Creating a Sense of Place

My new writing class started this week 'Creating a Sense of Place' and I've yet to get to the first assignment. The first part is to take a walk and write a piece describing it in casual letter form. The second part is to write a short lead for a magazine article using descriptive prose. I've been distracted this week with a) returning Monday from a weekend out-of-town b) a little injury to my foot, and c) preparing for an unexpected job interview! Nevertheless, planning to catch up on this assignment over the weekend, as well as, the next assignment I haven't read yet.