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  • Serenity on the Hill

    It may be challenging for some of us to wake up on October 17th and look out the window to see a thin layer of snow on our cars, or on the fields.  I will admit two feelings and thoughts came rushing to me.  The first was a sense of peace.  It’s like a “cleansing”… Read More

  • My Gratitude List

    Some of you may have heard of such slogans as “Have an attitude of gratitude” or the suggestion to “Make a gratitude list” when you are down in the dumps.  With all the exhausting work of preparing for winter, harvesting firewood, preserving food, tying up loose ends from the summer, and trying to figure out… Read More

  • A Walk in the Woods

    My son Kwan once said to me something like this:  What’s the point of life?  You go to school for years;  Then you go to college so you can get a job;  Then you work and pay bills.  He was 18 at the time.  The question both scared me and made me hesitate – you… Read More

  • The Road Less Traveled & A July Summer Day at Camp Earth Connection

    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… Read More

  • Habari Gani? Summer News!

    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… Read More

  • A Rainbow of Hope and Possibilities

    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… Read More

  • Memoirs and Visions

    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… Read More

  • Diversity, Acceptance & Community, the new logo

    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… Read More