Walking With Thoreau

4503 Broadway (near),San Antonio TX 78209

04 December, 2021

Description

With Thoreau’s essay “Walking” as a “guide” we will walk, experience, explore, find a center and a rhythm within the walk itself... Though it is too simple to say that walking is writing for Thoreau, the connection - rhythm, presence, heightened awareness, physicality - are all part of both the walk and the words of Thoreau. With Thoreau’s essay “Walking” as a “guide” we will walk, experience, explore, find a center and a rhythm within the walk itself that has a measure we can keep. Notation, response, some sharing, some solitude, and some conversation with the nature will structure this literary pilgrimage. A day or two prior to the walk date, participants are asked to read : WALKING / Annotated Edition / by Thoreau / J.Missouri www.missouri.com / 2013THE JOURNAL 1837-1861 / Henry David Thoreau / edited by Damion Searls, preface by John R. Stilgoe / New York Review Books / 2009 Leave cell-phones at home, or in your cars. Bring a small journal/notebook/sketchbook and writing implement. Jim LaVilla-Havelin is a poet, educator, and community arts activist. He is the Poetry Editor for the San Antonio Express-News and the Coordinator of National Poetry Month activities in San Antonio. In the late 1960’s LaVilla-Havelin spent a night a Walden Pond. Free Admission - Donations Welcomed Registration opens on November 13, 2021. Our 53-acre nature sanctuary is home to the Blue Hole, the source spring of the San Antonio River. We are a nonprofit Earth care ministry of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. Headwaters at Incarnate Word is restoring our urban landscape through the removal of invasive plants and propagation of native species in an effort to increase biodiversity and benefit local wildlife. We offer educational programs for adults and children that focus on nature, local history, and conservation of our shared natural and cultural resources. Finally, we provide a sanctuary where people are encouraged to reflect and find meaning in their connection with the Earth, themselves, and each other.