Nothing More American » letters http://www.nothingmoreamerican.com Tales of summer camp life as told by Jim Gibbons Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:43:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Introducing “Chipmunk Chatter”——> http://www.nothingmoreamerican.com/2009/03/25/introducing-chipmunk-chatter/ http://www.nothingmoreamerican.com/2009/03/25/introducing-chipmunk-chatter/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:51:53 +0000 Jim Gibbons http://nothingmoreamerican.com/?p=50 Most camps have a camper and staff-written publication that updates and parents on the goings-on of their kids’ summer retreat. At Camp Shewahmegon, it may have been printed on pastel paper and put together on an MS Dos computer, but it was still a great place for us Shewahmegonites to drop little in-jokes and tell the epic tales of our Namekagon canoe trips and Pine Point 2 cookouts—it was called The Chipmunk Chatter.

In honor of those three glorious printed pages stapled together by hand to circulate our camp news, I have added a section (look to your right, there it is!) that’ll display all recent comments made on the blog. Hopefully, this will help people see a multitude of other camp stories posted in response to my main entries and foster the open forum feel I hope Nothing More American has in the future.

So, comment away! Now with NMA‘s Chipmunk Chatter, it may be seen by an old camp buddy who has an addition to your story, get you an answer to a nagging nostalgic question or give another former camper a good and much-needed laugh.Similar Posts:

]]> http://www.nothingmoreamerican.com/2009/03/25/introducing-chipmunk-chatter/feed/ 1 Dear Readers… http://www.nothingmoreamerican.com/2009/03/22/dear-readers/ http://www.nothingmoreamerican.com/2009/03/22/dear-readers/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:18:30 +0000 Jim Gibbons http://nothingmoreamerican.com/?p=45 Hey Folks!

I just wanted to address you all directly with a few things.

First, I chatted with a few friends recently who told me they have been enjoying the blog. You know who you are, but I just wanted to put an additional “thank you” up here. It means a lot to know that people are actually looking into what is essentially a labor of love for me, not to mention a place to record all these memories before they slip away. If you’re reading then you’re probably reading this, so thanks for supporting me and Nothing More American in our bloggy infancy!

Second, many of the same people who have expressed a love for the blog have also expressed that they don’t feel quite comfortable posting comments and what not after posts. No question or comment is inane or irrelevant here and all of them should hopefully stir up more memories that I can blog, not to mention stir up the memories of other readers. If my talk about canoeing brings up an unrelated canoeing memory you want to share, post it! If my posts are lacking crucial information, post a question! If you wish you had memories as fantastic as mine, post that! I’d really love this place to become as much a forum as it is a place for me to catalog the amazing events of my childhood summers, so please don’t be shy and comment frequently. I guarantee things will get even better if you do!

Lastly, if you read some of my introductory posts then I am sure you may be wondering where the webcomics I mentioned are. I finished the first installment of the blog’s namesake webcomic Nothing More American recently, but issues with my scanner have put posting it on hold. Be patient, it’s on its way.

That does it for me. Again, thanks to everyone who has shown support in the early going of NMA, I really do appreciate it!

Till we meet again,

JIMSimilar Posts:

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