Category Archives: Holidays

National Pumpkin Day

Posted on October 26, 2019 by vanbraman

When I picked up my newspaper this morning I saw an article about pumpkins and found out that today is National Pumpkin Day. Pumpkins are a big crop in San Joaquin County where I live and it is the second … Continue reading →

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Mooncakes

Posted on September 13, 2019 by vanbraman

The  Mid-Autumn Festival is underway and it is time for mooncakes. While I was in Canada last month I had a Chinese student in my course. She has been in several of my courses over the past 10 years in … Continue reading →

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