Our first full week on LBI is finished, so we celebrated by going out for a seafood luncheon and a long bike ride. Beth and I thought it important to celebrate because this was not an easy week for us. On the contrary, it was full of some discipline issues at camp and a rewrite …

In the summer of my 12th year, I had my first hit off a marijuana pipe. And in the summer of my 62nd year, last week, in fact, I had my very last hit. For over 50 years I have flirted with, been deeply intimate with, laughed, danced and listened to music with and generally …

Last year, all of our campers at LBI were girls save one mild mannered, five year old boy who had traveled the world. I liked him and we had many conversations about his travels.. That group of mostly girls made us feel right at home. As parents of daughters, we are accustomed to their emotional …