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The Jeannies at NextTribe
April 03, 2025

Greetings bold women!

This week Jeannie Ralston has been preparing to welcome a group to her hometown of Asheville at the end of the month. The landscape is preparing too. The tree in her front yard is budding out beautifully and she loves getting out on her bike around town to soak in this lovely spring. It’s reassuring to see that after the devastation in Western North Carolina last fall, the community can come back so beautifully.

That’s Jeannie’s house in the background in the photo on the left—NOT the one on the right! Ha!

Both Jeannies attended a virtual “playshop” last night led by Kate McGloughlin, the artist/art educator who’s going to lead our wonder experiences on the island of Hydra, Greece this fall.

This playshop was a fabulous, thought-provoking, uplifting experience that centered on stones—and was impactful whether you’re an artist or not. It was designed to slow us down and have us all appreciate the beauty and magic of even the smallest details in life. Some attendees made charcoal drawings of their stones, one woman wrote a poem.

Jeannie Edmunds, whose passion far exceeds her artistic talent, wrapped her favorite rose quartz “worry” stone. It has an indentation for the thumb but now that it’s wrapped, she can’t rub it any more…so no more worrying! As if!

Wrapped or not, this rose quartz is still a beauty!

Here is a link to the playshop if you’d like to get a glimpse into the wondrous words and energy of Kate McGloughlin.

Hope you enjoy this week’s articles!

This Week’s New Reads

13 Ways to Improve Your Travel Photos

With new technology, you don't have to be a pro photographer to take great shots. Just keep these guidelines in mind—especially number 4 and 13.

Meet a NextTribe Trip Leader: Ellesor Holder

NextTribe's trip leaders make sure that our group travels are joyful, safe, and memorable. Here, one of our most popular guides shares her secrets.

As we’re thinking of our upcoming safari trips (and an adventure in Ecuador and the Galapagos, which is being released to Lifetime Members tomorrow), here’s a blast from the past, from 2021 about a fierce wild animal photographer.

Face-to-Face with Wild Animals: One Woman’s Passion

She's been charged, headbutted, and spit at by her animal subjects, but nothing stops photographer Nine Francois from capturing their ferocious, feral beauty.

Happy trails!

Jeannie Ralston, CEO + Jeannie Edmunds, Chief Operating Officer

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