If you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one. C.S. Lewis, The Horse And His Boy I write this (a bl...
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August 8 2025
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August 7 2025
This is, of course, Banquet Day. Everyone (campers and counselors alike) is giddy with excitement and anticipation for the big event. But first, we ha...
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August 6 2025
What a glorious day! Partly sunny skies, almost no chance of rain, a perfect 74 degrees, and we are having another Great Day. Our last full day of cla...
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August 5 2025
Bad weather is not unusual, so we treat it as normal at camp. Campers and counselors alike accept changing weather with good-spirited interest. About ...
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August 4 2025
The campers won a prize at EP last night: a special breakfast treat! Dress in costumes (if you want), have chocolate milk, and DJ the music for that m...
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August 3 2025
We started our day with Stumblers and almost everyone showed up for our running club. This is a club my father started many years ago, copying the Tod...
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August 2 2025
The mission of Greystone in 1920 was brief and easy to remember: For the glory of God and we have added only four words since that time: To delight an...
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August 1 2025
August Camp is jam-packed with iconic camp moments. It is just barely long enough to provide all the things girls dream about for a perfect camp exper...
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July 31 2025
Picture this: Evening Program is ending. The EmCees are wrapping up their “mermaid” presentation when they surprisingly declare that they have to go, ...
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July 30 2025
Parents sometimes want us to change their daughter’s class schedule… and we encourage them to make those suggestions directly to their daughter. We ar...
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July 29 2025
Our first day of classes is now fully underway, and we have already accomplished many big things. Yesterday afternoon the girls made their schedule (w...
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June 28 2025
It is possible (likely?) that most of your friends do not understand summer camp. It isn’t a “popular” thing to do, and many people don’t have persona...
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July 27 2025
Who’s Excited About Monday? ME!!! August Campers love me, and I love them. This is not a braggy comment, just a statement of fact. I am liked by the c...
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July 25 2025
Today I’m sharing some photos from Jared… if a picture is worth a thousand words, this should be enough!
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July 24 2025
At 6:45 this morning, reveille blew and a great shout arose from Tentalow Row. The girls were excited about another Great Day, this one featuring you!...
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July 23 2025
This is Banquet Day. It is a jolting fact that surprised many this morning. It surprised me too. The many moments of this day will be experienced full...
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July 22 2025
Last night’s play. High School Musical was as fun, good, surprising, and excellent as any Senior Play we have produced at Greystone. It takes a tremen...
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July 21 2025
We changed tables again this morning. After this change, mealtimes typically become more suitable for a civilized meal. I particularly look forward to...
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July 20 2025
About forty girls decided to run the grueling Great Day 5-K race this morning. It begins on the track at “lake level”, continues along the lower road ...
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July 19 2025
Today is Watersports Day (our last big team competition of the year). It is sunny, it is hot, and we are in the water. What could be better than that?...
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July 18 2025
Our last Sleep-Late-Friday began with sunny skies, muggy temperatures, and the promise of another languid/lazy summer day in the mountains. We will ta...
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July 17 2025
Last night’s Senior Celebration was spectacular. We quickly gathered on the Pageant Court for an early 7:15 start, knowing it would be a long show. Th...
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July 16 2025
We awoke to light rain (don’t even need a raincoat) and comfortable temperatures (78 degrees). This is nice, I thought to myself as I made my way to t...
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July 15 2025
A surprising thing happened on Sunday night at our weekly staff meeting. This is a late-night (10:15 pm) event that the staff anticipates with delight...
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July 14 2025
Breakfast conversations today were centered on the interesting question of “why am I at this table?”. It was easy to figure out… Hometowns. I discover...
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July 13 2025
“Thank you for the party”, said younger camper (perhaps 10?) in a hurry, excited about getting to the pagent court to take her front row seat and watc...
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July 12 2025
A big thunderstorm rolled over camp yesterday afternoon during sixth period. Perry (our early warning lightning system) went off as the clouds gathere...
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July 11 2025
Sleep Late Friday is here again, a welcome quiet start to another great day. The group night was the best one of the year, thanks to the perfect weath...
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July 10 2025
Last night’s EP was intended to be a blowout, over-the-top Main Camp tradition (we have done it for almost 50 years) that surprised and delighted ever...
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July 9 2025
You are well aware of the remarkable influence of celebrity. It is a great power, and with great power comes great responsibility (as Peter Parker’s g...
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