Please prepare yourself, because I am GIDDY. . Down time and dreary days in January are some of my very favorites of the entire year, because they represent that lovely sense of carefully opening a brand new book, gently cracking the binding and preparing to dive in headfirst. . I remember learning the term tabula rasa in high school, and it always bounces around my head this time of year in a promising way: . Tabula rasa noun, Latin. An absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined ... View Post