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Cozy Autumn Evenings: A Screen-Free Evening Routine for the Hour Before Bed
Fall hands you back the evening. Here's a screen-free evening routine built on one rule — pick something you can put down in the middle of a page.
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Notes on coloring, gifting,
and slowing down.
Practical guides on markers, low vision, dementia care and gift-giving, plus the stories behind the books.
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Visiting a Parent With Dementia at Christmas: How to Plan the Hour You've Got
Go earlier than you think, stay shorter than you planned, and bring something for your hands. A plain guide to the Christmas visit, written for the person making the drive.
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What Is the Sandwich Generation? (And Why the Name Leaves Out the Hardest Part)
A social worker coined the term in 1981 for adults squeezed between aging parents and their own children. What it covers, what it misses, what to do first.
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Christmas Gifts for Someone With Dementia: What Actually Gets Used
The best Christmas gift for someone with memory loss usually isn't an object. It's a reason to leave the loud room with one person for half an hour.
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Coloring Books as Christmas Gifts: How to Match the Book to the Person
A coloring book makes a good Christmas gift when the pictures are something the person already loves. How to pick one for the birder, the cook and the kid.
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Halloween Coloring Pages That Aren't Scary
Not everyone wants gore and grinning skulls in October. Here's what to look for in a cozy Halloween coloring book, and why the friendly ones are so hard to find.
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Coloring Books for Dementia: What to Look For (and What to Avoid)
How to choose a dementia coloring book for a parent or loved one: thick lines, large shapes, single-sided pages and grown-up subjects instead of kids' themes.
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Coloring Books for Low Vision: What Makes a Page Easy to See
How to choose a coloring book for low vision, macular degeneration or aging eyes: line weight, contrast, shape size, lighting and what to color with.
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The Best Markers for Coloring Books (Including Bold & Easy and Cozy Books)
Alcohol markers, water-based markers or gel pens? Which markers work best in adult coloring books, which ones bleed, and what suits bold and easy books.
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Coloring for Stress Relief: A Simple, Screen-Free Way to Unwind
Why adult coloring helps so many people unwind, what the research does and doesn't show, and how to make it a screen-free habit that actually sticks.
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Soul Food, Family & Healing: The Story Behind the Brown Sugar Collection
Why K. Terry made the Brown Sugar Collection: four large print coloring books for Black women, about soul food, family, self-care and music.
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Coloring Books for Beginners: How to Start Without the Stress
New to adult coloring? How to choose a first coloring book, which markers and pencils to start with, and simple techniques that make a page look finished.
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Single-Sided vs Double-Sided Coloring Books: Why Bleed-Through Matters
What single-sided means in a coloring book, why markers bleed through, and how to stop bleed-through from ruining the next page, whatever book you own.
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African American Coloring Books for Adults: The Brown Sugar Collection Guide
Coloring books for Black women and families: what's in each Brown Sugar book, how they differ and who they suit, plus a book where you choose skin and hair.
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The Best Coloring Books for Seniors: What to Look For in Large Print
How to choose a coloring book for seniors: large print, thick lines, grown-up subjects, single-sided pages and the right size, plus which book suits whom.
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Easter Basket Ideas for Adults: Coloring Books That Make Great Gifts
Easter basket ideas for adults and older kids: why a coloring book and a pack of markers make a better basket than another bag of candy, and which books fit.
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What Is a Bold and Easy Coloring Book?
What 'bold and easy' means in a coloring book, how it differs from detailed adult books, who it suits, and how to spot a book that only uses the label.
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