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Helloooo I’m Sofia and this is my tale
Some 20 years worth of poems and ponytails
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The Sofia –>
Piedmont, California was my childhood home
I lived there quite happily until I was grown
I read books and played Soccer, Explore, and Pretend
With stuffed animals and my sister, my built-in best friend
I attended Havens Elementary, where I loved to learn
I wanted to write books, for more stories I yearned
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Soccer camp! I’m in the middle and the blondie to my left is my twin seester –>
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Then at age nine a magical land I found
Of Wish, Wonder, Surprise, I soon became spellbound
My very first summer at Camp Augusta commenced
I spent my first week in Manzi 2 and from thence
I learned of a magic, made of Pirates and Trees
Of Archery and Capture the Flag, and Campfire Stories
I was one happy camper for seven lovely years
As I learned a few skills and I mastered a few fears
And the Counselors of Augusta, I always admired
Never dreaming that one day I’d also be hired!
Photos! Top left: My Oakie cabin from 2011. Top right: Beware, my friends, because that face is the last thing you will see before you are splattered with oatmeal this summer! Bottom: Here you can see the effects of a strange phenomenon that sometimes happens when you spend excessive time at camp and you slowly begin to turn into a little piece of camp yourself!
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My summers were lovely, round the campfire together
But in the rest of my life, I longed for adventure!
And so in September of the year I turned sixteen
I became an exchange student, in the country of Spain!
I moved to a town near the city of Madrid
With a Spanish host family for a year I did live
And in Spain I learned to let go of my attachments
Instead see the world full of possibility and enchantment
I also learned Spanish, and saw the futbol player Cristiano
I even spent one week hiking the Camino de Santiago
¡Fotos! Top: for those Quixote fans – my two families among the windmills of La-Mancha! Bottom: Left – I went to a public high school in Toledo, a veerry old city full of funny shops celebrating Spanish history. Right – The best week of the year was walking 100km of the Camino de Santiago. We never got lost because we knew we could follow the happy yellow arrows leading us straight to Santiago.
.When I came home from Spain I also returned
To my other home, Augusta, on a new journey to learn
The arts of communication, compassion, and play
Through the Camp Augusta CIRCLE program, I found my own way
I LOVED hanging with kids, so for the following two years
I returned as a Junior Counselor, and I am absolutely sincere
When I say that I love to be silly and sing songs
Live in Manzi Village, and tie-dye all day long
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Last year I survived a terrible kidnapping by my own cabin!
I’ve got my guard up now, though – don’t think you can kidnap me again this summer cuz I’m keeping my eyes peeled!
Now I’m in college and it’s harder than it looks
Lotsa typin’ up essays and pouring over textbooks
I’m majoring in English – ’tis what I was destined to do
Though my plans for the future are unknown hitherto
Perhaps I’ll be a poet, like Shel Silverstein
Or maybe a ski instructor, or something else unforeseen
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More about me, so you’ll get the idea
A short list of things that make up Sofia
My favorites are reading, skiing and hiking
Mountain lakes and pancakes are also to my liking
I can juggle a soccer ball 380 times
Sometimes I write poetry, I’m all bout those rhymes!
I have quite a loud voice and I use it for singing
Camp songs and Disney songs and everything inbetween
This summer is my second as a full staff member
And I can’t wait for all the stories I’ll be telling in September!