Tag Archives: Elaine Wegelin

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 122 of Level 1, 30 January 2022.

 

Sunday 30 January 2022, Day 122 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a beautiful hot windfree 35C day, taking it easy and recharging; for a record 95 minutes of deep sleep 💙; for an early CAMPS BAY CLEAN Community Beach Clean with The 41 Restaurant, two participants from the Rapepayers Association, and the other 12 being learners at Camps Bay High, including two exchange students, one from Italy and another from Berlin; for a quick shop at Woolies; for driving to Edgemead, with little traffic, for a matric reunion of the Huguenot High Continue reading →

Thank you 2020 for everything that you have taught me, my Top 20 of 2020!

 

I was very excited about the year 2020, having the 20th as a birthdate, and it being my lucky number. Despite the tragedy of the Corona Virus pandemic and the inconvenience of the Lockdown regulations at times, 2020 turned out to be one of my best ever, learning from it and growing through it.

On Facebook I have posted daily Corona Gratitudes, for the small and big things that have come my way in the past 9 months. There are far too many to mention, so I have turned this post into a Top 20 of 2020, an unforgettable year for all of us. Continue reading →

Wellington Wine Walk: Day 2 not just about Wines, but about Coffee, Gin, and Country food too!

Just over a week ago my school friend Jenny Stephens and I spent two days on the Wellington Wine Walk, a guiding service offered by our school friend Elaine Wegelin and her colleagues Katrin Steytler, and Carol-Ann Jeffrey.

Jenny, Elaine, and I grew up in Wellington, and sat on the same school benches at three Wellington schools. Having left Wellington after Matric 50 years ago, it was not just an eating and drinking adventure, but it was a catch-up of how our hometown has grown and developed in this time. Continue reading →

Wellington Wine Walk far more than about wine, about olives, gin and Buchu too – Day 1

 

Last week my school friend Jenny Stephens and I spent two days on the Wellington Wine Walk, a guiding service offered by school friend Elaine Wegelin and her colleagues Katrin Steytler, and Carol-Ann Jeffrey.

Jenny, Elaine, and I grew up in Wellington, and sat on the same school benches at three Wellington schools. Having left Wellington after Matric 50 years ago, it was not just an eating and drinking adventure, but it was a catch-up of how our hometown has grown and developed in this time. Continue reading →