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Thanksgiving

Giving Thanks

November 21, 2012 | by Mary Hamilton| in Food, Uncategorized, Youth camps

The camps I’ve attended in recent years have all served meals in a buffet style. This is probably more efficient and sanitary than the family style serving we used at Lutherdale, but I miss the opportunity for corporate prayer at the beginning and end of the meals. Giving thanks was an important part of meals …

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Giving Thanks

November 21, 2012 | by Mary Hamilton| in Food, Uncategorized, Youth camps

The camps I’ve attended in recent years have all served meals in a buffet style. This is probably more efficient and sanitary than the family style serving we used at Lutherdale, but I miss the opportunity for corporate prayer at the beginning and end of the meals. Giving thanks was an important part of meals …

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happy birthday

Green Pepper Cake?

November 14, 2012 | by Mary Hamilton| in Food, Youth camps

Camp cooks rank right up there with teachers in my estimation. I don’t much care to cook for just a few people, but these saints cook enough food to feed hundreds of hungry teenagers. And not just once or twice. They do it three times a day for months at a time. At least with …

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Green Pepper Cake?

November 14, 2012 | by Mary Hamilton| in Food, Youth camps

Camp cooks rank right up there with teachers in my estimation. I don’t much care to cook for just a few people, but these saints cook enough food to feed hundreds of hungry teenagers. And not just once or twice. They do it three times a day for months at a time. At least with …

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foil dinner

Camp Food

November 7, 2012 | by Mary Hamilton| in Food, Uncategorized, Youth camps

November begins the season of food with Thanksgiving’s feast followed by a multitude of Christmas goodies. By contrast, camp food often has a less-than-raving reputation, although I recall the food tasting pretty good when I lived at Lutherdale. Usually, the problem is when you’re on staff, you eat the same weekly menu from Memorial Day …

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Camp Food

November 7, 2012 | by Mary Hamilton| in Food, Uncategorized, Youth camps

November begins the season of food with Thanksgiving’s feast followed by a multitude of Christmas goodies. By contrast, camp food often has a less-than-raving reputation, although I recall the food tasting pretty good when I lived at Lutherdale. Usually, the problem is when you’re on staff, you eat the same weekly menu from Memorial Day …

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"water"

Crisis

October 31, 2012 | by Mary Hamilton| in Crisis, Uncategorized, Youth camps

The reports on Hurricane Sandy and her devastating effects make me think of the storms that hit Lutherdale when I was growing up. One year, a tornado blew through and tore the roof off the new dining hall. I was too young to remember that but I often heard others reminisce about it. One storm …

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rejection

The Story Idea

October 12, 2012 | by Mary Hamilton| in Uncategorized

A couple of questions people often ask writers is how long did it take to write the book and where they got the idea for a particular story. Sticks & Stones took 8-10 years to write, but most of that time was simply learning how to write a novel. The idea came gradually but there …

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