“Between us it happened all:
And happiness, and sadness,
And long talks at evening fall…”
Happy Birthday, my only beloved Mom,
To-day’s talk I am engaged in from far away from you, from Canada, Happy Birthday to you, Mommy!
First of all, I wish you happiness, love and all the best!
Secondly, I would like to say how much you mean [...]

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“Gee’d up, Gleb! Sun is out!”, with such words Robin, our neighbor’s daughter, addressed Gleb, inviting him and Liza for a bike ride in our Park. Vacation time is flying so quickly unlike school time.
Teenagers’ social calendar is pretty busy: making new friends, meeting with the old ones, participating in birthday parties and simply parties [...]

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“Thou art fairer than all, Lady Queen,
But more beautiful still is Snow White, as I ween ” ( I believe)
Watch video “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (in Russian) :Snow White
The brothers Grimm’s fairy tale about Snow White and 7 Dwarfs came alive at  the School of Alberta Ballet on Saturday June 12, 2010 on [...]

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“Chinook” is a Pacific Indian word meaning “snow-eater” as a strong Chinook can make snow one foot deep almost vanish in one way. The snow partly melts and partly evaporates in the dry wind.
To the left is a photo-diagram of a Chinook formation, to the right the photo of a Chinook in Denver, Colorado, USA [...]

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We are having as a guest to-day a young poetess Karina Verigina,13, from Saint Petersburg, Russia.Her long term childhood friend Liza Khodarinova is interviewing her. To the left is the photo of Karina.
Liza: Say me, please, my friend, where is your fondness for poetry from?
Karina: My Grandma Valentina Ivanovna, who herself loves to [...]

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