Category Archives: Fun
We were tooling along, having an interesting discussion as we always do when Annelise and Kim are around, and there, blocking our passage, was a big tree.
Kim jumped right in to help, spelling the guys chopping with the ax …
R’s phone book!
I had a wonderful time catching up with R – it’s been probably 2 years since I’d seen her. She was once the wife of our gardener, H, and was so very helpful in the translation of health pamphlets into …
Men at work!?!?
If you’re waiting for a person in need of your help carrying heavy items in your wheelbarrow
or you’re waiting for a person who needs a ride on your motorcycle taxi
or you’re waiting for someone who needs something printed …
Flat tires
In South Africa, the week before we left, we had a flat – a very rare occasion for Sam and Anna,
but then on our way from Yaounde, Cameroon, to Gamboula, we had a flat on our truck as well. …
Mattresses for sale!
This road in the town we go to for visiting Fulani friends and for shopping normally is bordered by little hole-in-the-wall shops and the occasional veggie seller. Thursday it had been transformed into Beautyrest Central! I wonder if that section …
Coming and going!
Our lives are filled with hellos and goodbyes, tears and smiles. We always are sad to leave dear friends and family behind and at the same time look forward to being again with dear friends and family where we are …
Thankful for a delayed flight!
We were travelling back to S. Africa from Beira, Mozambique, and we had to collect our bags from the international terminal and check them in to our domestic flight within S. Africa. The flight was late getting in to Joburg, …
On a walk with a friend
My friend Lynn and I took just one walk along the beach, though she and sometimes her husband are trying to do it often. Walks with friends are not just about having healthier bodies, they’re about solving the world’s problems …
Whew!
Roy and Sam were on their way home when they saw this amazing bird, a Knyssa Turaco, sitting helplessly by side of the highway. They stopped and picked him up, trying to figure out what was wrong with him. They …
There are lots of different ways to celebrate!
Our grandson, Sawyer, and I both celebrated birthdays this month. Sawyer chose wild and crazy (he’s the one with the goggles)
and I chose shopping – first at an amazing farmer’s market with a marvelous view over a gorge
and …