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Every camp needs a dock, right? Camp Hagan had none. Dear Leah, I can’t wait to hear all about your summer camp. Glad it has been fun so far…when I think about summer camp, my feelings are somewhat mixed. I HATED my one camp experience with sort of an unhealthy passion!!! Absolutely everything about it. Maybe going as a counselor could have been different than going as a camper…but after my ‘camping’ experience, no way was this ever going to be a summer job for me!! I must

My Dad was elementary school age during WWI and in the patriotic fever that swept the entire country, all the kids in his school were taught to knit for the soldiers. The teacher would cast on.....the kids would knit, knit, knit.....the teacher would bind off. (He must have been part of the scarf-making brigade.) My Dad's knitting skills were limited, but this certainly didn't deter him, when he loaded me in the family Buick and took me to pick out some yarn and needles.