BS Cohen October 11, 2013 19:05:10 (EDT)

Anybody remember the Phoebe Snow? Or the Nicholson Bridge? The Phoebe Snow was the Lackawanna passenger train from Hoboken to Buffalo that crossed the Nicholson Bridge (aka the Tunkhannock Viaduct), which was the final destination of our wonderful Nicholson hikes. The bridge, built in 1915 and... (more)

Bob Sprafkin September 7, 2013 09:22:25 (EDT)

I've been known to recite the Jabberwocky, remembered from when we did Alice in Wonderland as the marionette show. Hard to work into daily conversation, but what the hell!

BS Cohen September 6, 2013 20:20:15 (EDT)

For me it was Goldberg and Solomon. (Pardon me - Gilbert and Sullivan!) My wife, my children - and now my grandson - are all able to belt out the "Taranta-rah-rah-rah-rah-Taranta-rah!" chorus from The Pirates of Penzance. And they will all echo to the rooftops my chanting (even without HC... (more)

Bob "Tiger" Levy September 1, 2013 12:18:18 (EDT)

Karen, my wife of 45 years, still is amazed by the things I know. About butterflies, moths, & frogs; about woodshop; about marionettes; about baseball; about whatever. All the stuff I learned at Kamp. (BTW, Karen recognizes how shallow my knowledge is & likens it to a very thin veneer of... (more)

Sandy Jo August 31, 2013 22:10:19 (EDT)

I can't count how many times I have been with someone, seen a butterfly and was able to name it. And I thought that nature period was a waste of time. :)

R.C. Levy August 13, 2013 10:53:35 (EDT)

I never see a butterfly or moth that memories of Kewanee do not come mind. One of my favorite activities was to paint pine trees with Dave Secrest's peach-based formula and then return, flashlight in hand, after midnight, to capture the wide variety moths attracted to it. And what excitement there... (more)

BS (again) August 12, 2013 15:13:08 (EDT)

And, as I read this just now, another Tiger Swallowtail sailed past my window in Laguna Beach, CA. So we didn't kill them all in our poison jars! Whew!

Dick Sundheim August 7, 2013 12:43:50 (EDT)

Andy:

That tiger escaped from my back yard last week.

Bob Sprafkin August 7, 2013 08:55:56 (EDT)

Yes, Andy. lots of Tiger swallowtails in New Hampshire this summer. In previous years Monarchs dominated. A few Luna moths as well. I recall that my tentmate, Mike (Barrel) Lieberman used to corner the market on Lunas.

Andy Bresler August 7, 2013 07:13:22 (EDT)

Yesterday I was walking to my car, and a beautiful tiger swallowtail flies by. My reaction was to yell "mine!"

Old habits...

Lee Anspacher July 27, 2013 21:49:29 (EDT)

Hi everyone. It's taken me far to long to get in touch with former K.K/ers. To Gordy, my wife, Felice, will keep you in our prayers. To BS, congratulation on your well earned and well deserved success. I too have been slowed a bit with Parkinsons but so far so good. Oh, yes, that video by Stan... (more)

Bruce Asam July 22, 2013 09:51:28 (EDT)

This American Life's current episode is about summer camp. It's a good listen.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/109/notes-on-camp

Fred Half July 18, 2013 17:42:20 (EDT)

Hello all. Haven't been here for awhile as traveling to Normandy and Brittany in France, Jerusalem, Eilat, and Tel Aviv in Israel and various places in the US on a road trip to the East Coast and Midwest for meetings and weddings. With three married children and six grandchildren scattered... (more)

Robert (BS) Cohen July 15, 2013 22:00:35 (EDT)

Thanks, Gordy! Next time I'm in Philadelphia I'll stop by the museum. The Sunday (7/14) New York Times has a wonderful "discussion" about summer camps, and the vast majority of reader comments praise them (and particularly east coast 8-week camps) to the skies. I very much enjoyed reading... (more)

Godon Lawrence July 9, 2013 16:22:21 (EDT)

The National Museum of American Jewish History, which opened in Philadelphia several years ago and is excellent, has an entire interactive exhibit devoted to Jewish summer camps. I haven't done anything with it...but the opportunity is certainly there. Unfortunately, I'm currently trying to... (more)

Bob Sprafkin July 8, 2013 09:15:37 (EDT)

What year was that, Jerry?

Jerry Meyer July 8, 2013 08:09:33 (EDT)

The marionette show Robin Hood had the alternate title "Leon, Earl and Reubenhood."

Robert (BS) Cohen June 23, 2013 23:02:15 (EDT)

Good idea, Bob! I just entered the name "Kamp Kewanee" in the "Former Camps" section of Wikipedia's "List of Summer Camps" KKers can find it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_summer_camps#Former_camps But I don't know how to make up a site for our kamp that, at least, gives its birth... (more)

Bob Sprafkin June 20, 2013 13:54:17 (EDT)

I was recently doing some biographical research (snooping) and checked out Wikipedia. A couple of the bios listed the summer kamps that the people attended as kids. And they had links to descriptions of the kamps. Anyone interested in and know how to do the same for Kewanee?