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My local ice cream frozen custard place is featured on the American Food Roots website. Make sure you watch the video as well as read the short article.

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I was listening in today while the elementary-school librarian taught a class about the American Revolution.

"In the Revolutionary War," she asked, "what were we fighting for?"

A little girl responded, "Our independence."

"Good. And who did we want to be independent from?"

And two children called out, "Texas!"

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Do you like green eggs and ham? Do you speak for the trees? Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Theodor Geisel) would have turned 109 years old this weekend. Elementary schools across the country will be celebrating Read Across America day on Friday, in honor of his birthday. Last year, I wrote a Dr. Seuss poem for the librarian at my son's school to use during the ( Read more... )

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