This coming Thursday Americans will celebrate the holiday called Thanksgiving. It’s a time for friends and family to join together for a big feast. The first Thanksgiving feast was in 1621 when Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared a celebratory meal. It was an autumn harvest festival. The colonists were celebrating their survival and a [...]
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Thanksgiving Feast
21 novembre 2010 · Pas de commentaire
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An Apology from SNCF
14 novembre 2010 · Pas de commentaire
I just saw this news story; SNCF has issued an apology for its role in the deportation of Jews to Nazi death camps. Check it out here. Is this story in the French press? What’s being said in France? Just curious….
Catégorie In the news
Go Giants!
2 novembre 2010 · Pas de commentaire
There has been another recent California story, but I’ve been fearful to write about just in case I brought bad luck to the San Francisco Giants. This Bay Area team was playing against the Texas Rangers in the World Series, which is sort of like the World Cup for baseball in the U.S. And, just [...]
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