Those Wonderful Hardships August 3, 2023 My son Mike, the program guy, came up to me after lunch and said “Dad, I think you are the guy to pick up the Carter-Moriah hike.” Being as old as the hills, I know the hills and when Mike explained his reasoning — that the group had … Read more
“There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise August 2, 2023 Where to begin? There are six accompanying photo albums for you to follow while absorbing today’s blog. All make major points about the quality of your son’s summer experience. Fishing continues to be a major enterprise here at Kingswood. The best explanation I … Read more
Take Me Out to the Ballgame August 1, 2023 I enjoy Intramural games a whole lot. Alice wanted me to help her run some important camp errands, but I demurred, arguing that the juniors were having an Oldtimers All Star baseball game on the Little League field. I got maybe 100 laughs watching … Read more
A Windy Sparkler July 31, 2023 Sara caught up with yesterday morning’s Deep Clean that occurred in the gustiest wind conditions of the summer. It was cool, maybe even cold to some at first, but as time went on it got a lot more pleasant and I’ll argue that the afternoon hours were amongst … Read more
Antediluvian July 30, 2023 After the Flood. Rare for me but I posted my photo album “newest to oldest” just now so you could see that we all were amazed to see the weather change so dramatically overnight. We awoke to a very stiff and cold northerly wind plus the sound of the … Read more
Blind Butchers & Petrified Pigs July 29, 2023 “Do you have two weeks left in the tank?” is a question I have been asking staff, especially those who have been here seven weeks, including orientation days. The answer has been a resounding “yes,” as evidenced by some very energetic and creative activity offerings … Read more
The Minute the Rain Stops July 28, 2023 It was pouring yesterday morning at about 9:30 as I was writing my daily blog. Unbeknownst to me was that the afternoon A Block went off at this hour but with all activities being indoors. Kingswood can pull off stunts like this, easily, as “pivoting” has … Read more
“Yeah, That’s Him” July 27,2023 There is no question but that we are able to post many more photos than in summers’ past. Improved technology and faster Internet make it so much easier to gather, edit and publish our pictures of your sons in paradise. If there were a prize for best camp … Read more
“Nothing to Write Home About” July 26, 2023 “Nothing to Write Home About.” Nurse Ashley’s morning appraisal, not your son’s. He will be writing home soon, that is if he wants ice cream! Ashley’s statement thrills me as it means that the Lasso Effect, predicted in a previous blog, is working just swell. … Read more
Baseball Trading Cards July 25, 2023 Between Sara’s and my photo offerings are plenty of close-ups of boys. I made it a point to ask the kids on the ball fields to select the pose they wanted for their “Kingswood Topps Baseball Card, 2023” and it was most amusing to watch them borrow sun … Read more
