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Entries from December 2007

Thursday Camp Song - Men of the Sea

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

This is another one of my favorites.
The key is the actions - bobbin (bend at the knees), swabbing (mopping action), hoistin’ up pants (pull up your pants), hoistin’ up sails (hand over hand action).
Men of the Sea
Men of the sea
Bobbin up and down like this
Sailing the ocean
Bobbin up and down like this
Well you don’t know [...]

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Tags: Songs · camping · fun stuff

People Who Have Affected My Life - Thoughts at Christmas

December 25th, 2007 · No Comments

I spent a day a few weeks ago going through old letters; actual print letters from camp, university, Banff, British Columbia and everywhere that I have lived.
It is interesting to re-read letters from your life. Letters from people that I have forgotten about, lost touch with, misplaced in my memory.
It is something that I [...]

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Materialism, Self-esteem & Summer Camp

December 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

I was reading through some articles this morning online and came across this link to an article titled - Materialism linked to self-esteem and this article as well.
What an interesting find to land upon two days before Christmas.  The thought that we can reduce children’s materialism by increasing their self-esteem is amazing.  It leads me to [...]

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