How one class grew from the roots of reading and writing to an urban garden that shapes our thinking about food, community and the journey from the field to the table.



In this class, students are encouraged to reflect and blog about what resonates with them during the work we approach each week. Once a week, usually later in the week, my students submit entries, we go over them and see what will get posted. ~Mary Ann D'Urso, Instructor




3/17/2010 - Our Special Guests

Becky Rodriguez

Wow it has been a while since I have posted a blog. Well, what can I say? I have been doing good and hope that all the people who have been interested in reading our blog have missed us.

Since our last amazing visitor Anna Quindlen, we had the opportunity to interview two more interesting people. Hillary Cohen Freeman, a yoga teacher and photographer, came to talk to us about her trips to different parts of the world like India with her mentor, Douglas Brooks. She also spoke to us about how and why she became a photographer and a yoga teacher. Hillary is an outgoing and down to earth person who believes that when you try and try, you will get what you want. She had really good quotes about life. One of my favorites was, “You are the point the universe wants to make.” I like this idea because I believe that everything depends on the person herself or himself and you have to show the best of yourself.

Dave, an audio and video producer, was a great person who showed us about Audacity because he is the best on that. He taught us different techniques and tricks to do the best audio story presentation in 2 minutes. You are probably asking yourself how can you tell a story in 2 minutes? Well, it’s possible and I learned that myself because I was thinking the same thing. I learned that you just edit the more important parts to tell the story. The 2-minute rule of thumb comes in because as the person telling the story you want your listener to get the full picture without them falling asleep or clicking to another site.

I learned so much from the people we have interviewed so far. It has been a pleasure to learn a little about their personal and professional lives. I never imagined at the beginning of term that it would be a pleasure to interview people. I thought it was going to be a lot of work and that maybe, people we interviewed would give us a hard time and not want to answer our questions. I thought maybe they would feel like they were above us. But instead, I am learning that they are just like us.

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