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There’s Something About Trees

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Thank you, Mitch Teemley for your wise and wonderful trees. Yes, they are earth’s elders, storing its wisdom. Trees are also central to children learning about life and nature. They play a big role. Very big. Mitch Teemley They’re the … Continue reading

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My Portrait

Can you tell I’m a robot?  Isn’t this the best portrait of me, ever? We’re learning about robots in school this month.  It’s exciting for children.  So far we have built our own giant classroom robot,  played with Snap-Bots and … Continue reading

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sorry.

Originally posted on I didn't have my glasses on….:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXjJnqrWZkg ? this film, an oscar winner, was shot in 30 minutes though it may not be voiced in your language  all people will understand it  at under 4 minutes,…

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Cold hands, warm heart

Originally posted on bluebird of bitterness:
https://youtu.be/y5lwCA22ncs

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Growing Bookworms: Books to help children cope with change

Originally posted on Writing to be Read:
Welcome to the first post of 2022 in the Growing Bookworms series. A lot of people and children face change at the beginning of a new calendar year. In the Southern Hemisphere, children…

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Coming to America – Circa 1905

Originally posted on toritto:
My grandfather Francesco at the wedding of his grand daughter – circa 1950.  He was a 33 year old widower in 1905 with 3 young children, no wife to care for them and no future in the…

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‘Tis the Season to Be Kind

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Originally posted on No Facilities:
My one-liner is inside the video below. That’s my favorite Christmas commercial, and has been on the air for the past 39 years in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Some people say it isn’t the Christmas…

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Giving – Dollar General, Kelly Clarkson, Dolly Parton, and Me

It is the season of giving.  I can’t tell you how much it meant for me to give to Read Aloud West Virginia.  This would not have happened if I hadn’t been a guest on the Kelly Clarkson Show.  Her … Continue reading

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Smorgasbord Christmas Celebrations Rewind – The Third Day of Christmas with guests – Jennie Fitzkee, Lisa Thomson #Food Carol Taylor, Camembert Puffs and Mulled Wine

Sally posted her Christmas memory as a child (oh, I would have loved that cowboy suit), the two best Christmas songs ever, Christmas foods from Carol, and favorite Christmas gifts from fellow bloggers. She remembered my GI Joe Aircraft Carrier … Continue reading

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MEN OF THE USS WARD

Originally posted on Don Ostertag: Off Stage:
A Reblog to remember December 7th, 1941 Even the open sea had adopted the Sunday morning calm of the towns that outlined the clover-leaf shaped harbor. The glow from the lights of Saturday…

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