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A Plea for Spatial Literacy

Some years ago, when my younger child was about 5 years old, a friend of mine was pregnant. Because she was having premature contractions, she was not supposed to exert herself too much, so shopping for baby supplies was difficult for her. I offered to lend her our old crib, which had been dismantled and stored in our attic.

My...

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