Mick Jagger didn’t attend Camp Mishawaka, but if he did, he might have found the inspiration for his anthem to acceptance, You Can’t Always Get What You Want. We don’t set out to devise a program that denies children what they want, but by the nature of a camp community... read more
Someone asked recently what a few of my favorite things about Camp Mishawaka are. I’ve never been much of a fan of raindrops on roses (I have a brown thumb) or whiskers on kittens ( I guess I am a dog person), but not unlike Rodgers and Hammerstein, I had... read more
I didn’t expect to find a gem of wisdom as I was taking out the trash the other day, but I did. I had probably walked by this particular canister a hundred times, but this time I noticed all the writing. Maybe it had never been turned this way, or... read more
Even though I have trained as a Yoga teacher, lead an occasional class at my local studio and maintain a (somewhat) regular practice, I have never particularly liked that phrase, “holding space.” Maybe it is because some of the early classes I attended where it was whispered in an all-too-breathy... read more
Somewhere in this cluttered office of mine is a copy of a letter from the director of Camp Highlands, a venerable boys camp in Wisconsin, to the parents of the boys that were in camp in the 1925 season. It describes the effects of a violent storm that passed through... read more