A Surfeit of Skunks
July 04, 2022
One function of this blog is to give you an idea what it is like to be a mature adult in the odd world of camp. Yesterday, I tried to share some of th...
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A Note of Appreciation
July 03, 2022
I want to take a moment to share gratitude and some hope on the July 4th weekend. I will not claim that the past few years have been easy. The pandem...
Really Teaching Leadership
July 01, 2022
Many programs talk about fostering leadership, but most suffer from a fundamental shortcoming: It is hard to learn how to lead if you have no one to l...
Making a Storm a Moment
June 28, 2022
As a young man, you would have described me as intense. OK, some still do so, but I was particularly focused and driven as a teen and young adult. I ...
Loud, In a Good Way
June 20, 2022
Every session at camp has its own distinct personality, but rarely has that contrast been more clear than in the last several days. The first two week...
Sisterhood at the Lake Swim
June 16, 2022
Today, we had the Lake Swim. Roughly 100 campers (boys and girls who just finished 6th, 7th and 8th grades) swam across the lake and back. While som...