ALL1418-HC First 6 Weeks Tuesday 10:30-11:50 Start Date 28-Jan
Grossman 115 Limit 20
ALL1418-HZ First 6 Weeks Tuesday 10:30-11:50 Start Date 28-Jan
Zoom Limit 20
We’ll use the UMass Press book, A Moving Meditation, to guide our dialogue: how kettle pond geology on a glacial moraine was “created in a single moment,” chapter one; intractable Cape Cod water issues, chapters 2, 7,16; river herring, counting, and protection, chapters 3 and 4; springtime and vegetation on a kettle pond, chapters 5 and 6; the value of canoe paddling on a kettle pond (book title), chapters 9, 10; wildlife and waterfowl, chapters 11-15.
Text: A Moving Meditation, UMass Press. 20% discount on their website with code UMASS20. cost about $20.
Assignment: We hope students will read the prescribed chapters before each class.
class 1: chapter 1
class 2: ch 2,7,16
class 3: ch 3-4
class 4: ch 5-6
class 5: ch 9-10
class 6: ch 11-15
Coordinator: Stephen Waller
Steve Waller is a retired Air Force ophthalmologist and med school professor. He has lived on Long Pond in Centerville and its herring run since 2017, where he became fascinated with herring migration and kettle pond geology, botany, birds, and wildlife. The peaceful nature of canoe trips on the Pond reminds him of walking meditation, so he wrote a book about all this in 2023.
Coordinator: Jane B Ward, MD 
Jane is a retired USAF physician and lifelong educator. She is currently an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Uniformed Services University (military medical school). She was the residency program director for the USAF ophthalmology residency. Since retiring from the USAF, Jane has been a community educator and online educator for various topics including Lifestyle Medicine, climate change, environmental health, and Cape Cod water issues.