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Walk #35, Yr 1 Fresno City College then SJ Memorial

August 25, 2015December 22, 2016 By fmw

REFLECTION on Walk 35, Saturday, March 14, 8:30 a.. Start at Fresno City College, corner of McKinley and Van Ness. Walked a couple blocks South on Wishon, then turned east through neighborhoods behind Heaton Elementary, crossing Blackstone, south on Hammond which dead-ends into Hwy 41.As we left the FCC parking lot, four guys looking at electronic devices were on some sort of geocaching puzzle search – we greeted each other with “happy Pi day”.Three FM Walkers described this walk with these words: wisteria, spring scents, dogs, industrial, hard scrabbled life, juicy – a sense of living, vibrant feel of life, with lots of inside/outside living, junk yards/car disposal, junk yard dogs, automotive repair, tire shops, the Trades mixed with residential. This walk was a mix of old working-class neighborhoods, trees, bungalows, then areas of distraught houses up against Blackstone’s industrial, manufacturing, and retail. At the T of Hedges Ave. and Blackstone, a locked chain linked fence blocked car and foot traffic between Blackstone and the neighborhood..The smell of wisteria and jasmine filled the air.Passing San Joaquin Memorial High School’s beautiful landscaped campus, and then the Kermit Koontz Education Complex of Fresno County, we ran out of neighborhood as it was cut off by the Hwy 41. One home right up against the freeway was setting up large canopies, tables and stacks of white resin chairs. The men greeted us and said they were having a sweet 16 party. Walkers talked later that this was a Quinceanera.Walkers talked about the dirty business of the Trades, used car lots, tire businesses, and the industrial businesses at Blackstone and Olive running along railroad tracks. This grimy industrial area separates downtown Fresno from the developments toward the north.Walkers passed the beautiful driveway entrance to the Catholic Diocese of Fresno. We had seen many catholic shrines at homes. Walkers talked about whether the Catholic Diocese was a place open to the catholics of these neighborhoods. Does someone know this?One Walker is a teacher and knows the students who attend Heaton. She found it insightful to walk the neighborhood where these kids live. She thinks it would be valuable for every teacher to walk a mindfulness walk around the school and through the neighborhoods where their kids live.As we returned down the busy traffic of McKinley, we discussed that Fresno City College is right in the middle of such a mix of circumstances. This is a microcosm of all of Fresno.

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Fresno Mindfulness Walks will lead a Saturday morning walk on January 29, 2022, beginning at 10 am. at 271 N. Glenn Ave., Fresno, CA 93701 (the home of Craig Scharton).  
 
The walk will be about 3 miles, at a stroll to medium pace, occasionally on uneven ground, and take about an hour and a half. By walking mindfully and without talking, we will experience the Lowell neighborhood in new ways. At the conclusion of the walk, we’ll gather back at Craig’s yard and spend a few minutes talking about what we discovered about ourselves and the neighborhood. 
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Fresno Mindfulness Walks are weekly opportunities for people to walk together for a 4 mile route through a different Fresno neighborhood each week. Walkers practice active mindfulness by attending to the sights, sounds, smells, feelings.  Walkers do not talk to each other on walks, but we do greet people we meet along the way.  The walk location and exact start time are posted just a few days in advance. All walks are free, require no RSVP, and anyone is welcome to join one walk or many. To learn about upcoming walks, you can sign up for a weekly email in the yellow bar at the top of this website and/or LIKE and follow the FMW Facebook page.

 

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Weekly walks are about 4 miles and take about an hour and a half. Walks are at a medium pace, often on uneven ground, and sometimes take longer than expected because walkers see themselves as curious travelers lingering to observe or going around a different way.

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