I started my work at summer camps at the age of 14.  My very first part-time summer job was scrubbing pots at a girls private camp up the road from my home.  Although I didn’t ever get to work with the children, just hanging out in the kitchen with the other young women staff gave […]

On December 26th each year for the past 20 plus years, I ask this question at my family gathering.  “What’s the news?”  We ask this question in Swahili every day for 7 days beginning on the first day of Kwanzaa, a celebration of African American History.  I have been asked quite often, why I celebrate […]

There are a few things in life that will always be good omens for me!  One is a rainbow.  On Mother’s day after a brief downpour this perfect rainbow appeared.  From the porch of my cabin on top of Hammond Hill I was able to see a complete rainbow over Camp Earth Connection below.  The […]

April 5, 2015 “Memoirs and Visions” The Summer of 2014 This was the first summer in about 30 years that I did not work at some type of children’s camp program.  I considered this summer my sabbatical.  It was time to think about the future of Camp Earth Connection, and the direction I would take […]

After a wonderful weekend at the Healing Hearts Winter Day Retreat for Women, I spent time contemplating the magic that often occurs at Healing Hearts and other Camp Earth Connection (CEC) programs.  A Magical feeling happens, when people open up, share from the heart and make connections.  Yesterday I listened to Thich Nhat Hanh  and heard […]