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s. Instead of doing it all at once, I did small chunks of it a little at a time almost every day! I’ve even set things up one way, and then, to get my mind off negative thoughts, I rearranged pieces in a totally different way. As an example, our big Christmas tree started upstairs, but eventually made its way downstairs. It’s not a practical way of doing things, but sure has been fun, and that’s more of a priority for me right now over practicality. It’s definitely getting down to the wire at this point, but there really is...

March is Women’s History Month here in the United States, so today’s column is a collection of books about women! Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician written by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by Raúl Colón Thanks to the book and film Hidden Figures, a lot more people know about Katherine Johnson, one of NASA’s human “computers” responsible for calculating trajectories for launches, and it’s no surprise that there are also a number of picture books about her as well. This one has a little more text in it than a traditional picture book, so it’s great for a...