Descriptive Essay: The Sweet Scent Of Gibson County

438 Words1 Page
bulb-icon

Recommended: Small towns vs big cities

Where I come from, the vast land stretches on for miles, filled with dancing corn and wheat fields. Turn one direction and look at the clouds of dust rising off the gravel road, then turn the other way, that's about all there is to see here. A town of two stop lights. As you are driving, don’t blink, you may miss this little place. Some people may say there isn’t much to miss anyway, but I’d beg to differ. This is the place where I met and grew up with lifelong friends. Walking down the street you would recognize about every friendly face to be your neighbor. It’s an “everyone knows everyone” type of setting. Everyday you see the same people, same time, going about their usual routine. Parents, knee deep in places they have to run their children, children driving their parents off the walls, all the usual. After stepping outside, the scent of freshly cut fields or the ‘wonderful’ scent of animals, will overpower you. Barbeques and weenie roasts are a usual summer to fall scent. The sweet scent of Gibson County follows you wherever you go. …show more content…

Popsicles not even lasting a minute before it turns to a sloppy puddle on the ground. Summer is soon followed by breezy autumn. A time when sports take over the county. The ‘most important of all’ football. Fall means football season, and in this small town, football games are what people live for. A time for everyone to show their school pride. Winter is a relaxing time when the county stops and relaxes. Not many sports, just piles of snow, and school cancellations. Kids get as excited for cancellations as a toddler getting a cookie. When the soft snows lays like a blanket on the earth, you can see many kids tumbling down hills, hurling snowballs, and building a family of snowmen. Spring brings the aroma of blooming flowers, bright colored skies, and the excitement of an ending school

Show More
Related

  • Summary Of Peter Lovenheim's In The Neighborhood

    1016 Words  | 3 Pages

    The book In the Neighborhood, by Peter Lovenheim is a very interesting look into the lives of residents in modern suburban neighborhoods. His neighborhood in Rochester New York mirrors many communities across the country. He paints a familiar picture of a community that waves at each other as they drive by, yet do not know the person they are waving at. This disconnection of people that live their lives so close to one another was completely unnoticed by Lovenheim until tragedy struck his community. One night in 2000, a routine activity that Lovenheim practiced, walking his dogs, exposed his consciousness to the lack of association he shared with those who live in close proximity to him. As he approached his street he observed emergency vehicles

    Read More

  • A Trip to Appalachia Service Project

    1556 Words  | 4 Pages

    The drive to cross the Kentucky border had taken hours and hours of strenuous patience to finally arrive in another state. The view was by far country like as hints of cow manure could be smelled far from a distance. We drive through small towns, half the size of our hometown of Glen Ellyn had been the biggest town we've seen if not smaller. The scenery had overwhelmed us, as lumps of Earth from a great distance turned to perfectly molded hills, but as we got closer and closer to our destination the hills no longer were hills anymore, instead the hills had transformed to massive mountains of various sizes. These mountains surrounded our every view as if we had sunken into a great big deep hole of green pastures. Our path of direction was seen, as the trails of our road that had followed for numerous hours ended up winding up the mountainous mountains in a corkscrew dizzy-like matter.

    Read More

  • Charlestown's Code of Silence

    1570 Words  | 4 Pages

    Driving through Charlestown will take you just three minutes. The kids on street corners will stare at your car, while adults will yell out your name and wave. The friendly atmosphere can make you feel welcome if you are a part of the neighborhood. But it vanishes if you are an outsider or a local victim of a crime.

    Read More

  • Little Egypt

    2313 Words  | 5 Pages

    There is a place where not far from my hometown, which, since my childhood, still holds the secrets to life. It was a place where we were free. Free to do whatever we wanted to do, say whatever we wanted to say, it was our place, our river. It was a simple place, no paved or asphalt roads for the commotion of busy traffic, no tall buildings to block out the sunlight, no sense of time to feel rushed or anxious, no effects from the outside world. It was a beach on the coast of Lake Sakakawea called “Little Egypt.”

    Read More

  • Words To Describe Chicago

    599 Words  | 2 Pages

    I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. I lived in a very welcoming neighborhood. As a child, I had many friends on my street. We would ride bikes, climb trees, visit the playground at the local park district, and stay outside until the streetlights turned on. The families on my street always looked out for each other, so we didn't worry too much about safety. All of my friends attended the same school and participated in the Chicago Park District's activities such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, music and dance lessons, and open gym events. The park district hosted an annual gym show so the kids could perform for their families. Residents would get together on most Sundays to talk about issues in the neighborhood and share meals and stories.

    Read More

  • The Population in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska

    2040 Words  | 5 Pages

    Having a hometown developed from agriculture, and a hometown that has shaped into a diverse community, has given me the opportunity to not only observe and learn many different perspectives of farm life, but to learn about other cultures as well. In addition, living in a smaller rural area has also been nice because it gives you the ability to be able to get away from the hustle and bustle of an urban area and just be able to be out in an open and peaceful environment. Yet, if you do want to go to town for something you need or for entertainment, you do not have far to go and does not take long to get there. However, it is always good to be home on the farm to enjoy the open blue sky or a nighttime sky full of stars.

