You will be meeting the irrepressible John Copic at Camp Spoonhowopic. You will love him. He is a compelling mixture of the hopeful but gritty American spirit of Bruce Springsteen, the mockingly forthright directness of physicist Richard Feynman and the irreverent and unpredictable enforcer/protector gone awry of his favorite comic book character, Lobo. In brief you will definitely find John Copic to be an “interesting character.”

John is a man in motion. His mind positively buzzes with projects, opportunities and the things he wants to learn next. He is very proud of all of his children, the things they are accomplishing and the directions they are going in their lives. When Kathy, Liz and his son, John were young some of John’s fondest memories are of the time he spent with them during the day as a ‘house dad.’

I read The Hobbit to my kids, a chapter every night. We did a lot of reading. I love the fact that Kathy will recommend books she has read to me now.

John had a fantastic Camp story for me, in his own words:

“I went to camp Michigania and I got in trouble there. Apparently fireworks weren’t legal and I brought fireworks and thought my son and I would shoot some off. They were supposed to go one way but they went another and they almost caught a bunch of stuff on fire. The people in charge were going to send me away and I was just going to drive home. They were actually small fireworks, just a little bigger than bottle rockets. They were just going to shoot up in the air, no big deal… They made it sound like I almost started the 3rd world war.”

These days John enjoys playing World of Warcraft with his son and reading as well as making and sharing good food with friends and his wife Eileen. He plays eclectic musical selections for his guests and also enjoys dancing, even alone; “I never met a song I didn’t like.”

I haven’t met a Spoonhowopian I didn’t like and John Copic is no exception.