Volume LII, Number 8, April, 2012

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends,Did anyone have winter this year?  We’re hearing from all of our camp friends and families around the Midwest and even in the mountain states that winter hardly showed up at all.  Here in Tucson, we really just don’t do winter, so we have nothing to talk about on … Read more

Volume LII, Number 7, March, 2012

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends,In Wisconsin, it has been snowing.  Camp was on the receiving end of a huge storm right at the end of February.  Our caretaker GREG FUS, was snowed in!  Of course, he got out to take some photos.  Big snows are great for the lake, so we’re happy!  In … Read more

Volume LII, Number 6, February, 2012

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends,February is here.  This is the month that brings us Spring Training!  So, since baseball is the sport of the summer, February really does signal the approach of summer, and we’re very excited about that.  So when you hear that pitchers and catchers are reporting to camp, just remember … Read more

Volume LII, Number 5, January 2012!

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends,And the march of time goes on!  Happy New Year, y’all!  There is so much that makes this a great time of year, but of course, we like to focus on the fact that we are now only 6 months away from the start of the camping season!  That’s … Read more

Volume LII, No. 4, December, 2011

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, and Friends,Leadership is a complex and tricky thing.  The truth is, it’s a skill like any other.  You can legitimately compare leadership to things like shooting a basket, hitting a baseball, or paddling a canoe.  It is a skill – maybe not as physical – that can be natural to … Read more

Volume LII, No. 3, November, 2011

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends,This will probably be a shock to some of you, but as a native St. Louisan, growing up watching Bob Gibson, Lou Brock and others (too young to remember watching Stan the Man), I have, from time to time, had a very moderate bias towards that fabled franchise, the … Read more

Volume LII, No. 2, October, 2011

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums, and Friends,Well, folks, September was certainly an eventful month around here.  We’re kinda used to a laid-back time most years where we get to hang out around the office, sweat a lot ‘cause the air conditioner just can’t cool the place when it is 100 degrees outside, and move pretty … Read more

Volume LII, No. 1, September, 2011

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends,And so begins another exciting “off-season!”  It starts with our return to Tucson, where it is a million degrees all the time.  A slight exaggeration.  But it is crazy hot here right now.  It was hard leaving camp…so mild up there, and even though it was far too quiet, … Read more

Volume LI, Number 10, June 1, 2011

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, They don’t call ’em the “Great North Woods” for nothing! It is soooo good to be back home. Camp looks absolutely beautiful, even though the trees have not really leafed out yet. BILL MILLER, our cook-extraordinaire, the 2 dogs, and I arrived in camp on May 12th after … Read more

Volume LI, Number. 9, May, 2011

Dear Campers, Parents, Staff, Alums & Friends, It’s May everyone!!  Did ya notice?  Well we sure did.  Ya wanna know why?  Because this is the very last issue of “Timberlife!” that we will write and post from Tucson!  And ya wanna know why that’s true?  BECAUSE WE ARE OUTTA HERE!!!!!  Well, most of us are … Read more