Circling Home, a creativity workshop with author John Lane, Sunday, September 29, 2019, Alarka Expeditions, Franklin, NC

Would you like to have a deeper connection to home and to the landscape around you? Alarka Expeditions invites you to join author John Lane for an afternoon creativity workshop on place based writing. Lane is the author of Circling Home (University of Georgia Press, 2009), along with many other titles, including several volumes of poetry and essays. We'll explore the role of place in our lives, and how we can live more meaningful lives by paying to attention to where and how we live. This is a one of a kind workshop taught by a one of a kind guy. 

Date and Time

Sun, September 29, 2019
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

Location

Cowee, North Carolina
Alarka Expeditions
423 E. Palmer St.
Franklin, NC 28734

For more information, go to:

 https://www.alarkaexpeditions.com/upcoming-events

Nature Journaling & Phenology Workshop at Wander North Georgia! with Alarka Expeditions, November 10, 2018

Nature Journaling & Phenology Workshop at Wander North Georgia!

November 10, 2018

Wander North Georgia has teamed up with Cowee, NC based Alarka Expeditions (Brent and Angela Martin) for a day long workshop on nature journaling and phenology (recording natural phenomena through direct observation). The morning will begin at the Wander North Georgia shop in a classroom setting where attendees will learn about the history of this activity in our landscape, with readings from the 18th century American botanist and artist, William Bartram, who explored and described the upper Chattooga watershed in May of 1775. The techniques of phenology as developed by the famous conservationist Aldo Leopold, and his daughter Nina, will also be part of the morning’s classroom activities. We’ll take lunch to the field, where the afternoon will be spent in observation, writing, and creative exercises. Attendees will leave the day with a new awareness of how to appreciate nature in their daily lives and how to increase their powers of observation in the natural world.

The workshop will begin promptly at 10:00AM and end at approximately 4:00PM. The cost of the workshop is $55. 100% of the ticket costs will go directly to the workshop hosts and presenters from the Alarka Expeditions team.

What do you need for the course?
Hand Lens
Notebook/Journal
Pen, pencil (a set of colored pencils or pens will add to your experience if you like to draw)
Appropriate clothing for the day’s forecast
Pack Picnic Lunch/Water

Optional:
William Bartram’s Travels (available in paperback, best to get the Harper’s Edition)
The Law’s Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling
Binoculars