    Read More

  • Descriptive Essay: A Small Town Of Westfield

    1000 Words  | 2 Pages

    Nestled deep within the Berkshire Mountains rests the small town of Westfield, Massachusetts. Every morning, a light, tepid fog settles among the quiet streets, devising a peaceful and calm atmosphere. Light winds gently brisk through the many oak trees, swaying the branches back and forth. From afar, the tall mountains border the limits of Westfield, forming a panorama of natural landscape. Fortunately, I was able to call the town of Westfield my home for many years. However, the town serves as more than a source of scenery. Westfield, Massachusetts, has profound personal importance as it portrays the majority of my lifetime. In fact, residing in Westfield has positively impacted my life as a result of the particular climate, historic motif, and community entrenched within the town.

    Read More

  • We Need Dog Parks

    716 Words  | 2 Pages

    ... the same neighborhood and city. This can be extrapolated to a community service as a recreational activity, where people have to interact and that way the life of a city becomes more outgoing.

    Read More

  • Essay On Interactionism

    579 Words  | 2 Pages

    When discussing about the unit of family, the neighborhood or the community at large, there are many sociological theories which can explain how things are shaped in these units. In my view, the most important sociological theory which explains how the things work out within the family, neighborhood or community level is interactionism. This essay will first highlight the main concept of the theory of interactionism and how it can be used to explain the main dealings within the family neighborhood and community level. It will then go on to highlight the main way in which this theory of interactionism best fits to highlight the overall population of the United States. According to the theory of interactionism, the most basic of all components of the human realm is that of communication. It can entail communication between the mind and the body and it can also entail communication between various humans. The main key concept of this social theory is that the other social processes within the society are all dependent on this main theory. This means that the s...

    Read More

  • The Responsibility of the Individual to the Community

    1141 Words  | 3 Pages

    Our modern world is focused on unimportant things such as celebrities and their eating disorders. Whatever happened to close-knit communities focusing on neighbors and their families? Although individuals may not seem important when blended into a crowd, each person is a puzzle piece to the community.

    Read More

  • Creative Writing: The Playground

    392 Words  | 1 Pages

    As I saunter onto the school field, I survey the premises to behold people in coats, shielding themselves from winter's blues. The sun isn't out yet, but the place bursting with life and exuberance, with people gliding across the ice covered floor almost cat-like. The field is effervescent and despite the dire conditions, the field seems to have taken on a life of its own. The weather is bad and the ice seems to burn the skin if touched, yet the mood is still euphoric. The bare shrubs and plants about the place look like they've been whipped by Winter himself. The air is frosty and at every breath the sight of steam seems to be present. A cold, cruel northerly wind blows across the playground and creates unrest amongst some. Crack! The crisp sound of leaves is heard, as if of ice splitting and hissing. Squirrels are seen trying to find a point of safety, scurrying about the bare trees that lie around the playground. Mystery and enigma clouds the playing field, providing a sense of anticipation about the place. Who is going to be the person to spoil the moment? To kill the conversation?

    Read More

  • Descriptive Essay On A Small Town

    740 Words  | 2 Pages

    I’ve finally made it. When you first land here the immediate difference is all around you whizzing around you creating a sense of life. It 's a sense that you rarely have in a small town it 's bigger I can’t quite obtain a hold of it. It moves fast all through the night and during the day. It peaks in all of my senses to create a brand new sense of the life of the city.

    Read More

  • Descriptive Essay: The Tragedy In The Small Town Of Greenville

    429 Words  | 1 Pages

    The night ebbed in the darkness brUGHT t about the memory of the most tragic event in the history of the small town of Greenville. Not knowing the tragedy that would unfold the citizens rested quietly in the slumber of that hot August night. Storm clouds loomed on the horizon with blazes of light that speckled the sky. In the distance the soft rumble of thunder brought no alarm to this quiet little town. Jenny and Blade lived in the rural area of green pine forests on the outskirts of this sleepy little town. Nowhere in the history of Greenville had such a tragedy happens, and no one was aware of the destruction that loomed on the horizon. As the night closed near the midnight hour, the wind seemed to awaken the lifeless living things in

    Read More

  • Compare And Contrast My Neighborhood

    1286 Words  | 3 Pages

    On the other hand the neighborhood I live in now isn’t much of a neighborhood at all, it’s just a street that has multiple apartment buildings. I feel more as though my apartment complex is an entire neighborhood in itself than my street or my town actually is. There’s also upsides to a living so close to your neighbors such as you’re able to ask them for anything you might need and you’re able to get to know them on a more personal level. In my other neighborhood we also knew each other, but people didn’t seem to see each other as often or interact as much because everybody was so distant from each

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative Essay: My Family Trip To The Colorado Mountains

    706 Words  | 2 Pages

    This area of the world is so foreign to my Oklahoma life; it infuses me with awe, and with an eerie feeling of being strongly enclosed by huge mountains, and the mass of tall trees. However, when my foot first steps onto the dusty trail it feels crazily magical. The clean, crisp air, the new smell of evergreen trees and freshly fallen rain is mixed with fragrances I can only guess at. It is like the world has just taken a steroid of enchantment! I take it all in, and embrace this new place before it leaves like a dream and reality robs the moment. As I turn and look at my family, I was caught by my reflection in their impressions. The hair raising mischief in the car was forgotten and now it was time to be caught up in this newness of life. It was as if the whole world around us had changed and everyone was ready to engulf themselves in it. The trickling of water somewhere in the distance and the faint noise of animals all brought the mountains to

    Read More

More about Descriptive Essay: The Sweet Scent Of Gibson County

Open Document