the Whiffen family when they welcomed newborn Clay into their lives. Mother Leeann was thrilled that he would grow up closely with his older brother. As any mother does, she has big hopes and dreams for her children and her family. But when Clay is two, he begins to [...]
Daniel Tammet, author of Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant was born on January 31, 1979 (just 29 days after myself) which happened to be a Wednesday. And Wednesday’s are always blue. In fact, to Daniel, every number and letter manifests a different color and feel. This ability [...]
I took a color theory class when I was in college and it’s one of the most memorable of all my coursework. I recently was cleaning out my basement and came across all my projects for the class. Basically, these projects involved a lot of cutting and pasting of colored squares as we experimented with [...]
Here’s a hint for you. Dogs on the Bed by Elizabeth Bluemle and llustrated by Anne Wilsdorf is the perfect book to read to children, when as a parent, you want them to side with you in your quest to convince the other parent that you’d like to own a dog. They will begin to [...]
I bought the The Birth House by Ami McKay because I’m a sucker for pretty covers. Knowing nothing about the book, nor having heard of it, The Birth House made its way home on the merits of the cover alone. I just love the imagery in it. And then when prepping for this post, I [...]
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