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Usha in California

The Rainbow School's headmistress (principal) is here! She is in California visiting her son who works at Hewlett Packard in Sunnyvale, California. I took Usha and family bowling, we've visited a few times at her son's house. Friday, I took Usha Madaml her husband (Rao Sir) and her grandson (Vivek) to my house to make Biryani. We went shopping for herbs (cilantro) and peppers at the local grocery store, too. At the store, she had her first face-to-face with a Dungeness crab and talked to the sushi chef, Benjamin. Usha is so curious, so fun to be with. She says "I love America!"

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