First Time Blogger

By: Pat Andera
Co-Head Cook

I am new to blogging. I have been trying to figure out what to write about. Thankfully, I saw something this morning that gave me an idea. I was watching a morning sports talk show when the 2 hosts got into a discussion about the Titanic. One of the hosts claimed he had no idea that the Titanic was an actual ship and thought it was just a movie. It got me thinking about what are normal things that most people should know. There was a documentary that came out a few years ago that showed kids looking at different pictures of famous people. The host claimed that more kids recognized Ronald McDonald than Jesus. I sure hope this isn’t the case. I suppose I could fall into that category of not knowing things I should and having a vast knowledge of things maybe I shouldn’t know. I could tell you who played 3rd base for the Twins in 1991 (Scott Leius, by the way) but couldn’t tell you the name of any of my great-grand parents. So what are the things we should know? People, places, things in history, ingredients in Susan’s Super Spaghetti? Maybe there is a book out there that I could get. The 100 things every person should know. If not maybe I will write one.

In spite of my questions of random knowledge I need to know, life is great up here at camp. The weather has been absolutely beautiful. After a break for Easter, retreats are picking up here again, which is great. It means that kids are coming back to camp, which always makes this place joyful. In the words of one of my favorite Christian songs, "You give me joy that's unspeakable And I like it.”