A “starling” discovery: Nature and math on a collision course
A sunroof, a starling and a science experiment? On an unseasonably warm winter day a few years ago, I felt compelled
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Allan Scott to share powerful message at camp meeting concert
In the midst of a downward spiral fueled by drugs, alcohol and crime, musician Allan Scott felt as though he
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Confessions of a kids camp counselor: What we see and hear
The conversation took me back to my college years, when my roommate was a gung-ho video game guru. Except the
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Confessions of a kids camp counselor: Route of the root
Small fingers wrapped carefully around a young dandelion shoot at the edge of a small woodlot. The dirt below it
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Confessions of a kids camp counselor: Degrees of deviation
“Easy set up” it stated in large letters on the box. Just three easy steps: 1. Unfold, 2. Construct, 3.
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Confessions of a kids camp counselor: Attraction to distraction
As a counselor for troubled teenagers at an adolescent group home some years back, it was always amazing to me
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Confessions of a kids camp counselor: Tracking God
A monster white-tail buck roams the woods of Camp Harmony, a Wesleyan-based campground in western Pennsylvania near Johnstown. So does
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Standing before August: Now is the time to kayak the Susquehanna
The warming summer with slight rain has made ideal conditions for kayaking the Susquehanna. This late spring and early summer
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Mountain pie iron offers plenty of variety over campfire
A writer with a pencil (or pen or laptop). A carpenter with a hammer. A Little Leaguer tightening a grip
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Go gourmet on your next campout with shrimp over fire
When it comes to dining during a Memorial Day campout, thoughts may drift to the standard fare of hot dogs
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