Category Archives: Friends

“Some Kinda Wonderful” Weekends

Posting about the weekend on a Wednesday may seem odd, but think of it this way – Wednesday is the breaking point between last weekend and the next, between wishes fulfilled and wishes waiting. I would say it was when we started thinking about the weekend to come, but suspect that would be false since I am pretty sure most people are thinking about the weekend most of the week, at least I am, particularly when they are as good as they have been!

On recent weekends, I have found myself singing the phrase “some kinda wonderful.” I’m happy to share the pictures and very short stories from recent weekend – and a few weekday – escapades, and I wish you all a day, a week, and a weekend that is “some kinda wonderful.” (This is my version of posting pictures to FB.)

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On my first Friday back in Greenville, Shari and I went to a Greenville Drive baseball game where my apartment complex had a suite – pretty sweet!

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Penguin Friends Forever

Two years ago, I bonded with a group of amazing people on an unlikely adventure. I knew volunteering at SANCCOB, a seabird rehabilitation center outside of Cape Town, South Africa, would be an experience, but I had no idea I would make lifelong friends and two years later reconnect with three of them – Laura, Eve, and Annmarie – in their home countries. Here is the picture diary of our reunion:

(Housekeeping update: Post on the conference is coming. I am still processing the experience.)

I thought it would be appropriate to start with pictures of us from two years ago.

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From left to right: Angela, Laura, Clarise, Annmarie, Carly, Lauren, Becky.

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By the Sea & In the Forest

I had the opportunity to spend my first weekend in the UK catching up with Eagle’s Nest friends and seeing a bit of the country, here is a narrative and pictorial review:

On Saturday morning, I departed the hostel for Harrod’s. My mission was dual purpose: get some goodies to take to Katie and revisit a place from my first UK trip with my parents years ago. As my mom tells it, I was quite miserable on our visit to Harrod’s, so I felt a certain reparation of spirits was in order.

I made it!
I made it!

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