Something about myself. I am a teacher at Arcadia High School and I have been blogging for a few years now on our district website. That blog has been great for my styudents and I intentionally blocked out the public because of a concern for student privacy. But when people talk to me and I tell them the stories from my blog there is a lot of interest. At my age, 51, I have seen and experienced some history and I have shared hubdreds of stories with my students. Perhaps it's time to share some of those things with anyone who is willing to log on to or accidentally find this blog. I'm still keeping the school district blog private - those communications should stay that way.
Friday night I met with extended family members at the home of my cousin Judy in Claremont, California. Also there was my oldest sister Marguerite who flew in from Hawaii. She lives in Kailua, Hawaii, not far from where President Obama stays when he goes there. Her daughter Suzy, son-in law Garry, and their two kids (in their mid-to late twenties) were there too. Garry is a Geology professor at Modesto Community College and he was proudly showing us a copy of USA Today because he was featured in the paper as part of Earth Day week.
Earth Day
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and as mentioned above my nephew was featured in USA Today article last Friday. Garry has always been passionate about geology and rocks, so if you go anywhere with him he will explain everything about the local geology. I remember once driving through the Sierra Nevada Mountains with him, and as we drove though a cut in the road he pointed to a sliver of white quarts rock on the side of the road. He told me that it was the “mother lode” and miners in the gold rush days would follow those veins to search for gold. That was really cool; he made the rocks come alive for me.
Garry’s article is about ten great places to visit geologic wonders. Click here to read it in USA Today.
The Hippie Who Changed the World
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President Richard Nixon seized this opportunity and secretly sent his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger to China in the fall of 1971 and early in 1972 he became the first American President to visit China. The door of friendship between the great superpower of the West and the world’s most populated country had been opened. The resulting friendship put a crack in the Cold War and eventually the Soviet Union would fall. But China and the US are still here and, as we know, are great trading partners.
Glenn Cowan passed away in 2004 at the relatively young age of 51 (“Hey, that’s my age!”). But Zhuang Zedong is alive and well. A couple of years ago he visited USC and spoke about his experience meeting Glenn Cowan. Click here for a link to a video about that encounter.
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