Sometimes it takes a giant prehistoric turtle to appreciate your mother. It started with an article in The Washington Post about paleontologists discovering the remnants of a prehistoric turtle that lived in South America ten million years ago. The fossil shell was 9.5 feet long. They estimate the turtle weighed up to 1.25 tons. The … Continue reading Lesson: My Mother, the Turtle Conqueror
Lesson: Brown, The Color Kittens, and the Year of the Ox
Brown It was the first thing people commented on when they saw photos of our new house: the awful paint colors. “That paint!” “Those bold choices!” Every room was a different color, more intense than the one before. Sixteen-foot walls painted rust red, clementine orange, forest green, lapis blue. And the baseboard and molding were … Continue reading Lesson: Brown, The Color Kittens, and the Year of the Ox