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One thing that has consistently been a good distraction for me during this time of uncertainty and general holiday stress is decorating for Christma

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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...

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2020-04-26

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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...

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