Tumalo Week1: Closing Circle
Every
time we go on fieldwork, we do a closing circle at the end of the day
to end each day positively and to reflect on what we did to learn, grow,
and have fun. On Tumalo day one, after our research and exploration, we
had our closing circle. We circled up and confident students read their
reflections from solitude and reflection about their surroundings and
experience that day. Two quotes that i feel caught the essence of Tumalo
Creek were by Bella Robles and Spencer Scott,
“Bugs
crawling and flying in all directions, as though it is an urgent
mission to distract us from our thoughts and goals.” -Bella Robles
“But
i write from the rock banks on a river rock smoothed by years of water
rushing by and around, cooled by the shade of a spruce, casting its
lonely shadow across the creek.” -Spencer Scott
Then
we read a few captions and sang happy birthday to Soleil. The results
of the closing circle were that we all got on the bus thinking of our
day and the fun we had, slightly sad due to the fact that we had to
leave right when we were connecting to Tumalo, a beautiful and amazing
place. In my opinion the closing circle is a way to connect to Tumalo
creek even more at the end of the day.
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