the anonymous student from the
seventies reminded me of a writing
assignment I once gave: “1. Have an
adventure. 2. Write about it.” the
much appreciated letter got me
thinking about adventure – no
doubt someone asked what sort of
adventure I surely replied “however
you define the word” all life is an
adventure when my daughter age
10 came back from visiting the
thicket beside our farm pond she
reported “all those willows aren’t
alike – some have the leaf come up
to its stem some have the leaf’s end
surrounding its stem” and gillian
showed me the difference – that, I’d
name an adventure in observation
This article appears in Jun 8-14, 2017.
