For the girls’ who camped at Maqua, the boys’ camp across the lake was a constant lure of excitement. The stories were legend of attempts to meet the boys in the middle of the lake, and to conjure pranks between the two camps was as fun as the socials that were held for the counselors. […]
Kathy Baker
Independence Day on Loon Lake
How many celebrations must have occurred on Loon Lake over the years with campers from the generations before us–years of traditions celebrating our independence–during the war years of the forties and sixties–mixed feelings of patriotism with fear for loved ones serving overseas? This year is no different, with many of our friends and relatives in […]
Open The Doors and Windows!
Summer is here, spreading a fine layer of pine pollen on my newly cleaned surfaces, as I attempt to clean the lodge porches. Eight weeks post-op for a radial head replacement on my elbow after a fall, I am cleaning and opening up as a one-armed bandit. Weeding the perennial garden is daunting, but two […]
Happy Covid Christmas and a Healthy New Year!
What a strange and bizarre time we have been living in 2020. As my husband joked, “Whoever thought we could enter a bank with a mask on and not get shot?” A pandemic, isolation from our friends and family, social distancing, many working and teaching from home, ordering food and supplies online, which has become […]
DAY TWENTY-TWO: ROADTRIPPING USA
There is not much I can say today, since the landscape, (aside from hills along the way), were pretty boring. I had major carcolepsy, which means I fell asleep for two hours, which is a first on this trip. We ate two tailgate meals along the way, but our dinner tonight made up for it […]
DAY TWENTY-ONE: ROADTRIPPING USA
The roads between Oklahoma City and Little Rock, Arkansas were less than stellar, but we were delighted with hills and valleys as we entered Arkansas. and our stop at a mini-mart for our “lunchables’ revealed accents that were not distinguishable, but entertaining, as I tried to decipher their words. (But, I digress.) We arrived in […]