Rediscovering Joy at Camp Improv Utopia

“Amy, I really liked playing with you today – you had such a joy about you. It was obvious how much fun you were having!” I turned around the campfire to figure out which camper Tamara was talking to even though she was looking straight at me – and using my name. A...

Ten Good, Bad & Ugly Colombian Surprises

“We’re going to be in Colombia for ten weeks this summer, so why don’t you visit?” suggested my friend, Clayton, over pints at a Yorkshire pub during Memorial Day weekend. Well that would be impossible. It was practically summer already. We had blown the budget on...

48 Hours of Nothing but “Yes!”

“To be human is to have problems.” – Lauren Huffman, Life of Yes! Sleepaway Camp, Somewhere Magical, Wisconsin ***** I arrived at the designated meeting spot in Chicago not knowing: Where I was going. With whom I was going. What I was to be doing once I got...

Sleep in a New Bed, Dominate the World

“I sleep in old beds.” And with that, World Domination Summit (WDS) 2014 was off and running. WDS is not an extreme political rally or a kinky sex fest as some people in my orbit thought. According to the website, “WDS is a gathering of creative, interesting people...

Finding my Happy Hat at Camp Grounded

“How was camp?” I keep getting this question over and over. And, that’s the question I keep struggling to answer over and over. The reason is simple, really. A transformational experience can’t be summed up in a statement such as, “It was fun.” And the truth is that...
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