Who Am I and Why Am I Writing?

     Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Samantha but most everyone calls me either Sam or Sammi. This is the first blog I have ever done. The reason I have started blogging is because it is required for one of my college courses. I am currently a student at Grand Valley State University and I am taking a class called Environmental Literature. For this class, I am required to start blogging about my experience in nature. Saying that I am a little nervous is an understatement. I am extremely uneasy about the whole process of blogging but only because I have never wrote publically before. When I write about my feelings or responses to something, I am writing in my personal journal which is only seen by myself. And other times I am writing, it is for an assignment in class; nothing public.

     Even though I am uneasy about blogging for the first time, I also feel excitement. Nature has always been a compelling subject to write about and now I get to share with others what I see and feel. Not only do I get to share what I see and feel with others, but I also get to read what my fellow classmates see and feel in nature. I get to experience what they have experienced through their writing. 
 
      Nature is a wonderful and exciting phenomenon that many people take advantage of. How often do people sit and wonder at the extravagant beauty of a single tree? Not often. This assignment is forcing me to really take a look at my surroundings and reflect on what I see. It forces me to think deeper about everyday sights and occurrences in nature that I normally would pass by.

      To sum everything up, I am nervous and also excited to start blogging about what I see in nature. I can only hope to do some justice to the wonders of nature around me and let my readers experience those wonders as well.

 

One of the great wonders in nature I have experienced.

Mountains in West Virginia