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About me - Nan C Avery

I am a 5th grade teacher and have been teaching for over 20 years. I have lived in Long Beach, California all my life. I, on occasion, have tried to move away, but I always come back to LB where my roots are way too deep to leave.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My great, true, personal garden story: 28 of 391
My granddaughter, Maddie and I had recently experienced some tragic personal losses. I had just lost my husband to cancer and Maddie's mother had recently been through a traumatic divorce from Maddie's father. Maddie was going to stay with me for the summer. We were sitting at the kitchen table, playing "War", a mindles... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: A Halloween trick gone wrong: 1 of 13
Evelyn looked at her husband. Even in sleep he looked guilty. She knew he was having affairs but still, she loved him deeply. He kept denying it and yet, it was in the back of her mind that he was sleeping with every woman he could get his hands on. Well, this Halloween she'd show him! She'd pull the best trick ever, and cat... More..
Food & Drink > Wine How to pair the right wine with your meal: 2 of 21
Wines are the most wonderful complements to a meal. Wines bring out the flavors of a meal or whet the palate before a meal. It is important to choose the best wine to go with a meal. Wine is judged by its taste, texture and weight. Taste is the way wine brings out the flavor of the food. Texture is when you are eating spi... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American History Momentous battles of the American Revolution: 1 of 8
There were three battles that were fought in 1777. The first battle was the Battle of Oriskany, the second battle was the Battle of Bennington and the third battle was Saratoga. Without the first two, the third battle wouldn't have been won. If the Battle of Saratoga had been lost, America wouldn't have received her all... More..
Arts & Humanities > Ancient History The ingenuity of the Roman style of combat: 1 of 8
The Romans believed in brotherhood and pietas. This belief is what made them, at one time, the most successful and formidable army in the world. There were two things that made the Roman forces a formidable opponent: It's weapons, some of which were an improvement on other countries' weapons and tactics. The first compone... More..
Pets & Animals > Birds The Dodo and how the now extinct bird met its end: 2 of 13
You find a skeleton of a large strange bird. It looks clumsy and funny with its bulky little body and little legs and a hook billed head. What is this strange bird? It's a bird that existed three hundred years ago on remote islands in the Indian Ocean? A dodo is a curious-looking, ungainly bird. It did not survive long after... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) The significance of eating latkes on Hanukkah: 1 of 6
"Hanukkah's latkes teach us that one cannot live by miracles alone", Kalonymus wrote 7,000 years ago. It is as true today as it was then. The latkes story is Judith's story. She was a wealthy, beautiful Jewess (widow) and intensely devoted to Yahweh. It is a gruesome story that tells of heroism of one woman over a town of ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American History The role of liberalism in the founding of the United States of America: 1 of 6
The word, Liberalism, as a whole, has many different meanings to different people. Before we can talk about the role of liberalism in the founding of the United States, we have to define what is meant by liberalism. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin all admired and used the ideas o... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Special Needs Signs that your child may have Central Auditory Processing Disorder: 1 of 5
Before going into the signs, just a bit or research on Central Auditory Processing to help understand the phenomena and some of conclusions researchers have discovered. This should help parents recognize what the signs mean. Plus, we need to use this research as a reason to insist that schools begin a holistic approach to lea... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Autumn leaves: 26 of 121
November, the third season of our life, Represents the shade Of dreams and Changes we made. The yellow leaf represents The sunny days of youth When the idealist within Strived for truth. The leaf of orange hue Showed a youth of fun, Social, confident And sanguine. Hot is the leaf of red Of adult new love, Until comfortabl... More..