If you’re in need of some levity during these crazy times in this world, let me share with you one of my favorite incidents from when I was a pumpkinseed, revolving around the spooky subject of mummies. One summer afternoon when I was very, very young, my older cousin was visiting and she was watching the classic 80s/90s kids’ TV show, Reading Rainbow. That particular episode centered around a book called Mummies Made In Egypt , and went into some detail about how mummies were made and things like that, as much as could be done on something made for children. The episode is actually on YouTube if you care to watch it. Whatever age I was at the time, somewhere between two and four, I obviously knew nothing about ancient Egypt. I had no idea what a “mummy” was. Yet somehow I knew the story being told was nonfiction. These were actual events that happened, and my tiny pumpkinseed brain was terrified! I felt claustrophobic just thinking about it. And I didn’t unders...