Saturday, August 19, 2006

Northbrook

It’s the summer camp I never had as a kid, the one with the boathouse, a pool table, meals. A big stone porch. Adirondack chairs overlooking the lake. Friends you see every year. Canoeing, hiking, fishing, birding. Happy hour. And books. Lots of books.

Fellow 365ers: I’m off for a week but have posted ahead. I hope to return with 365s of Northbrook characters.

In the words of Christopher Robin:

GON OUT
BACKSON
BISY
BACKSON.

—I.B.

6 Comments:

Blogger Otter said...

Hope You make some happy memories and have a damn good time doing it too!

August 11, 2006 4:07 PM  
Blogger GreenishLady said...

Hope you have a great time. Weren't you wise to post ahead, and not fall hopelessly behind like some of us have?

August 12, 2006 9:50 AM  
Blogger B Kiddo said...

Hope you are having a great time at summer camp! See you when you return. I myself am trying to get back into the swing of things after being away. It is tough catching up... I like your plan ahead attitude! ;-)

August 15, 2006 10:42 AM  
Blogger Indigo Bunting said...

Planning ahead worked this time, but I didn't write a bunch like I'd hoped I would. AND I'm off again for a couple of weeks in September, at which time I'm pretty sure you'll notice a distinct lagging behind! (Northbrook was great, though...this morning I was kayaking by a family of loons [the bird, the bird].)

August 19, 2006 5:05 PM  
Blogger Bridgett said...

I like that you posted about a place. So many places figure prominently in our lives and make us who we are in the long run.

August 19, 2006 6:06 PM  
Blogger Indigo Bunting said...

Bridgett: So true. This was my twentieth summer trip there. I can't seem to not go back.

August 21, 2006 6:36 AM  

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