Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Small Aspect: My Driveway
My driveway at home is an essiential part of where we live even though it gets overlooked. It slighty slopes downwards from my garage to the street. Its color is either gray or white determined by the amount of sun that shines upon it. There are some faded tire tracks at the bottom of it from starting to turn out of it. You can see ants scurrying around it with some brown mounds along the cracks. Over the years the driveway has taken a beating from the countless basketball games and the inches of snow but it still stands storng and is ready for more.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Buffalo for the Broken Heart
How does "Buffalo for the Broken Heart" fit into the larger "nature writing" canon?
The book fits in because of all the land use he writes about. He writes a lot about the scenery around his land and what lives on the land. He also writes about what he has to do to maintain it which is very much like what my group is doing for the Casey Project. We are trying to figure out how to restore then maintain a prairie and he is working on maintaining his land for his animals.
How does O'Brien relate to his environment?
He relates to his enviroment by living on the ranch and being around it all of the time. He likes to see the wilderness that lives around him. An example would be the falcon, he really likes the bird and uses it throughout the book. He would also rotate the cows early in the book to keep the land as fresh as it could be.
If you were to make one suggestion to O'Brien, regarding his land use, what would it be?
I don't have a suggestion because I have never lived on a ranch so I think that he would know what he is doing more than I would.
The book fits in because of all the land use he writes about. He writes a lot about the scenery around his land and what lives on the land. He also writes about what he has to do to maintain it which is very much like what my group is doing for the Casey Project. We are trying to figure out how to restore then maintain a prairie and he is working on maintaining his land for his animals.
How does O'Brien relate to his environment?
He relates to his enviroment by living on the ranch and being around it all of the time. He likes to see the wilderness that lives around him. An example would be the falcon, he really likes the bird and uses it throughout the book. He would also rotate the cows early in the book to keep the land as fresh as it could be.
If you were to make one suggestion to O'Brien, regarding his land use, what would it be?
I don't have a suggestion because I have never lived on a ranch so I think that he would know what he is doing more than I would.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Wilderness Experience
When I was younger my parents bought a horse for my siblings and me and we kept it at a friends farm in Dike, Iowa. We went up there a lot so we could ride the horse and when we were there we did some other things as well. We had bond fires, go kart rides, chased chickens and sheep around, and played a little wiffle ball. One of the most fun things though was just exploring the property with my siblings. We would walk in the cornfields and in little forests. It was fun seeing all the wildlife and i will remember the memories made for the rest of my life.
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