Comments on: Camp Osoha, R.I.P. http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/02/08/camp-osoha-r-i-p/ Life, Literature, and the Subversive Power of Living Small Thu, 10 May 2012 18:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Samantha Morgeson http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/02/08/camp-osoha-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-44187 Samantha Morgeson Thu, 10 May 2012 18:35:23 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1435#comment-44187 I would honestly LOVE to take over the camp... And I'd do it without reward. That place though me so much more then I ever learned in school, or from any job I've ever had. Tought me how strong I am and to truely love myself as well as others. I found my inner soul there, it's because we lived so simple just as the indians did, God just as he intended. We need to pass this kind of knowlege onto our future generations because we been living in a generation without love for too long. That place honestly saved my life because I became homeless after my last summer there due to my mother becoming a victom of a drug addtiction. I would sing the songs I learned there and thing about "wateepie" and it would remind me that I God loves me and that I was going to be okay. I don't think I would have made it without all the love and knowlege I gained from such a special place.... I can't help but cry as I write this because I children that i see today are so helpless and spoiled... they can't grasp what life is really about. I was foutunate that I was given a Grant to attend the next summer...I don't know who sponcered me that, but I would love to thank Linda Porter for being such a strong, loving, caring women and teaching me to be the same I would honestly LOVE to take over the camp… And I’d do it without reward. That place though me so much more then I ever learned in school, or from any job I’ve ever had. Tought me how strong I am and to truely love myself as well as others. I found my inner soul there, it’s because we lived so simple just as the indians did, God just as he intended. We need to pass this kind of knowlege onto our future generations because we been living in a generation without love for too long. That place honestly saved my life because I became homeless after my last summer there due to my mother becoming a victom of a drug addtiction. I would sing the songs I learned there and thing about “wateepie” and it would remind me that I God loves me and that I was going to be okay. I don’t think I would have made it without all the love and knowlege I gained from such a special place…. I can’t help but cry as I write this because I children that i see today are so helpless and spoiled… they can’t grasp what life is really about. I was foutunate that I was given a Grant to attend the next summer…I don’t know who sponcered me that, but I would love to thank Linda Porter for being such a strong, loving, caring women and teaching me to be the same

]]> By: sara grassi http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/02/08/camp-osoha-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-40541 sara grassi Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:14:40 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1435#comment-40541 I didn't go to Camp Osoha, but always wished I had...my dearest friends Linda, Robin and Ruth are the most wonderful women I know and I feel so blessed that they are my friends. The camp was magical and the evenings by the fire upon the first chill discussing their season and their campers were priceless. All you campers, young and old, cherish your memories and know that each of you were valued by these dedicated, bright, and thoughtful women... I didn’t go to Camp Osoha, but always wished I had…my dearest friends Linda, Robin and Ruth are the most wonderful women I know and I feel so blessed that they are my friends. The camp was magical and the evenings by the fire upon the first chill discussing their season and their campers were priceless.
All you campers, young and old, cherish your memories and know that each of you were valued by these dedicated, bright, and thoughtful women…

]]> By: Maureen O'Grady http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/02/08/camp-osoha-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-40481 Maureen O'Grady Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:58:57 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1435#comment-40481 Hi Charlotte, I hope you're not giving up on Camp yet... the announcement was not at all explanatory, to say the least. Camp Osoha is too much of a treasure for too many people to be dismissed so easily. I am hoping that Linda will be open to considering some options to keep Camp open in some capacity. Or let someone else take up the mantle. It's too soon to say "die" yet! Hi Charlotte,

I hope you’re not giving up on Camp yet… the announcement was not at all explanatory, to say the least.

Camp Osoha is too much of a treasure for too many people to be dismissed so easily. I am hoping that Linda will be open to considering some options to keep Camp open in some capacity. Or let someone else take up the mantle.

It’s too soon to say “die” yet!

]]> By: Joy Braun http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/02/08/camp-osoha-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-40475 Joy Braun Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:33:35 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1435#comment-40475 Hello fellow Osohan! My husband was looking up the meaning of \Osoha\ today to give me some solace during my period of grief. He stumbled along your blog and I right away loved what you wrote. Osoha is a magical place and Linda Porter is an amazing woman. I feel blessed to be a part of this place. I hope you find yourself \by the land by the sky blue water\ again one summer ...Cheers! Hello fellow Osohan! My husband was looking up the meaning of \Osoha\ today to give me some solace during my period of grief. He stumbled along your blog and I right away loved what you wrote. Osoha is a magical place and Linda Porter is an amazing woman. I feel blessed to be a part of this place. I hope you find yourself \by the land by the sky blue water\ again one summer …Cheers!

]]> By: Chris L http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/02/08/camp-osoha-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-40473 Chris L Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:13:29 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1435#comment-40473 It's a grief, isn't it? Reminds me of an essay in Snyder's "The Practice of the Wild" when he references a friend's grief when the place of his childhood has been bulldozed into suburbia. It’s a grief, isn’t it? Reminds me of an essay in Snyder’s “The Practice of the Wild” when he references a friend’s grief when the place of his childhood has been bulldozed into suburbia.

]]> By: Charlotte http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/02/08/camp-osoha-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-40472 Charlotte Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:08:09 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1435#comment-40472 Thanks -- I think I'm going to try to pitch an article about it ... camp was so important to all of us, and it's such an anachronism ... Will pull up the TAL episode. Also, apparently Michael Eisner wrote a book called "Camp" ... Thanks — I think I’m going to try to pitch an article about it … camp was so important to all of us, and it’s such an anachronism … Will pull up the TAL episode. Also, apparently Michael Eisner wrote a book called “Camp” …

]]> By: hhw http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/02/08/camp-osoha-r-i-p/comment-page-1/#comment-40469 hhw Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:59:57 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1435#comment-40469 Are you familiar with the This American Life episode on camp? http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=109 I only ever attended summer-long day camp programs, but I knew kids (in suburbs of NYC) who went to sleep-away camp every year. Mostly in upstate NY, some in northern New England. Are you familiar with the This American Life episode on camp?

http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=109

I only ever attended summer-long day camp programs, but I knew kids (in suburbs of NYC) who went to sleep-away camp every year. Mostly in upstate NY, some in northern New England.

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