My Grandson and the Great Outdoors
I have the smartest and most precious grandson ever! No really. I do! Arthur turned one in June. He’s a happy baby that loves to explore. He really likes to explore outdoors. And this grandmother (a.k.a. Diddy) is more than happy to encourage that exploration. After he learned how to army crawl (great upper body strength!), he learned how to crawl like we think babies should crawl – then his parents took him outside. That’s when he learned how to crawl like a bear. “What is this stuff? It doesn’t feel like wood floors and carpet. Why is it green? It feels[...]
Family Jewels
My grandmother is infamous in our family for her dining table etiquette. I recently read an article about what’s wrong and right to discuss at the table, and if we leave it up to her, she will always fall 100% on the wrong side of pleasant decorum. You see, for the past 20 years at least, we haven’t eaten dessert without talking about what’s going to happen when Grandma dies. Growing up, we had this conversation so often that I was accustomed to the candid way she would prematurely divvy out her beloved china, furniture, collectibles and precious[...]
The Steady Beat of the Drum
The steady beat of the drum, the thrice answered Wo – He – Lo Call, voices joining in the Processional “We come, we come to our council fire…” CAMP FIRE PROCESSIONAL We come, we come to our council fire With measured tread and slow To light the fire of our desire To light the fire of Wohelo Wohelo Wohelo The little twinkling stars on high Are whispering nature’s lore While all about us the soft winds sigh and Great Wokanda watches o’er Wohelo Wohelo It’s amazing how the sounds and songs of camp can so[...]
The Life and Legacy of a Camp Fire Girl: A Daughter’s Tale
My mother died in December.This may sound like a really sad way to start a blog, but my mother was anything BUT sad.Living until she was 94, Jean Marie Albrecht Lochtrog enjoyed an incredible life that was shaped by her participation in Camp Fire Girls with the First Texas Council in the 1930s. My sister and I found an entire box of Camp Fire memorabilia last year while downsizing her home of 55 years. What a special memory I will always cherish getting to sit with her and hear her life stories.I’d like to share a little of her[...]
“A CENTURY OF SPARKING DISCOVERY” TO MAKE DEBUT AT FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY
Fort Worth, Texas – February 24, 2014 – "A Century of Sparking Discovery," a historic collection of Camp Fire First Texas artifacts and memorabilia dating back to 1914, will open to the public at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History March 6. Spanning ten decades of Camp Fire First Texas' positive impact on North Texas youth and their families, the exhibit offers visitors the opportunity to experience both the history and the vision of Camp Fire. "This exhibit will be an opportunity for Camp Fire volunteers and alumni to reminisce and look back on all that Camp[...]
Camp Fire First Texas Council Announces 2014 Board of Directors and Opens in Centennial Year
Fort Worth, Texas (February 4, 2014) – Camp Fire First Texas announced the election of new board members at its annual meeting and centennial opening January 30 at River Crest Country Club. The newly-elected board members for 2014 are: Kelli Walter, Edward C. Lange and Jake Yarbrough They join returning board members: Jerri O. Akers, Heidi Coombs, Kimberly DeWoody, Dolores Garza, Marilyn Gilbert, Michele Hahnfeld, Terry Haney, Dan Hansen, Brant C. Martin, Bill McCoy, Tod M. Miller, John Molyneaux, Cheryl Moore, Steven W. Novak, Evelyn H. Richardson, Jenene Schaffer, Chuck Sheridan, Linda Spinger, John Strong, Monica M. Thomas-Bonnick, Lynda[...]
