Houdini Returns

Houdini Returns

Dear Boundless Families: The kids returned yesterday from a two-day river journey deep in Quebec Wilderness. They stepped off the bus beaming. Pride was oozing out of their pores. And they were eager for a mattress.  Lyal and Jaden boasted, “No dumps”! I...
We Need Noah’s Ark

We Need Noah’s Ark

Dear Boundless Families: Just two minutes ago, at 10:32 am, the first rays of the sun for the past three days just shined through my sulky window.  The river has swelled to seven times its volume since I last wrote. It’s likely a clue to climate change, but...
Collective Amnesia

Collective Amnesia

Dear Boundless Families: It’s just day three of the boarding school, and already problems are mounting.  Blame David. He’s our new Math teacher. Such a rookie.  Kids have barely had time to settle into their beds, and already he is overwhelming them with...
Try Not To Have A Coronary

Try Not To Have A Coronary

Dear Boundless Families: It’s day three but feels like day seven in terms of how the group is gelling. Warm, overcast, windless; with the air rich in summertime lusciousness (and bugs), your kids are blowing off steam on the ropes courses right now, shaking out...
A Scholarly Pack of Wolves

A Scholarly Pack of Wolves

Dear Boundless Families: One day October, the next day August. Repeat. This fickle weather pattern leaves us befuddled. Today we were gifted glorious sunshine. And it appears it shall remain so until the furious finish in just two days. Forgive the Olympic metaphor....