Updates from Camp

I woke up in the field, a weird amount of space between me and my fellow field sleepers, more then there was when I went to sleep. everyone had somehow migrated a few feet away from me. it was wetter than the night before, the dew laid a thick layer over us.     I […]

Today is the first full day of camp, though not a ‘normal’ day, but we all woke up here. It is full here. we are full here. Wake up call crew comes along and is fronted by Syd, Merle, and Syrus. I’m in the field, the birds, which I wish I knew what they were, […]

I got there a couple days early to chip off some hours from my work trade. There wasn’t tons for me to do, so I was mostly popping in and out of the kitchen to see if I could help in any way, and getting dragged around by Oona (one of the staff kids) which […]

There’s no place like home they say… And it’s true. I could say the exact same for NBTSC. I’m excited to spend my 4th year here in Vermont as Night Owl. I’m particularly excited to see the familiar camper faces that I’ve made friends with since my very first day working here way back in […]

Session co-director and advisor Brenna is sharing a photo blog post with us today. Captions were written by advisor Larkin Christie.               We can’t wait to see the campers soon!

What is it about appreciations that feel so special to me? Is it that appreciating a person deliberately and intentionally is so rare? Especially in the heartfelt way that they are done at Not Back to School Camp, which is the only place I’ve ever participated in such a formal way. My marshmallow heart starts […]

Today is the last day of camp and we are packing away all of our things. As the space we take up shrinks down to a small lost and found, we start to get an image of what Camp Myrtlewood will feel like when all trace of us is gone. As I discussed in my […]

I woke up and realized I finally had my first dream here! It’s also the Gunch’s birthday today.   I got ready and went to breakfast, which was scrumptious as always but the exciting part of my morning was when my advisee decided to do a freaky Friday with Kennedy’s advisee. How it worked was […]

This was technically supposed to be sent off to J yesterday but I was told it could be sent at the end of the day so then I heard send it at that time and then I procrastinated and went to bed without sending it….   So anyways whats good gang its your girl Syrus […]

My name is Kyson and I am a camper at NBTSC 2025. Today was the second Variety Show and a whole lot more. It was wonderful for me; a genuinely extremely enjoyable experience and something I will never forget. I started today in the morning as all days do. I woke up back in my […]