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4th trip

Libraries

Ben­jamin Franklin opened the first free pub­lic library in Amer­i­ca in 1731. And now libraries are ful­ly com­put­er­ized and inter­con­nect­ed by a net­work as cul­tur­al and leisure centers.

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About organic products

USDA Organ­ic is a nation­al organ­ic stan­dard devel­oped by the USDA. It was adopt­ed as part of the nation­al pro­gram for the tran­si­tion of Amer­i­can cit­i­zens to the con­sump­tion of healthy and nat­ur­al organ­ic products.

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About Americans

It seems to me that they are less politi­cized than we are in Rus­sia (I’m not talk­ing about the Russ­ian-speak­ing peo­ple here). If we are near the house, com­plete­ly unfa­mil­iar peo­ple often smile and greet when pass­ing by. Peo­ple run­ning down the trail smile too, cheer.

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Graduation

The grand­son grad­u­at­ed from third grade and we attend­ed the grad­u­a­tion, which took place in the build­ing of the music muse­um. It was car­ried out sep­a­rate­ly by class, first for Kinder­garten, and then for the upper grades of pri­ma­ry school.

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Peaches farm

Fifty years ago, the Schnepf fam­i­ly plant­ed the first peach trees in the desert; ini­tial­ly, they sold the pro­duce at a road­side stand, and after five years, peo­ple start­ed com­ing to pick peach­es themselves.

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Nothing

Peo­ple often ask me what I do and if I’m bored. Not bor­ing at all. Dur­ing the week when no one is at home, I cook food, do chores, write let­ters, make phone calls, watch TV, or sew something.

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