A many-wondered weekend

Freshly back from a weekend up in State College, visiting two dear, dear friends whom I met in Germany last year. I was able to visit them briefly before I went to Taiwan, but other than that, it’s been quite a while since we’ve seen each other.

My good friend Jim, who was awesome enough to visit me twice while I was in Germany and thereby made the acquaintance of Carl and Jesse, drove. The three and a half hour drive up from Philadelphia, through Harrisburg, to State College gave us a lot of time to talk and soak in beautiful landscapes, both of which I feel I sorely needed.

Then, once there, the four of us sat around a table with a marvelous assortment of beer at our disposal (and dispose of it we did, I assure you), and talked for five hours straight. Just talked.

On Sunday we played Risk for an equal amount of time.

I send gladness and fullness out into the world.