I had the privilege this summer of being invited by my daughter Cate Wilcox to visit her while she is working at Camp Alleghany. Thirteen years ago she began her adventure as a ‘Ghany Girl. After senior camp, and eight years — skipping only one year in 2006 — of being a counselor, she now […]
The drop off
My daughter Chloë is Camp Alleghany-obsessed. She loves everything about it and, it seems, has already planned out her next seven summers there, from her final one as a camper next year, and on to what she hopes is a great career as first a JC, then a counselor, and then who knows what. So […]
Pre-camp parties
Helping your camper to get ready for camp, especially if they’re very young or a first time camper, can be a great way to build excitement and help her to get her ‘Ghany on. Once at camp, your camper will meet girls from all over the country — and even the world! So local pre-camp […]
The winter’s tale
It’s February in Baltimore (a Leap Year no less) and we’re having a fairly mild winter. I wish I could say the same about the drama of raising girls! All three of my daughters are having friend issues. How is that possible? Yet somehow it is. These are the days that I can’t wait for […]
The winter's tale
It’s February in Baltimore (a Leap Year no less) and we’re having a fairly mild winter. I wish I could say the same about the drama of raising girls! All three of my daughters are having friend issues. How is that possible? Yet somehow it is. These are the days that I can’t wait for […]
Special shipment, please
I was cleaning up and rearranging the house the other day in an effort to create a new sewing area for pursuing my design work. As you can probably imagine, this meant the house getting temporarily worse as I tried to make it work better. There were books moved to different shelves, papers to sort […]
Camp with tents
Five years ago, my ten-year-old daughter, Minnie, scampered down the stairs, plopped herself down at the kitchen table and announced: “Mom, I’ve decided what I want to do this summer.” “What?” I answered. “ I want to go to a camp with tents.” “Hmmm…” She further explained that she didn’t want a hiking camp, where […]
The leap frog generation
Given the many traditions at Camp Alleghany, there must be a name for women like me. But how would I know, since I didn’t go to Camp Alleghany? That’s precisely my point. I didn’t go to Camp Alleghany but I’ve wanted to ever since I was about twelve years old. Memory lane I remember finding […]
You know you’ve become a Camp Alleghany Parent when…
I’ve been both a camper and counselor at Camp Alleghany. This summer I’ve become a Camp Alleghany parent and part of me is not really sure how I got here, but the other part of me keeps thinking… You know you’ve become a Camp Alleghany Parent if…when your daughter is born you think, “Yes! My […]