lessons learned

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and the given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
-- Tom Bodett (1955-) American author, voice actor, and radio host

Kayaking on the Saluda River...hard to beat... 

deepest sense

A great photograph is the one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. - Ansel Adams (February 20, 1902-April 22,1984) American Photographer, Environmentalist

The Broad River crossing under the Gervais Street Bridge