Cooked Up by Brosch

This year, I'm going to spend 31 days writing about places.  In my profession, I talk about place-based writing quite a bit.  I frame it like this when I share:  We believe in the power of including spaces in the process of writing.  Place-based writing is the concept that the place where we write may influence our thinking, impacting the writer’s perspective, engagement, ownership, and/or purpose.  I'm really jazzed up, thinking about where I will spend time as a writer in 31 different spaces this month and how I can use each post to share a little slice of my day.  Today,  Forest Park. This morning, we're making a big weekend breakfast and then taking the dogs to Forest Park.  This park is an absolute gem in St. Louis, and the weather is finally gorgeous.  This is kind of a cheat, but I wrote this beautiful poem in Forest Park (which contains the St. Louis Zoo) a while back.  I believe it is a lovely example of place-based writing...