Karen Rauter is our relatively new marketing director at camp. She's a long-time resident of the Margaretville area and just loves the Catskills in every way. And can Karen write! She writes like an angel and I can hardly say how important this is to me. People who visit the valley fall head over heels for it, but if you're not there you need words and pictures to tell the story--and words are more central to conveying the experience than one might think. Karen has written the text for a new general conference brochure and here's a sneak preview of the introductory prose, which is very fine:
Frost Valley is a place where good things happen when people pay attention to each other. There’s endless beauty here - the high meadows, blankets of evergreens, and pristine brook trails – and you can meet nature in all its forms. But more than that, it’s a place where our ties to friends and family are strengthened. When a community of people came to the Catskills to build Frost Valley, they had in mind a place where you can sit next to someone you think you know, and then really get to know them. It also happens to be where the everyday light and shadow is enough to inspire artists; where American fly-fishing was born; and where today, a quarter million acres of green forests still remain “forever wild.” At Frost Valley, where we are does have an effect on how we treat each other. Here, a family can relearn what “family style” means as they share a meal together. The rose-gray river stones in the hearths and chimneys around camp reflect the colors of nearby Biscuit Creek and pull you into the surroundings. If you need more reasons why it’s so special here, we encourage you to explore citizen science activities during every season. But you don’t have to, because you might have more fun just learning silly camp songs. And by the end of your stay, when you your family and newly found friends are composting like pros together, everyone becomes richer, including next year’s butterfly garden.
Karen Rauter is our relatively new marketing director at camp. She's a long-time resident of the Margaretville area and just loves the Catskills in every way. And can Karen write! She writes like an angel and I can hardly say how important this is to me. People who visit the valley fall head over heels for it, but if you're not there you need words and pictures to tell the story--and words are more central to conveying the experience than one might think. Karen has written the text for a new general conference brochure and here's a sneak preview of the introductory prose, which is very fine:
