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Tag Archives: Thanksgiving
“This land . . .”
On Thursday nights, I teach a conversational English class at the local library. The class is for adult second language speakers who want to practice their English skills with native speakers. We discuss holidays, traditions, idioms, anything of interest. The … Continue reading
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Tagged holiday, national pride, Thanksgiving, travel, United States
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Morning Reflections
This morning snow is falling. Already the pine trees look like a Christmas card. Most of my adult experiences with snow have been at ski resorts. The snow is there before I am. So I am still surprised at how … Continue reading
Gratitude
We learned the story of the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth colony in Massachusetts in grade school. We played at being Native Americans and pilgrims, sharing pumpkin shaped cookies and coloring turkeys. We were too young to remember the moral of … Continue reading