{"id":6128,"date":"2021-02-10T16:53:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/?p=6128"},"modified":"2021-02-10T16:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:53:24","slug":"thinking-of-a-warmer-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/10\/thinking-of-a-warmer-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking of a warmer place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This has been a very different winter for us. Since retirement, we have traveled during the worst months of the Minnesota winter and that is not possible this year. Temperatures that have reached -20+ this past week have eliminated most of our outdoor activity and being confined to the house gets old very quickly. I have decided to think warm even if I can\u2019t experience warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the summer of 2019, we were able to travel to southern Africa and among all of our opportunities to travel this had to be the most unique. We were familiar with the political history of South Africa because we have a good friend from there we have known for years. I have long been a fan of the music and incorporate the unique sounds into my regular playlists. Being there was all that we had imagined and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the things we did for ourselves and for others was to share some of the stories<\/a> and pictures. On this cold day in Minnesota, I decided I would offer access to my annotated collection of African wildlife. I created a free to use collection of images as a Flickr album. The images are identified and a link to Wikipedia or some other source is provided for each image should you or a student additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Images from southern Africa<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This has been a very different winter for us. Since retirement, we have traveled during the worst months of the Minnesota winter and that is not possible this year. Temperatures that have reached -20+ this past week have eliminated most of our outdoor activity and being confined to the house gets old very quickly. I … Continue reading Thinking of a warmer place<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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