Here are just a few shots of what Nathan and I saw and did last week at Camp McDowell. This is our group in St. Christopher’s Canyon, just off Clear Creek: At Tiller’s Beach: Paige, our guide on the Tiller’s Beach hike, gives instructions. All of our guides/counselors were strong As, but Paige was an … Read more
Free To Be… You and Me was one of my greatest treasures as a child. It’s an anthology of short fiction, poetry, songs, and a dialogue or two, all having to do in one way or another with being true to yourself, with a frequent emphasis on gender neutrality. I bet I went all the … Read more
Camp McDowell is an Episcopal camp and “environmental learning center” near Nauvoo, Alabama. The gifted program at Nathan’s school makes a trip there every year, and I think most of his class went. We just got back earlier this afternoon (I went along as a chaperone). It’s the highlight of the year for the program, … Read more