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Art
Artistic expression is valuable beyond words. It is soothing and sometimes cathartic for the artist. It is inspirational and sometimes thought-provoki...
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Sunday #4
Our last Sunday is underway and it is jam-packed; so the blog will be brief, much to your relief. The Synchro “Heartbreak Hoedown” Show was SPECTACULA...
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Watersports Day
Playing in the water is good for our mental health… that is what we were told by the expert panelists at several webinars this year. There is somethin...
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Corny Roast 2.0
Today’s Blog is going to be a short one… and I suspect that is OK with you… for today is FRIDAY! The beginning of another weekend and I bet your time ...
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Seniors
Last night the Senior girls were celebrated in an “old school” way. Hundreds of flowers in arrangements on the stage, twinkle lights everywhere, custo...
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Anticipation
When we plan a new event that we KNOW will be a hit, our anticipation of that day is intense… BUT the question lingers in the back of our minds… will ...
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FOMO
About five years ago we restored our Old Town War Canoes. Perry White, our good friend and former Program Director, did the work… it took him a year o...
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Dance!
I am often struck by the amount of dancing at camp. As I write this, we are in the middle of the day and classes are in full swing. Girls are playing ...
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Jimbolympiad
Chances are good that you have never been or will EVER be an Olympic athlete. Amost nobody is that gifted in a sport and we, therefore, do not regret...
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It's The Weekend
It is another GLORIOUS summer day in the mountains! The sun is shining without a cloud in the sky, zinc face protection has become a form of artistic ...
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The Surprise of Silence
Girls LOVE pets. At Greystone, we have known this for generations. Look at the old photos of camp in the 1920s and you will come across candid shots o...
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Why Time Flies
Thursday Already? Seriously, time is passing too quickly. Main camp is the longest session we offer but I wish it could go on forever. Not everybody f...
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A Shoutout For FUN!
Every day we offer about 45 different classes all day long. It takes a lot of planning, a big facility, truckloads of supplies, and a well-trained and...
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Tuesday Update
We just put out our second-week video, hope that you enjoy watching it half as much as we enjoyed making it! When the weeks are short it is hard to im...
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Quality Time
Quality time is a concept that our family embraces. Oxford defines quality time as: time spent in giving another person one’s undivided attention in o...
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Sunday #2
The story of our summer added a great chapter last night. After a glorious sunny day a surprise shower changed our evening program location. The pagea...
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5-Year
Fourteen. That is the average age of our Main Campers this year. They have been coming to camp for an average of six years (two have attended a jaw-dr...
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"Important Things"
Council Fire is the subject of this Blog’s “granular” look at camp life. We had our first Fire last night so the subject is fresh on my “sleep late Fr...
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Lessons From the '90s
We celebrated the 1990’s last night with a themed dinner and Gameshow EP. The girls dressed up for dinner, we played 1990’s music, and the entire camp...
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TEN DAYS
There are certain things that are known at camp that would not be understood elsewhere… inside jokes, dining room songs, groove dance moves, funny che...
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What's Important
Every morning I read the paper. It is a comfortable routine learned from my father, who had the Wall Street Journal delivered to the house every day. ...
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Clubs
Campers want to be able to “go deep” in some of their classes… to play intense tennis games, do intense workouts, swim laps, run longer distances, rid...
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Sunday 1
It is the 4th of July AND it is our first Sunday… so which gets priority? All you old Greystone Girls know the answer… we do what Dr. Sevier taught us...
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Patriotism
Today we celebrate Independence Day (got other plans for tomorrow…) so I gave a brief encouragement to the girls to protect the unique freedoms that o...
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DADS
This has been the year marked by intense interest by the fathers of our campers. It started early in the year with a lot of emails and phone calls in ...
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Childlike
Camp is a place that celebrates children so it should come as no surprise that we are silly a lot of the time. Favorite free time areas are the see-sa...
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Be Kind
Our theme this year is one that should resonate… “BE KIND”. I bet all of you celebrate this character trait in your homes. It is a no-brainer… who doe...
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Jump In With Both Feet
We love Main Campers! They don’t waste a minute because they understand the way camp works: every minute Might become a favorite camp memory of all ti...
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Opening Day!
What a great opening day! The new system was designed to be REALLY good and we think it turned out better than expected. While we miss hanging out on ...
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Who's Excited About Main Camp?
Who’s excited about Main? Oh let me think about it… Jimboy, Margaret, Cat, JF, John… and the rest of the Miller clan! Last year we had the entire cam...
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