Our Song
Theme days always add a little extra punch to camp life, and it just so happens that yesterday was Taylor Swift Day at Keystone. Based on the number o...
Landing Back on the Planet
Three weeks at camp is all-consuming. We speak so often of the magic of camp and living in our little bubble. We exist in a world away. The news of th...
Learning to Let Go
The great thing about life is that it presents you with different phases (a nice way of talking about aging!) that allow for different experiences, di...
Learning to Practice What I Preach
A few summers ago, I remember chatting with a group of our leadership girls as they prepared for their afternoon and evening off from camp duties. We ...
The Ties That Bind
For the first half of my life, writing was so intimidating to me. I could handle a thank you note, but beyond that, it was agony. I had no confidence ...
The Only Constant in Life is Change…
The Keystone Crew had a party last evening to celebrate the evitable changes that life has brought our way. We are thanking both Jess Wiegandt and Aar...
Do You Believe in Magic?
Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart? How the music can free her whenever it starts And it's magic if the music is groovy It makes you f...
The Hills We Climb
I had an older friend who at age 85 made the statement, “You know, I always expected life to be interesting. I just never knew it would be as interest...
Oh, What a Night!
Traditions play a large role at Keystone, and after 106 years, we have many. This time of year we always find ourselves inundated with requests for in...
Joy in the Simple Things
Happy Fourth of July! I woke up this morning to see my beautiful red, white, and blue hydrangea in full bloom in my front yard. We are feeling more li...