Nightly Rituals and Optimism
July 06, 2021
Nine years ago, we met an author and educator named Shawn Achor. He was a speaker at a conference that I chaired, and we struck up a friendship. His ...
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July 4 at Camp
July 04, 2021
We camp directors have an odd relationship with the Fourth of July. We see as friends happily announce their travel plans, awash in family gatherings,...
Kindness at Camp
July 02, 2021
As I age (and, hopefully, become wiser), I come to value kindness more and more. As a young boy, I admired great athletes. Roger Staubach, the quarte...
Clashing Orange
July 01, 2021
Dance nights are a big deal at camp. I always feel the need to explain how a camp dance differs from the dances we had in junior high and high school ...
Finding Your Inner Child
June 29, 2021
Some things just bring out your inner child. Normally, teenagers want to embrace their maturity. They want their parents to see them as burgeoning ad...
A Triumphant Return
June 28, 2021
As I wondered about my next blog, I got an email. After reading it, I was delighted for two reasons. First, it is an uplifting endorsement of camp. ...