by Cheryl Russell | May 23, 2022 | What’s The Story?
Doughnuts anyone? And while you’re dunkin’ one in your morning coffee, you can contemplate how the hole came to be in the middle…because it wasn’t always that way.
The story of what might seem to be about a contemporary confection actually had ancient beginnings, but we’re just going to cut to the chase
by Cheryl Russell | Apr 25, 2022 | What’s The Story?
Today we’re proposing a toast to your health with a glass of water, cardamon seeds and some surprising synergistic food combos. Intrigued? Good!
by Cheryl Russell | Apr 11, 2022 | What’s The Story?
We may not know that logos had their beginning in 1870. Yet, more than a century later, we do know the power of logos to influence buying decisions, and that companies spend billions to promote them.
In the book, Logo Beginnings, Jens Miller details a study of nearly 10,000 logos.
by Cheryl Russell | Mar 28, 2022 | What’s The Story?
Can adults learn how to be creative? Yes, claim researchers, especially since children reportedly lose their creativity after four or five years of schooling when educational instruction focuses more on logic, semantics and memory training.
Until recently, creativity training employed a 1950s technique known as divergent thinking—a “computational approach”
by Cheryl Russell | Mar 21, 2022 | What’s The Story?
Please raise your hand if you know what ablaut reduplication means. Even though we can’t see them, we’re confident most of your hands didn’t move.
Ablaut reduplication is a little-known rule….
by Cheryl Russell | Mar 14, 2022 | What’s The Story?
Today’s tale is a shout out to spring and what’s behind those green shoots and budding flowers, which at one time or another began with a seed. When we did some digging around, we found some dazzling “dirt” about how long seeds can do nothing before doing something.