Written by Franny Bannen (Kitchen Coordinator) Today was our full day of staff orientation. It’s always a strangely unique experience to be at camp without campers, like coming home but being unable to locate all of ones family. We all try to enjoy the quiet, the trees, the sound of the creek, the room to […]
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J: Staff Arrival Day (Camp Myrtlewood Oregon)
Written by Staffer J. (Driver) Camp Myrtlewood is quiet and sweetly welcoming when I arrive. I’m the first to arrive for NBTSC again this year to pick up the first food delivery. It’s a good way to ease back into and fully appreciate the site vibe without distractions. Soon it will be a bundle of […]
J: Departure Day (Tamarack Farm, Vermont 2018)
September 29, 2018 (Departure Day, Vermont Session at Tamarack Farm) Written by staffer J. That bittersweet day came upon us again. The day we don’t think about until we’re well into the “squishy middle” of our camp session. Departure Day. We’re ready for it in some ways: ready to sleep in our own beds, see […]
Sam: Day 8 (Tamarack Farm, Vermont 2018)
September 28, 2018 (Day 8, Vermont Session at Tamarack Farm) Written by camper Sam Ever have that moment where you go to take a picture of the stars and your camera decides it isn’t capable of capturing beauty; a beauty our minds can’t even fully comprehend yet the little specks of light we do see […]
Jeanne: Day 7 (Tamarack Farm, Vermont 2018)
September 27, 2018 (Day 7, Vermont Session at Tamarack Farm) Written by camper Jeanne These last few days have been my favorite and also my least favorite of camp. My favorite because of the fabulous and incredible people of color (POC) support group meetings and finally feeling like I fit in with my own people. […]