Philosophy
Henry David Thoreau [Wikipedia]
- Thoughts About Time
Two astrophysicists at Johns Hopkins, Richard Conn Henry (not to be confused with the other astrophysicist named Richard Henry at University of Oklahoma) and Steve Henke, designed a new calendar. With this calendar, June, March, September, and December...
- Henry David Thoreau...original "green" Person
Henry David Thoreau July 12th, 1817 to May 6th, 1862 "It’s Easy Being Green: Happy Birthday, Henry David Thoreau" July 13th, 2011 Center for American Progress Henry David Thoreau may have been born 194 years ago this Tuesday, July 12, 2011, but his...
- Ralph Waldo Emerson House And The New Resident Caretakers
Andrea Lieberg and Taylor Bemis "Keeping Mr. Emerson’s House" by Paige Williams September 15th, 2010 The New York Times FOR a museum with a deep history, the Ralph Waldo Emerson House has had a short line of caretakers. Apart from a few fill-in housekeepers,...
- Rare Woods
International Year of Biodiversity This item retails at $200,000 and made from six different types of rare woods. And it took five months to build. Just one example of a thirst for rare and exotic woods many being plundered from forests throughout the...
- Where Is The Spirit Rachel Carson?
Rachel Carson May 27th, 1907 to April 14th, 1964 Forerunners of ecology and environmental movements have long been forgotten...the likes of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir and even Rachel Carson. Why Carson...she was probably the first person to become...
Philosophy
Counter culture icon moves to Waldon Pond--Henry David Thoreau
The Writer's Almanac...
Today is the day, in 1845, that Henry David Thoreau moved to a cabin on Walden Pond. Ralph Waldo Emerson owned some land near Concord, Massachusetts, and let Thoreau build a cabin there. He stayed for two years, two months, and two days, all the while keeping a journal. He published it as a book, which he called Walden; or Life in the Woods, in 1854. In it, he wrote, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." But he wasn't exactly living apart from civilization, nor practicing pure self-reliance. Concord was only a mile and a half away, and he often walked into town. He worked part time as a surveyor, and his mother usually sent him back to the cabin with some home cooking.
Today is the day, in 1845, that Henry David Thoreau moved to a cabin on Walden Pond. Ralph Waldo Emerson owned some land near Concord, Massachusetts, and let Thoreau build a cabin there. He stayed for two years, two months, and two days, all the while keeping a journal. He published it as a book, which he called Walden; or Life in the Woods, in 1854. In it, he wrote, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." But he wasn't exactly living apart from civilization, nor practicing pure self-reliance. Concord was only a mile and a half away, and he often walked into town. He worked part time as a surveyor, and his mother usually sent him back to the cabin with some home cooking.
Henry David Thoreau [Wikipedia]
- Thoughts About Time
Two astrophysicists at Johns Hopkins, Richard Conn Henry (not to be confused with the other astrophysicist named Richard Henry at University of Oklahoma) and Steve Henke, designed a new calendar. With this calendar, June, March, September, and December...
- Henry David Thoreau...original "green" Person
Henry David Thoreau July 12th, 1817 to May 6th, 1862 "It’s Easy Being Green: Happy Birthday, Henry David Thoreau" July 13th, 2011 Center for American Progress Henry David Thoreau may have been born 194 years ago this Tuesday, July 12, 2011, but his...
- Ralph Waldo Emerson House And The New Resident Caretakers
Andrea Lieberg and Taylor Bemis "Keeping Mr. Emerson’s House" by Paige Williams September 15th, 2010 The New York Times FOR a museum with a deep history, the Ralph Waldo Emerson House has had a short line of caretakers. Apart from a few fill-in housekeepers,...
- Rare Woods
International Year of Biodiversity This item retails at $200,000 and made from six different types of rare woods. And it took five months to build. Just one example of a thirst for rare and exotic woods many being plundered from forests throughout the...
- Where Is The Spirit Rachel Carson?
Rachel Carson May 27th, 1907 to April 14th, 1964 Forerunners of ecology and environmental movements have long been forgotten...the likes of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir and even Rachel Carson. Why Carson...she was probably the first person to become...