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Read more about the article The boys at the Big Swim Meet had no idea how fleeting boyhood is. Once gone, you will long for it forever.

The boys at the Big Swim Meet had no idea how fleeting boyhood is. Once gone, you will long for it forever.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 10, 2014
  • Post category:Autobiography

This bit of newspaper was printed circa 1930. It describes the “Big Swimming Meet” at Yawgoog Scout Reservation, the same place where I would spend my summers half a century…

Continue ReadingThe boys at the Big Swim Meet had no idea how fleeting boyhood is. Once gone, you will long for it forever.
Read more about the article A place where time (and boys) stand still

A place where time (and boys) stand still

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 4, 2013
  • Post category:Autobiography

I visited my former Boy Scout camp, Yawgoog Scout Reservation, last week with two friends from childhood who love the place as much as me. Danny and I visited camp…

Continue ReadingA place where time (and boys) stand still
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