by Steven Gottlieb | Mar 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: I was up at the boarding school the past few days, taking it all in. It looked like the set of a Hansel and Gretel fairy tale. Deep and fluffy snow draped our 600 acres in a cozy purity that is an ideal metaphor for your kids’ frame of... by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: Eager to reacquaint myself with the zeitgeist of each tribe, I have been snooping around the kids, trying to be a fly on the wall. This has proved rather impossible, as I have a reputation for being the crazy old guy. Kids sniff me out life... by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: The end of the beginning is nigh, and this place’s striking beauty has a hypnotic effect on your kids. Which is not to say they aren’t loud. Decibel levels increase hourly. Sometimes I feel like the crusty grandpa bellowing,... by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: I learned the Toronto buses left at 8:07 this morning. That’s a record. A harbinger of a wonderful session? We shall see. It’s been off to a great start. I bet you think I say that to all the gals. I’m not like that.... by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: Two days ago, I rendezvoused with the OE gang at the head of a 1.5 km portage that was preceded by a 10km head-winded exhausting paddle. The kids were spent and the trek into the Boreal forest had not yet begun. Morale was low. Every group... by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: It’s been windy. Those deer flies haven’t stood a chance. Yet another ingredient in this rather paradisiacal session. Okay, maybe I embellish. Having 60 teenagers in any one place is, by definition, is a paradise lost. I am mostly... by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: When there is so much to write about, and you don’t know where to begin, I tend use the most recent event as a launching point. Ashley Strange (AKA Stranger), my partner in crime in keeping tabs on everyone, and perhaps the only other... by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: All arrived safely. It tried to rain today – a few drops in a bucket now depleted by 4 weeks of drought conditions. Flooding in the spring, drought in summer. A refrain I fear we shall be hearing a lot. But your kids couldn’t care... by Steven Gottlieb | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: I just visited the English class, and happened upon 20 teenagers engulfed in a cone of silence. The only sound I heard was my own coronary at the witnessing of the ghost-like stillness in a group with a delightful reputation for skullduggery.... by Steven Gottlieb | Jul 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: I made up a scale a way back that combines water and air temperature to determine suitability for outdoor water-based activities. A combined 40 degrees is a cutoff. Anything below, it’s chilly and even a risk for mild hypothermia if you...
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