Camp Singley Stories
Direct from the shores of Highland Lake in Washington, NH, here are the more or less totally true stories that make Camp Singley such a lively – and wonderful – place!
Walter the Wonder Dog, Part Four
Telephone rings. Answering machine kicks on:
“Hi! You’ve reached the Singley’s but we can’t come to the phone right now because we’re busy teaching our pet dog Walter some new tricks. Right, Walter?”
“Right, dad!” little Peter yelped, sounding like a yapping talking dog.
“But if you leave your name…”
We never thought of [READ MORE]
Walter the Wonder Dog, Part Three
Taking a road trip in a Datsun 210 packed with four people, two cats, one mummy-like-bandage-wrapped dog, plus all the personal belongings needed for vacation is an extreme sport.
The kids did their part to make things festive with a symphony of complaints. “Tell Peter not to touch me!” “Bethany is [READ MORE]
Walter the Wonder Dog, Part Two
Walter—our new puppy—stood on the cold, unforgiving exam table, shaking like a leaf in a hurricane. It was vaccination day at the vet, and Walter was clearly frightened.
Dr. D, the ever-serious veterinarian, examined every inch of Walter’s wiggly little body. Suddenly, his face contorted into an expression of deep confusion. [READ MORE]
Walter the Wonder Dog, Part One
One night, Bud And Priscilla Shaftoe’s car pulled into our driveway.
“You guys want a dog?” Bud asked, flashing the kind of grin that meant trouble.
“Uh, no,” I replied, already sensing a setup.
“It’s [READ MORE]
Lulu is Missing! – a Camp Singley Story
The Facebook post showed up at 2:32 pm last Saturday.
My dads dog Lulu got out. She’s a 15 lb black havanese. If anyone sees her if you can grab her we would greatly appreciate it. She’s super people friendly.
The plea about a missing dog was posted on our [READ MORE]
Camp Singley Stories – UFO’s
At dusk, the dark purple silhouette of Lempster Mountain looms over the western shore of Highland Lake, like a brooding guardian—or maybe just a mountain with secrets.
Lempster Mountain.
An odd, mysterious place.
Not long [READ MORE]
Camp Singley Stories
Direct from the shores of Highland Lake in Washington, NH, here are the more or less totally true stories that have made Camp Singley such a lively – and wonderful – place! I hope you enjoy…!!
Farewell to Another Season at Camp Singley
And so summer 2016 at Camp Singley draws to a close.
Bright and early tomorrow we’ll be on the road, heading home to Lexington, KY. We’ll spend the night in Pennsylvania. The Mohegan Sun casino at Pocono Downs likes to trade me a free room for the chance to take my [READ MORE]
A Camp Singley Fish Story
Well, I finally caught him. The big one that – for so many years – kept getting away. My son Peter and I were down the lake a ways, flipping purple-colored, grape-flavored plastic worms into some weed patches. All of a sudden, this monster of the deep hit mine, and [READ MORE]
Camp Singley – With a Little Help from Our Friends
Gordon “Bud” Shaftoe and I liked drinking gin martinis. We enjoyed going down to the NH State Liquor Store to buy Gordon’s Gin which, Bud said, was named after him. Either that or it was cheap. And he often ran out of Vermouth but who says you have to cut [READ MORE]
The Highland Lake Murderer
The distant drone of a lone motorboat.
In the silent hours after midnight that sound seems as ominous as the pitch darkness.
Then it suddenly stops.
Silence.
Long moments later….a heart-stopping, blood-curdling, terrifying scream.
The scream echoes across the lake. Then fades away.
Silence returns.
In the morning, the Washington Police swarm the shoreline camp where the [READ MORE]
You’ve Been Robbed!
“Welcome to the neighborhood….”
“…you’ve been robbed!”
That ominous greeting came from Dennis J, the first neighbor to greet us as we excitedly pulled up to the summer camp we had just closed on at the local bank.
Robbed?
Sure enough, the fully-furnished house we had mortgaged everything we owned to buy was missing [READ MORE]