My Own Sound Walk

Having been stricken with an illness, I was unable to join everyone in class on Tuesday! It was definitely not ideal but when I found out that you did a sound walk (thank you friend for giving me the low-down!), I took my puppy on a walk in Town Lake for my own sound walk. Starting by the “watering hole” (The area by first street’s bridge and the water coolers), I walked a small loop around a portion of the lake. I began along the bridge and heard:

• the determined “flick” of my decaying sandals along the pavement and the rattling of my ice in my cup
• my puppy’s paws on the trail with his dog tags gently clicking
• runners in passing - their footfalls, breathes, sometimes sighs and coughs and/or headphones
• birds chirping and sometimes their wings flapping
• dogs barking in the distance
• the chorus of cars passing - squeaky tires, rubber wheels turning on the pavement, honking, music blasting... etc
• the wind over the see
• thelooming “ROW... ROW... KEEP GOING!” Coach (?) of the crew team on a megaphone, trying to encourage two teams of rowers on the lake
• Walkers and their foot steps on the dirt trail
• bikes passing
• People talking on their phones
• Jingles of other dog collars and the thud of their paws while they run

I highly suggest that some gives this walk a go! It’s the small 1.5 mile walk starting from riverside and first (dog park area) and then goes to the pedestrian bridge.

PS I feel like I wrote this post very strangely. I am writing way too many papers and reading way too much poetry... My apologies for any pretentiousness!