[Hildy]

I owned an art studio geared towards youngsters, and we had several groups of home-schooled kids come in for group art activities. They were the smartest kids I'd ever seen.

[Coldwater Creek]

One of my granddaughters has a two degrees, one of them being in fine arts.

She is marrying a fellow who teaches art and coaches high school football (private school).

Our little one (lst grade) has been reading for a couple of years. Just being at home while school was going on for older children, she has picked up a world of knowledge that is way beyond her years. She really takes school seriously, calls her mother Mrs. M-----.