Tales of summer camp life as told by Jim Gibbons
Posted in 2000, 2001, Interviews on May 27th, 2014
Yep. I haven’t updated this blog in almost three years… My apologies! But more on that later! Now, let me present, the long overdue and final installment of the interview with my brother… Dan Gibbons! [Check out Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed them!] Speaking of Green Cabins, let’s talk a bit about […]
Posted in 1997, 2000, 2001, Interviews on Jun 28th, 2011
A long time ago, I promised that this blog would feature interviews. Today, I post my first. I recently started an email dialogue with my brother Dan about camp. We hit on a number of topics. Dan’s 20 months younger than I am and we both went to camp at Shewahmegon for seven years. Dan […]
Flat out one of my favorite people ever, I have about nine million amazing and embarrassing stories about Pressy (Adam’s nickname, cleverly derived from his last name… which is Presbroten). That’s how it goes when you live in a tiny cabin with a guy for five years. I’ll get to all those glorious tales later […]
Posted in 2000 on Aug 27th, 2010
Photographed in the year 2000, may I present Owen Aronson: my friend and one of the brightest individuals I’ve ever known. I shared a cabin at camp with Owen for six summers, so I’ll likely have more stories featuring his involvement than you’ll be able to stand, so I’ll keep this post fairly brief for […]
This week, the absolutely massive San Diego Comic-Con International calls all nerds and fiction enthusiasts to Southern California with its siren song. As a bit of a nerd myself, as well as a Dark Horse Comics employee, I’ll be heading down to Comic-Con for the rest of the week. I was hoping to get in […]
Posted in 2000 on Jul 16th, 2010
Behold, O Readers! Before your eyes I display two men whose mirth, even in their youth, rivaled that of the gods themselves! Feast your eyes upon the giggling countenances of Robert “Cece” Geilfuss and Adam “Pressy” Prestbroten! Seriously, I love these guys. If I were to sit down and really think about it, I have […]
In my last post, I put out the call for Shewahmegon Song Sheets. A day later, the illustrious Brent Parker (Former Waterfront Director extraordinaire!) reminded me that he’d already posted a few on Facebook. Excellent! While the men of Shewahmegon had flexed our vocal chords with many more songs than the ones featured here around […]
The Chipmunk Chatter was Camp Shewahmegon’s newsletter, which ideally came out on a weekly basis for all of camp’s 54 years of operation. A masterpiece of clip art and colored paper during my time at camp, The Chatter was an information source for parents and a venue for the staff and campers to goof around. […]
Posted in 2000 on Jul 14th, 2010
Each year during the fifth and sixth weeks of camp, the two oldest cabins (Bunkhouse and Cabin 15 during my seven years at Shewahmegon.) would go on a 10-day canoeing trip in Canada. While the Border Trip was an amazing experience, the real kooky fun was happening back at camp. Taking a break from the […]