Does your sense of place have to be a building?

     I think it depends. It depends on personal memories of said place. I remember growing up and visiting family members on reservations in Oklahoma. When I think about those particular "places" buildings do not come to mind. I think of the land itself. The land my brother and I used to run on all summer long with cousins and friends. I think of this huge tree, under which I learned how to play a rain song (using a recorder) one summer. I also think of my grandmother who stitched me my first (and other pairs) of moccasins and my great-grandmother who braided my hair. I would spend my summers there sharing my experiences of living in the "big city" and we (my cousins and me) would talk about how different our schools were/are. My memories of "home" take me back to the land I would spend summers on not wanting to leave but knowing that my family wanted me to go back and take advantage of all the opportunities that were presented to me.
    In class I mentioned a building, Bethesda Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio where I was born. I was the first of my maternal grandparents first grand child not born a on reservation. My father was in the Air Force when I was born so this is partly why my birth did not take place on a reservation. My family vowed that my life would be different from theirs. So I guess they stuck to their word, I am the first to go to college and graduate. Back to my original statement one's sense of place depends on where and what memories come to mind.