My current English class is focusing on nature and landscape in relation to storytelling. It is really pretty insightful and differant than any other English I've taken. I have a couple of observational journals to do but wish it wasn't so darn cold out. A woman I work with told me about a similar journal she had for college and it was really kind of neat, so I'll share.
There was a snowbank underneath a tree in her front yard and every day she would watch it and make note of the changes in size. It would sometimes melt to almost nothing on beautiful days and then reappear after a snowy evening. Anyways it was just a really neat experience she had with her observational journal.
Anyways, I am excited I guess and nervous about this new experience in writing. I have a lot of time to grow with my writing and am using these composition classes to my full advantage.
Aside from that post I wanted to mention a fantastic book I started reading for my Woman's Studies class, it's called America's Women By Gail Collins. I am really enjoying it. It is a history of women but completely the opposite of boring. It starts with the first colonies and has a vast amount of stories about frontier women and the politics of the early colonies. Amazing so far:) I'll post about it more as I read more of it.
Vanessa
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Yes I heard that was a good book...
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