Today Doctor Doo-Be-Do ‘graduated’ from his first summer therapeutic camp for ADHD kids. He won the award for “The Funniest” child, and punctuated that when his name was called and he got to the stage with a flourish and a bow. He got his laugh. Good for him. Did the six weeks make much of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘camp’
15 Mar
Tourney for the Journey!
Every year as the excitement for the NCAA basketball wars heats up, so too, does the push for fun and funding at Sierra Nevada Journeys, an environmental camp near Lake Tahoe. My daughter B is currently Director of Community Partnerships at SNJ, having moved up through many different capacities over the years. She says, “It’s [...]
23 Jun
Wildlife conservation
Our California mini-visit was so special I’ll be adding a page above, probably after we get home later this week. But this couple of days has been on environmental education, as we’ve come to the Lake Tahoe/Reno area to see B. We finally get a tour of the camp where Sierra Nevada Journeys provides its [...]
21 Apr
That headache time of year
No, I don’t mean allergy season, though that certainly would apply. I mean summer, and its attendant crisis-level situations about what to do when you have two working parents, special needs children, and services to arrange around family demands. We’re all busy. Even without the challenges I know a lot of you parents have of [...]
9 Sep
Life as a sum total
I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive. — Joseph Campbell I had a revelation the other day; one of those moments of clarity when something about life just falls into place. I discovered what’s important to me in terms [...]
9 Jun
Don’t know about global, but it’s sure warming!
I’ve been melting this week, in an unusually early bout of summer heat, and I keep thinking about a Twilight Zone episode called “The Midnight Sun” about a woman, played by Lois Nettleton. As the eppy starts out, Lois and her neighbors are dealing with the extreme heat of the Earth pulling closer to the [...]
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