Part one of term paper
An escape, a release, an excursion from normal day to day activities: Oppermans Pond. My childhood is as a novel with the pages filled of memories of this serene Pond and its surroundings. The Pond is no more than 3/10ths by 1/10th of a mile in dimensions. It is set back among luscious green and yellow pine and maple trees and surrounded ...

Part two of term paper
... the east side of the Pond. My thinking rock, as I dubbed it, has sat next to the pond for as long as I can remember. The rock is about 5 feet tall off the ground and about 20 feet in circumference around the base. The top of the rock is leveled, forming a level bench. This flat bench has provided my seat over the years allowing me to peer out across the Pond. I would look around myself and ponder the questions of life and become fascinated with everything around me as well as listen to th ...