Spirals of Stardust

In the 23rd century, a Great Shift occurred on planet Earth. After implanting animals with cloned human genes using DUST (Devices Uncovered through Star Technology), humans went extinct.

Human culture gracefully leapt into the animal kingdom.

Meanwhile, Earth thought it lost all its rainforests. But wait! Two highly intelligent orangutan explorers, Orly and Adir, spotted something while scaling the Peca da Neblina mountain range. Could it be?

The last existing rainforest on Earth was Jill’s home.

Jill the jaguar, who thought in pictures instead of words, often wished her Great-Grandma Geneviève was still alive. Her sensitivities and creativity plunged her in and out of predicaments. This kept her from going to college like her friends. Subsequently, an unlikely bond arose between Jill the jaguar and Cy the sloth.

Cope, you must. All those visual spatial skills, have you. Your strengths, they are.

With an ailing father at home, Jill forged her way through an industry her ancestors helped advance. Was Jill able to carry on the family legacy in medicine? Or would she be remembered as the fledgling nurse wannabe?

Take a prowl with the slightly zany Jill the jaguar into the 23rd century…

A youthful nine-year-old Diane C. Jerome play-taught her sister multiplication facts in her makeshift classroom in the basement of their Chicago suburb home. When pursuing her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction, Diane used vignettes to craft a page-turner dissertation. She wove student experiences into articles: “Blue Dragonflies are ‘Dandleflies’ . . .” for the Affective Reading Journal and “A Challenged Third Grader Connects with Meaningful Books” for the Indiana Reading Journal. Today, while in private practice near her Houston suburb home, she facilitates learning at Affect While Educating (https://drdianejerome.com). Diane is often spotted taking early morning, meandering walks with her goldendoodle, Josie.