{"id":30,"date":"2019-11-12T20:44:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T01:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/?p=30"},"modified":"2020-02-29T20:30:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T01:30:50","slug":"sense-of-place-of-my-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/2019\/11\/12\/sense-of-place-of-my-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Sense of Place of My Spot!(:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week\nI went back to my spot in Centennial Woods again, and it snowed!  All of the trees and plants were bare except\nfor the conifers.  There was a bit of\nleaf litter on the ground still, but the snow was covering most of the ground.  When I got there, there was only a dusting of\nsnow, but it was still exciting.  It was\nsuper quite too, even more than usual. \nMy sense of place in my place has changed a bit through the changing of\nthe seasons.  During the summer, it was\nsuper green and lively and it brought me a lot of happiness and I felt as\nthough I could sit out there for hours. \nWhen the leaves started changing, I still loved going out there, but it\nwas not as exciting.  When everything was\nbare, and it was a bit chilly out I was not as excited to go and it was not as\nenjoyable.  However, going during the\nfirst snow was super exciting.  I feel as\nthough my connection to this spot gets deeper and deeper every time I visit.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My spot is\na small area in a large plot of land called Centennial Woods.  Centennial woods is owned by the University\nof Vermont, where I study, and is only a short 10 minute walk from where I\nlive.  I think it is important that\nCentennial is connected to UVM, and the city of Burlington.  It makes me feel like I belong even more, and\nit is a great place to walk to and re-center and relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My spot\nhas a really rich history, which is really cool.  Knowing the history of Centennial woods helps\nmy connection grow even deeper.  So many\npeople and things have walked through and existed in my spot.  It was first settled by the Abenaki people,\nthen European settlers came and deforested all of it.  It was then used for sheep and dairy\noperations until University of Vermont obtained the land and reforested all of\nit.  I think that it is cool knowing a\nbrief history of my spot and it definitely makes my connection even deeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The natural areas and outdoors like my spot in Centennial is a huge reason that I came to University of Vermont.  Being a short walk to woods but still having the city right around the corner is super nice.  This visit to my spot really allowed me to step back and think about why I am at UVM and what this campus and place means to me, and it could not have come at a better time in the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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