When I heard the news that Tasha Tudor, the beloved children’s author and illustrator, had passed away peacefully last week, surrounded by family and friends, it was a bittersweet moment. I felt as though I’d lost a dear friend even though I’d never met her. Certainly, to me, she was a kindred spirit if ever there was one. A touch stone; with a long career of artistic and creative accomplishments I still find astonishing. It’s been hard getting used to the idea that someone is gone, when it seems like they’ve been around forever. At 92, I guess she had...