A Wish for Your Place

A wish for my place flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC says Today is the National Day on Writing. Today, make a wish for your place. This activity is taken from the Write Where We Stand Choice Board Go outside where you are, take something to write with, and find a comfortable place to sit for a few moments. Take in your surroundings. What do you notice about your place? What do you notice about the natural environment and the human-made things around you? Now, consider what your place was like in the past. Then, switch your perspective and consider your place and its future. Draw, write down some words, gather details – capture what you notice and imagine in a way that works for you. Now, close your eyes, imagine you are blowing the seeds of a giant puffball dandelion flower, and make a wish for the future of your place. What would your wish be? I went to stand outside, but it’s pretty rainy so I didn’t stay out for…