Des Moines, Iowa (1,064 miles from home) Moline, Illinois (a 172 miles from Des Moines) Hello Jake, Flat Stanley came to see me at the factory where we build Cotton Pickers and Sprayers in Iowa. He couldn’t go out on the shop floor because he forgot his hard hat, but we did talk about the machines we build there. Your… Read More
No Need to Breathe Fire, Cool Off With Dragonfruit!
One of the things that I’ve returned home with from various trips is a love of local foods. A three-week trip to Malaysia included a visit to a friend’s farm where he grows dragonfruit, a fruit he explained was imported from Vietnam. When I mentioned the fruit last week, Cheri Albritton at @ArveyColumbus wondered what I was talking about so I… Read More
Winter in North Dakota = School, Wrestling & Snow for Flat Stanley
Mapleton, ND (1,424 miles from home) Jake, My name is Gwen and I have two sons (Gunnar age 8 and Colton age 5). We live in Mapleton, ND. I have added a few pictures of one of the events Flat Stanley visited while he was with us. Colton is in a youth wrestling program through the Casselton School system. He also… Read More
Stepping Out of the Blur and Seeing UFOs
With travel as common as it is in today’s world, it has become almost routine to be in a unique place for business and never even realize where you are. Hotels and meeting rooms can all blur into something that leaves you comfortably numb. But I have to tell you, it can be worth shaking off the numbness even if it… Read More
South Texas Farmers Show Flat Stanley Around
Odem & Corpus Christi, Texas (1,258 miles from home) Dear Jake and the rest of Ms. Rorie’s class, We were thrilled Flat Stanley could come for a visit to Odem, Texas. About 2,500 people live in Odem. It is a little town near Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi is on the Gulf of Mexico. Summers are hot and winters are mild. The wind… Read More
Spending the Day in the Fifth Grade
Denair, California (2,642 miles from home) Hey Jake, On Thursday January 12th 2010 I took flat Stanley to school with me at Denair Elementary School. We read the book “The series of the unfortunate events” together. Stanley enjoyed the book because it was about 3 kids who go to a lumber mill, and while there learned about how a lumber… Read More
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