Memory and Wonder: A Field Guide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798234142061)

Memory and Wonder invites readers to consider the seminal learning moments of their lives. How do you expand those memories to live more fully in the present moment, to deepen awareness, engagement, and joy? Using the venues of play, games, and sports, Thomashow explores childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, surveying the ground that connects memory, imagination, and wonder. He encourages readers to cultivate their own memories as pathways to wonder and learning, using those memories to enrich the aging process. A variety of short essays covers topics including bicycling, birding, swimming, board games, playing cards, basketball, wiffle ball, mazes, marbles, and frisbees, among many others. Thomashow's background in environmental studies, ecology, and education permeates the text, suggesting how moments of play are deeply embedded in place, habitat, weather, and landscape.