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Today is a beautiful, warm, slightly muggy summer day. Slightly overcast with not a breath of wind to ripple the waters of Lake Edith. We are running ...
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When one’s mission is To Delight and Inspire, the 4th of July is always a big deal. Greystone Girls LOVE to dress up, eat junk food, be silly, and wat...
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It is hot again today. The temperatures are hovering at the same 93 degrees that we “enjoyed” yesterday, but this is about to change. Tomorrow will be...
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It is going to be hot again today. We, like many of you, will endure a week of notable heat (90-94 degrees). Today is likely to be the hottest day of ...
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Today is Challenge Day, one of the best days of the year. Opening Day is more satisfying, Closing Day more poignant, but Challenge Day is just plain f...
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Current events do not typically enter The Bubble. Until we announce an event, it is essentially invisible, and we rarely find a news story worthy of t...
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Cecilia Glenn returned to Greystone with two fellow songwriters last night, inaugurating our much-beloved “Concert on the Lawn” tradition at Main Camp...
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It is nice to interrupt the daily routine on Sunday. At Greystone, we sleep late (9:00 Reveille, optional Stumblers run on the River Trail at 8:30), ...
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At Breakfast Club this morning, we talked about forgiveness… specifically, responding graciously and with understanding when a cabin mate offends. It ...
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The Camp Game is played with rules. One of those rules is 7:30 AM Reveille for every day except Sunday. This is how the game has been played for 107 y...
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Greystone is a big camp (more campers than most) but has a core goal of “feeling small”. This is not something I have talked about before, but since t...
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Camp is now two days old. Yesterday we started our class schedule and accomplished a lot! It was clear from my office above the tennis hut that Tennis...
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Camp is good. You would have been so happy to see your daughter Singing in the dining hall, dancing on the pageant court,, and listening intently to t...
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Thank you For choosing Main Camp a session that is long, expensive, inconvenient, and (perhaps) hard to understand. You are either true believers (ha...
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Main Camp is special, and this year is going to be particularly memorable. Here are a few reasons we think this is true: The Numbers… Last summer, we...
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Main Campers… GET READY! It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words; so today (a day where very few will check the blog and many of those peo...
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I rarely put my own picture in the blog. Campers and counselors are the theme of every post so it is appropriate that they are featured, but today I w...
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First, a public service announcement: Heavy Rain is forecast for WNC tonight. If the rain comes (100% chance at this point), the soccer field will be ...
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Last night’s Play was amazing. Two weeks of focused rehearsals and hard work memorizing lines during rest hour paid off. I teared up as Adelyn (Annie)...
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The cheerleading squad is never very big. Just a small group of upbeat, smiling, cheerful people whose enthusiasm pulls a large group into the game. T...
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We awoke to a brilliant, blue-sky day. Light breeze coming off the lake, birds singing, the aroma of bacon, and laughter from the cabin area. The last...
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Not that many people read the Sunday blog, and we don’t blame you. Taking a break is a good idea! For you and me too… so I am going to reprint a favor...
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Writing a daily update helps me maintain a positive outlook. The daily discipline distills a thousand little observations and situations into a theme ...
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Sarah came up to me unexpectedly before dinner and asked, “Take a look, Boss. What do you think?” I was wearing my newly acquired blue/gold/silver seq...
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I never miss morning assembly, Especially if Mac is speaking. He accomplishes more in 5 minutes than 99% of ministers. Such a gift is rare (I have nev...
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Some describe camp as “The closest thing to heaven on earth.” Granted, hyperbole is embraced around here and the point is over stated for effect… but ...
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It is raining this morning. The clouds opened up as predicted (about 7:45 AM), and the rain fell in a steady downpour for about three hours. It allowe...
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It is rare that we are given clearly negative feedback from parents, so when we do, our entire team pays attention. When we get multiple emails on one...
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Our camp is Christ-centered in every expression of its mission “to glorify God”. This has always been the way we “do camp,” and it has been our privil...
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The first time I realized that I was “good” at anything was as a camper in sixth grade. I needed the confidence boost that such a realization brings, ...