Tales of summer camp life as told by Jim Gibbons
Posted in 1997 on Jun 21st, 2014
After sending Martin Copland a link to the recent post that featured his photos, he kindly produced another batch of vintage Shewahmegon snaps! As always, thanks, Martin! The captions, like last time, are Martin’s file names. I’ve added some commentary in between the photos, as well. It’s dark, but all that white, including the sheets […]
Posted in 1997 on May 29th, 2014
Speaking of things I put off for far too long… Back in late 2011, Martin Copland—whose one and only year at camp was as the Arts and Crafts instructor in 1997—sent me an email after finding this blog. Then, in early 2012, he sent me a bunch of great pictures. And, like a jerk, I […]
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 Random Recollections on Aug 23rd, 2011
As Shewahmegonites, our camping friendships—strong and deep—wouldn’t exist without Bill Will. This post will have many authors, to reflect the many lives Bill helped transform. This post is here to help us remember and honor a truly incredible man. If you’d like to share, please send your photos and memories to jimgibbons1[at]gmail[dot]com. Thank you! ———— […]
Posted in Letters from Jim on Aug 22nd, 2011
As many of you who follow this blog already know, Bill Will—the co-founder of Camp Shewahmegon and one of the main reasons so many of us have such fond summer camp memories—died recently. To say he’ll be missed is an understatement. He was tremendous and I know I personally owe him a tremendous amount. There […]
Posted in 1995, 2001, Interviews on Jun 28th, 2011
Around the same time I began interviewing my brother Dan, I sent along some questions to our buddy—the real, live grandson of William T. Will himself—David Will. Having spent time up at Shewahmegon for many—if not every—summer of his life, David has many more years of sharing camp stories under his belt than most can […]
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 […]
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 […]
Posted in 2001 on Jul 14th, 2010
One of the things I always enjoyed about camp and, to a degree, Northern Wisconsin was how timeless those places always felt to me. Or maybe “stuck in time” is a better way to put it. While the modern era came to camp in the form of CDs, Discmans and sleek Maglite flashlights, you could […]
Posted in Letters from Jim on Jul 13th, 2010
Today is July 12, 2010. Scroll down a bit and you’ll see the last post was erected (Boner jokes already?! What kind of camp blog is this?!) almost a year ago with a “I’m gon’ get back on this shit” promise. Clearly that last boast of blogging fervor was bullshit. This next one, I think, […]