Happy Mother's Day!

Alchemical Transformations: Celebrating the Profound Influence of Mothers

James Abbott McNeill Whistler and I have mothers who stepped up during crunch time and saved the day. While the story is still debated among art critics, I believe it is true: his mother posed for him instead when his model did not show up for work. But there’s no debate that I would have failed fourth-grade science had my mother not purchased a hamster…